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Location: NY - New York City
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Commercial, E-Learning, ESL, Kids, Marketing, Narration
Working Knowledge: Audiobook, Audition, Commercial, Narration
To schedule with Kristin call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
Kristin hit the stage running in her first dance recital at the age of four… then spotted the audience and ran right back off. Much to everyone's surprise, she jumped back on a few years later, and hasn’t left since.
As a voice coach, she loves figuring out how to make you shine, no matter what your background is. Can a musical theater pro accustomed to projecting to the back of a theater successfully “tone it down” enough for voiceover? Can an accountant set his numbers aside and learn to play with words? Do you need to approach scripts as an actor? Do you need a technical checklist? Do you just need permission to let loose and have a ball? What is your comfort zone… and can you surprise yourself by pushing outside of that? Everyone has a different style of learning. The most important thing is to enjoy what you’re doing.
Her philosophy of working with kids is the same. Over five years of teaching youth acting, dance and musical theater classes for The Willows Theater and the Marin Theater Company in the San Francisco Bay Area, she learned that the most important thing is to find the child’s natural strengths and build from there in a positive and encouraging environment.
As a voice actor, Kristin keeps busy recording commercial and narration voiceovers at her home studio and at production facilities around New York City (including Edge Studio!). The occasional on-camera commercial sneaks into the schedule as well. Recent VO work includes narrations for Disney, Crisco, Nikon, GE, Doubletree, Swarovski Crystals, H&R Block, Office Depot, Crest Spinbrush, the U.S. Army, Yale University, and lots of corporate training and e-learning programs; the videogames “Silent Hill: Downpour”, “Puzzle Chronicles” and “Enigmatis”; and commercials for Vitamin Shoppe, Ortega Tacos, Vertex, Alfred Angelo wedding gowns, Hannaford grocery stores, Paradise Bakery, Kaboom! and Peter Piper Pizza.
Most of all, she is proud to have recorded a series of children's audiobooks for MitSo Media which received the highest award possible: a room full of pre-schoolers sat absolutely still and listened!
Location: CT - Fairfield
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Commercial, Corporate Industrial, Medical, Narration, Telephony
Working Knowledge: Audiobook, Unions
To schedule with Randye call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
Randye Kaye began her voice-over career as a way to keep acting while pregnant with her first child - and has been working behind the microphone ever since. Her credits include commercials - Kyocera printers, Betteridge Jewelers, Big Lots, Dove - Narrations - Continental Airlines, Medicare, Burger King, MISTO, Verizon - audiobooks, phone systems - Priceline.com, Executone, Elizabeth Arden - websites, video games, medical narrations - CVS, , Medicare, fibromyalgia management - and live announce events - Effie Awards, Echo Awards.
Randye has also voiced many medical scripts, websites and telephony for major clients including hospitals (St, Raphael's in New Haven, Tanner Health systems in Atlanta), pharmaceuticals (Seroquel, Savella), patient care (The Newborn Channel, CVS, caremark.com, Medicare, fibromyalgia management) and e-learning sites (migraine prophylaxis, NAMI).
She has also worked as a radio morning personality, and has acted on stage, in improv groups, and in TV/film. And – oh, yeah – she also writes. Her book and audiobook (guess who narrated?), Ben Behind His Voices, were published this fall.
She lives with her husband in Trumbull, CT where her son, daughter and son-in-law visit often to raid the fridge and use the washer and dryer.
Location: CT - Fairfield, NY - New York City
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Acting, Audition, Commercial
To schedule with Michael call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
Michael has narrated over 500 commercials both on-camera and voice-over.
He was a vocal scholarship undergraduate at Hofstra University and holds a Masters degree in Musical/Liberal Arts.
He teaches voice and voiceover techniques and is currently producing an album of himself singing "Songs to Touch Your Yiddish Soul".
For 2 ½ years he was a member of the original Broadway cast of Jekyll & Hyde. He was featured in Sweet Charity directed by Bob Fosse. As a member of the Robert Shaw Chorale, The Bach Aria Group, and The Camerata Singers, he has recorded under Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, and Eugene Ormandy with The New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Detroit Symphony. He toured the United States, Canada, and South America with Robert Shaw, serving as an assistant to Mr. Shaw.
His dramatic roles on television include - The Bronx is Burning, The Sopranos, One Life to Live, Law & Order, L&O Criminal Intent, L&O SVU, 100 Centre St., Sex in the City, and 3rd Watch.
His major films include featured roles in 1st Deadly Sin, Perfect Murder, Trouble with Cali, and You Don't Know Jack with Al Pacino, an HBO movie due for release in April 2010.
Location: CA - Los Angeles
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Animation (Anime), Cartoon, Character, Commercial, Kids, Narration
To schedule with Noelle call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
As a voice coach, you will never hear me say the words “you’re not getting it”. I consider it my mission to try different approaches, techniques, and exercises until something clicks. My coaching style involves a lot of dialogue between teacher and student, and I like to use my sense of humor to keep things light and fun, even as I challenge you to go further than you thought possible.
When it comes to animation, cartoons, children's e-learning, and video games, I am very grateful to have had experience on both sides of the window. On the production side, I served as voice director and talent supervisor for the Emmy Award-winning PBS cartoon, "WordWorld". I’ve also voice directed various games and toys for The Backyardigans, Go, Diego, Go!, Dora the Explorer, as well as numerous children’s audio books for Scholastic. As Head of the VO Department at Animation Collective, I oversaw the records and casting of nine shows produced for Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Cartoon Network, and AOL kids. My TV production career started on the show "Blue's Clues", where I won my very first VO role—that of a talking mailbox!
As talent, I have narrated projects for Blackberry, Cincinnati Bell, Harrah’s, Hilton, Taximagic, Petflow, WatchDox, Twilio, Green Nissan, Slendertone and Howcast.com among others. For more than three years, I have been the main voice of the award-winning Kognito Interactive, which creates web-based e-learning simulations for various clients including Starwood Hotels, Rutgers, CUNY, Baruch, Fuji Film and the Veteran’s Association of NY/NJ.
I graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama, and also trained in improv through Second City. As a live performer, I have four years of stand-up, and eight years of sketch comedy under my belt. I moved to the City of Angels in 2010, and have had a great time heading up Edge Studio’s LA studio!
Location: Washington D.C.
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Commercial, Corporate Industrial, Documentary, Narration, Spanish
Working Knowledge: Character
To schedule with Vanessa call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
I love what I do.. Even if I'm down or stressed - when I'm in the voice-over booth, everything is right somehow. And I love helping people reach their goals of becoming voice over talent because I understand the desire to do something you love for a living!
Born in Colombia, South America, I came to the U.S. at a very young age. I spent my formative years moving every year and have lived everywhere from New York City to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Shaped by my ever-changing environment, I bring a unique perspective to the art and business of voice-over.
One day, a CBS producer asked me to record a voice-over scratch track, and I fell in love… with Voice Over! I began training and learning as much as I could about this field. Moving to Washington D.C. in 2000, I focused on audio post-production and was responsible for, among other things, hiring and producing voice over talent. Soon after, I began being the voice over talent. It was then that I formed a relationship with Edge Studio.
I have narrated thousands of hours of narration over the years and have had the pleasure of recording in almost every studio in Washington, DC as well as a few in New York City. The majority of my voice over work is done from my home studio. My voice can be heard on television, internet, radio, in museums, movie theaters, e-learning modules for children, training modules for corporations and in hospital lobbies.
Here are some of my favorite projects:
I am an active member of several organizations including Women in Film and Video (WIFV) and TIVA-DC.
I understand deeply not only what it takes to be a voice over talent - but the inner workings of the business of voice over as well. I know that no two performers -- and no two clients -- are alike. In voice-over class I encourage students to learn from a variety of coaches and life experiences, depending on your individual aptitudes and needs.
Location: NY - New York City
Coaching Formats: In Studio, Online Checkups, Skype, Telephone
Specialties: Audiobook, Audition, Commercial, Narration
To schedule with Carol call 888-321-3343
or email training@edgestudio.com
Carol is a two-time Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator. She has read for Recorded Books, Harper Audio, Audible.Com, Hachette, HighBridge, Clipper Audio, Edge Studio, Books on Tape, and Redwood Audio's listentogenius.com. She has been a featured narrator in Audiofile magazine, Voiceover Xtra, and the Recorded Books Catalog.
In addition to several documentary voice-overs, Carol has been "the voice" of the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival since 2010 and has narrated tributes to such luminaries as Jean Paul Belmondo, the Houstons, Luise Rainer, and Eli Wallach.
Her commercial voice over clients have included HSBC, USDA, AFL-CIO, Bell Atlantic, McDonald's, and 10 promos on TCM.
When you work with Carol, you will be heard. She loves the spoken word and loves to listen. This is largely why she began teaching voice over more than 20 years ago. In addition to Edge Studio, she teaches narration and commercial voice over at NYU's Digital Design and Film School and has taught Voice and Speech III at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts. She also taught voice, acting, and/or playwriting at Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts, Roundhouse Theatre, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Bethesda Arts Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and Belvoir Terrace. Carol also has worked as a theatre director and voice and acting teacher at New York City’s Professional Performing Arts School.
In coaching at Edge Studio, Carol focuses on what students brings to the world of voice over and how to expand and enrich their vocal delivery. She explores the nuances of interpretation and technique as well as text analysis. She strives to cultivate and activate the vitality of effective speech.
Phase 1 is for newcomers who are unsure how they fit in, who need to learn about all opportunities, and determine if they have potential.
It’s a practical and comfortable way to determine if voice over is for you. The instructors of this voice over class will tell you for real. (We are polite, but candid.) Click to read what people found most eye opening
You'll see voice over work is exciting!
However, it’s critical to:
The Investigate Voice Over Class starts with a fun, exciting 4-hour session.
Your coach will outline the
entire industry and sample your voice-over performance. The voice over class candidly assesses the
marketability of your voice and talent, pinpoints your most marketable genres (audiobook, animation,
commercial, documentary, etc.), and provides an in-depth understanding of the skills required to be
successful in voice over.
Specifically, you will be assessed on 3 attributes:
The voice over class is small, and has just enough participants to give you a sense of how you stand among others, and your coach how you perform in front of others.
Available by TELE-CLASS, or in NYC, LA, DC, CT.
After the voice over class, your coach prepares a detailed and candid evaluation.
This report will cover:
Then, feel welcome to speak with our career consultant. Review your performance. Discuss opportunities.
Using this evaluation report, formulate any questions, ideas, and questions you have, and then talk with us. We prefer speaking (heck, that's what this industry is about), but email is welcome, too. either way, you will receive our honest assessment of what path you should (or should not) take.
If you show potential, we welcome you to train and begin your career with private voice over lessons, focusing on your particular strengths. You'll have the benefit of our honest, straightforward feedback, and a personalized game-plan.
And if you continue directly into the demo program, we give you back the cost of the "Investigate Voice Over Class."
If it turns out you and voice over are not a good match, this voice over class will help you avoid wasting your budget. We discourage those without potential from taking another voice over class. We are polite but candid. Hear from someone who was not encouraged to move forward.
In a nutshell, it's for anyone with an interest or passion for voice over. But who is:
In other words, this voice over class is for anyone who wants an honest, candid assessment as to whether or not they could make money in the exciting world of voice over.
Whether we "greenlighted" someone who appeared marketable, or encouraged them not to pursue voice over, they all have good things to say. Here are some:
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| Los Angeles |
| May 19, Saturday, 1:30pm-5:30pm PT This Class Is Full |
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| Washington DC |
| May 26, Saturday, 10am-2pm ET This Class Is Full |
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| Connecticut |
| May 30, Wednesday, 5:30pm-9:30pm ET |
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| Tele-Class |
| May 20, Sunday, 2pm-6pm ET This Class Is Full |
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The "Investigate Voice Over Class" doesn't fit into my schedule.
The "Investigate Voice Over Class" doesn't fit my budget.
I don’t want a group class – I prefer a personalized solo evaluation.
The full Edge Studio program will be a big investment.
We'll accept you into Phase 2 only if we determine that you have the potential to succeed as a voice over performer.
And our legitimate, comprehensive voice-over training is a small investment compared with the training, testing, schooling, and licensing fees of many other professions. But it is important to invest your budget and your time wisely. Some outfits are all too happy to waste both for you. That’s why we candidly assess you first in this voice over class, so you can then soundly decide if this is the investment you should make in yourself.
Honestly, does everyone pass the screening?
How can I believe this is not a scam?
But don't take our word for it. We're members of the Better Business Bureau. The BBB has never had a complaint against us.
We’ve also put hundreds of testimonials on our website. We even have testimonials from people we did NOT "greenlight." They avoided what for them would have been a wild-goose chase career decision.
These sorts of things are why we’re simply the most trusted school in the industry, and why agents and acting schools send actors here for straightforward assessments. Even pros come here to “try out” new performance styles.
I'm already an actor, a radio personality, have a friend in the VO industry, etc. Why do I need an "evaluation"?
I've had an evaluation by someone else. Why should I take yours?
Costs $127 on sale for $99
If you continue directly into the demo program,
we give you back the $99
