Voice-Over with Gin Hammond (Seattle Session with Freehold Theatre)

Voice-Over In this Voice-Over class we will identify the special qualities you bring to the voice-over world and how to maximize them using breath work, articulation and using your entire body and imagination. We will address the physical skills necessary for optimal recording as well as how to sell the product and how to market yourself. Students will learn how to take the listener on a journey, be taught the importance of operative words, acquire familiarity with equipment, learn about the resources available to voice-over talent and acquire audition tips. The final class will culminate in obtaining experience in a professional recording studio. September 24 - December 3 Thursdays 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. $335 (Tier I); $385 (Tier II) Tier level is based on household income. (No class October 1 and November 26, Final class at Jack Straw Productions.) This class will be held at TPS (Theatre Puget Sound) located at the Center House at the Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street, 4th Floor.) To register; www.freeholdtheatre.org or call us at (206)323-7499 Gin Hammond, recently nominated for an AUDELCO award, received her MFA from the American Repertory Theatre Institute at Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre School. She has performed nationally at theatres such The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Longwharf Theatre, Seattle's ACT, The Pasadena Playhouse, the ART, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C., where she won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance of The Syringa Tree. Internationally, she has performed in Russia, Germany, Ireland, Scotland and England. Ms. Hammond also received a Kathleen Cornell award, and grants from Allied Arts and the NEA. Her voice(s) can be heard on Jim French's Imagination Theatre, Super Granny and Nancy Drew video games, a wide range of industrials, audiobooks produced by Redwood and Cedar House Audio, and as part of Halo 3's upcoming expansion pack. www.ginhammond.com To read our August E-Newsletter with great articles from faculty and students, go to; http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs025/1102313671991/archive/1102664255037.html