Voice-Over Coaches
The following is a list of coaches in New York and Los Angeles that offer training and instruction in the art of voice-overs.
New York
Art of Voice-Over with Steve Harris
241 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 517-8616
e-mail: TheArtofVoice@aol.com
website: Backstage.com (performer's resource directory east)
Technique: Professional, one-to-one, all-inclusive on-mike voice over training program for all copy, vocal styles/attitudes, audition performance skills and recording session techniques, by veteran New York voice-over artist, Steve Harris.
Specializes: Announcer/spokesperson, character, animation and narration performance techniques. Highly competitive professional digital demo reels for commercials, promos, animation, all narrations and audio books, with comprehensive marketing strategies and continuous support.
Catherine Marks Workshop
250 East 73 Street, Suite 17D
New York, NY 10021
(212) 737-5911
Techniques: Classes for voice-overs, including professional demo technique.
Specializes: Acting Technique; Monologue/Audition/Coaching.
On Camera...and off, Inc. -
Larry Conroy
42 West 13th Street, #4D
New York, NY 10011-7922
(212) 741-1444
e-mail: oncamoff@aol.com
Techniques: Voice-over and radio training.
Specializes in comedy/improv; monologue/audition/coaching.
David Zema Enterprises, Inc.
Voice of Success Programs
135 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor
(between 6th & 7th Avenues)
New York, NY 10001
(212) 675-4978
e-mail: David Zema@aol.com
website: www.DavidZema.com
Hours by appointment only!
Techniques: audition skills on microphone work, studio recording sessions, opening vocal range, and stylistic variety.
Specializes: All areas covered including: commercials, characters, narration, animation, industrial, corporate, books, documentary, etc.
Ed Green
300 East 57 Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 752-9123
e-mail: info@edgreen.com
website: www.edgreen.com
Classes include training for voice-over/narration/promos/trailers. Private one-on-one or class training course is also available.
Los Angeles
Aliso Creek Productions
4106 West Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 954-9931
website: www.alisocreek.net
Technique: Voice-over classes for commercials and animation.
6-week classes with 6 students.
Specialization: Digital demo tape production, CD graphics, and duplication.
Terry Berland Casting
Voice-over Training
(310) 571-4141
Technique: Creating a very real sound from your strengths, bringing something of your own to the copy and taking direction.
Beverly Bremers' Voicercise
(949) 874-0616
www.voicercise.net
Voice-over bookcamp: covering commercial, animation and industrial techniques. Also included are warm-ups, microphone technique, marketing and demo information. Private lessons, professional workout, accent reduction, and demo production are also available. Classes held in Orange County and San Diego.
Louise Chamis
(818) 985-0130
Teaching adults and children the skills of selling product using subliminal suggestion. Also working with students to create and shape cartoon and character voices using storyboards and pictures. Teaching 26 years, recommended by agents. The current voice of the Queen and the witch in all "Snow White" Disney projects worldwide.
D'Marco/Bazini Spanish-English
Voiceover
(626) 458-3795
www.pressplaymedia.com
Technique: Voiceover classes in L.A. which allow you to leave class with a master CD demo.
Specialization: Dialects, accent reduction, generic Spanish voiceover coaching.
Laura DiTirro McMillin
(310) 430-8733
Specializes in accent reduction for foreign actors. Also, as a dialectition, prepares actors who need to acquire a specific accent/dialect for a given role. Works on location as well as gives private instruction. The work is intensive and extremely rewarding, as the student aquires an entirely new facet to his/her talent. My method involves the creation of a "phonemic blueprint" of a specific dialect, with which I will alter the "color" of the actor's script. "My goal as a professor is to arm my students with information, experience and confidence he or she will need to give a stellar performance. "
The Voiceover Connection, Inc.
Dolores Diehl
(213) 384-9251
www.voconnection.com
Technique: Training for all phases, all levels directed by Dolores Diehl. Voice-over Agents and Casting Directors at 3 studios: Hollywood, Valley Village, North Hollywood. Call or e-mail for details. e-mail: doloresdiehl@earthlink.net
Specialization: Voiceover Acting, Commercials, Animation, Narration, Audiobooks, Interactive, Internet Drama/Comedy.
Leigh Gilbert
(323) 692-5704
e-mail: leeleethevoguru@aol.com
Technique: Approaching the copy with an awareness of the product -- getting to know the integrity of the client, then applying that to the copy.
Specialization: Voiceover Commercial announcer and character, animation and promo. Produces and directs demos.
Kalmenson & Kalmenson
Voice Casting & Education
(818) 342-6499
www.kalmenson.com
Technique: The actor's quest for excellence, establishing an individual's signature as a commercial voice actor.
Specialization: Voiceover casting; classes for all levels. (See ad on inside cover)
Huck Liggett / The Voicecaster
1832 West Burbank Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91506
(818) 218-2342
Technique: Voiceover workshops available on all levels including introduction, intermediate, audition/pro & animation.
Providing the tools to approach the copy, direction, and the auditon process on a competitive level.
Specialization: Commercials, narration, industrials, CD-ROM, promos, infomercials.
Rick Zieff's Unbelievably Fun
Voice-over Class
West Hollywood Studio
(323) 651-1666
Rick is a busy voice-over director, casting director, and actor. He is currently directing the animated series "SD Gundam Force" on the Cartoon Network, and he cast the 2003 Oscar-winning animated short film "The ChubbChubbs!" He teaches mike technique for TV and radio commercials, animation, narration, and audiobooks. Rick emphasizes the importance of character development and text analysis, and stresses that making strong creative choices are essential at the microphone. He will guide you through preparing a demo that will be your calling card to the voice-over world. Rick's fun, fast paced style makes him one of L.A.'s most sought after teachers for adults and children.
Voice-Over Talent Agencies & Casting Directors
The following is a list of agents and casting directors who cast for voice-overs. For more information on a specific listing, refer to the New York, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco Talent Agents and Casting Directories sections. CERTAIN AGENCIES AND CASTING DIRECTORS DO ACCEPT VOICE-OVER DEMOS BY MAIL, BUT PLEASE RESPECT THEIR POLICIES AND DO NOT PHONE OR VISIT.
New York Talent Agencies
Abrams Artists Agency
Access Talent
Acme Talent & Literary
Agents for the Arts, Inc.
Michael Amato Agency
Andreadis Talent Agency, Inc.
Arcieri & Associates
Atlas Talent Agency
Barry-Haft-Brown Artists Agency
Peter Beilin Agency, Inc.
The Bethel Agency
Don Buchwald & Associates
Mary Anne Claro Talent Agency, Inc.
Cunningham, Escott, Dipene & Associates
Ginger Dicce Talent Agency
EWCR & Associates
Electric Talent
Frontier Booking International, Inc. (FBI)
GWA (G. Williams Agency)
The Gage Group
Garber Talent Agency
Generation TV
Greer Lange Assoc., Inc.
Ingber & Associates
Innovative Artists Talent & Literary
Agency
International Creative Management
Jordan, Gill & Dornbaum, Inc.
Stanley Kaplan
Kolstein Talent Agency
The Krasny Office, Inc.
Bruce Levy Agency
The Luedtke Agency
Models On The Move Model & Talent
Agency
Nouvelle Talent, Inc.
Dorothy Palmer Talent Agency, Inc.
Paradigm
Plaza-7
RadioActive Talent Inc. (RTI)
Gilla Roos, Ltd.
Schuller Talent/New York Kids
TalentWorks
Tamar Wolbrom, Inc.
Hanns Wolters International Inc.
Ann Wright Representatives
New York Casting Directors
AAAVoiceCasting
Bradley Baron
Jerry Beaver Casting
CTP Casting
Donald Case Casting Inc.
Casting House
Casting Solutions
Chantiles Vigneault Casting, Inc.
Roz Clancy Casting
Complete Casting
Merry L. Delmonte Casting
& Productions, Inc.
Donna DeSeta Casting
Godlove & Company Casting
Carol Hanzel Casting
Judy Henderson & Associates Casting
House
Impossible Casting
Judy Keller Casting
Kipperman Casting, Inc.
Mike Lemon Casting, C.S.A.
Liz Lewis Casting Partners
Joan Lynn Casting
MBC Casting
Abigail McGrath, Inc.
Beth Melsky
Matthew Messinger
Paladino Casting
Joanne Pasciuto Inc.
The Philadelphia Casting Co., Inc.
Pomann Sound
Michele Pulice Casting
Tuffy Questell / T.E.C. Casting
Toni Roberts Casting, Ltd.
Charles Rosen Casting, Inc.
Judy Rosensteel Casting
Howard Schwartz Recording/
HSR NY
Skyrme, Lewis & Fox Casting
Stark Naked Productions/
Elsie Stark Casting
Strickman-Ripps, Inc.
Helyn Taylor Casting
Bernard Telsey Casting
Agents only
VH1
VideoActive Talent
VoiceHunter.com
Kathy Wickline Casting
Los Angeles Talent Agencies
Abrams Artists Agency, Inc.
Acme Talent & Literary
Allure Model & Talent Agency
Alvarado Rey Agency
Angel City Talent
Artist Management Agency
Bobby Ball Agency
Baron Entertainment
Marian Berzon Talent Agency
Brand Model & Talent
Buchwald Talent Group
Career Artists International
Cassell-Levy, Inc. (CLInc.)
Castle-Hill Enterprises
Chateau-Billings Talent
W. Randolph Clark Company
Coralie Jr. Theatrical Agency
Cunningham, Escott, DiPene/Los Angeles
Ferrar-Media Associates
GFTA/Gwyn Foxx Talent Agency
Hervey-Grimes Talent Agency
The Daniel Hoff Agency
Hollander Talent Group, Inc.
Innovative Artists, Talent & Literary Agency, Inc.
International Creative Management Inc. (ICM)
L.J. & Associates
The Levin Agency
Alese Marshall Models, Commercials & Film
Media Artists Group
Metropolitan Talent Agency
Omnipop, Inc.
Pacific West Artists
Productions Plus Nationwide Talent
Agency/West Coast Office
Qualita Dell'Arte: Artists & Writers Di Qualita
Cindy Romano Modeling & Talent Agency
The Savage Agency
Jack Scagnetti Talent Agency
Sandie Schnarr Talent
Kathleen Schultz Associates
David Shapira & Associates
Signature Artists and Models
SWB Theatrical & Children's Commercial
Special Artists Agency
Scott Stander & Associates
Sutton, Barth & Vennari, Inc.
Herb Tannen & Associates
Arlene Thornton & Associates
Tisherman Agency, Inc.
United Artists Agency
United Talent Agency
Vox, Inc.
The Wallis Agency
Los Angeles Casting Directors
AKA Casting
Rise Barish Casting, C.C.D.A.
Belshe Casting
Terry Berland Casting
Elaine Craig Voice Casting, Inc., CCDA
DIC Entertainment
Disney Channel
Dowd/Reudy Casting
DreamWorks Casting
E! Entertainment Television
Steven Erdek
Fenton-Cowitt Casting
Gallegos/ Carrafiello Casting
(GC Casting)
Jeff Gerrard Casting
Danny Goldman & Associates, CCDA
Marilyn Granas
Kalmenson & Kalmenson Voice Casting
Christian Kaplan, C.S.A.
Landsberg/ Fiddleman Casting
Liberman/Patton Casting
Mambo Casting
Sheila Manning
Megan McConnell
Mossberg/Anthony Casting
Debra Neathery
Nickelodeon
Robi Reed & Associates
Brien Scott, C.S.A.
Tina Seiler
Shooting from the Hip Casting
Stuart Stone, C.C.D.A.
Yumi Takada Casting, C.C.D.A.
James F. Tarzia Casting
Jamie Thomason
VH1
Blanca Valdez Casting
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Westside Casting
Gerrie Wormser Casting
San Diego Talent Agencies
Agency 2 Model & Talent Agency
Artist Management Agency
Elegance Talent Agency
Nouveau Model & Talent Agency
San Diego Model Management
Shamon Freitas Agency
San Francisco Talent Agencies
Boom! Model and Talent Agency
Maria Dell Talent
Film-Theatre Actors Exchange
Generations Model & Talent Agency
JE Talent Agency, LLC.
Look Talent
Panda Talent Agency
San Francisco Top Models & Talent
Stars, The Agency
Talent Plus / Los Latinos Agency
Tonry Talent
San Francisco Casting Directors
Randi Acton Break-a-Leg Casting
& Productions
Beau Bonneau Casting
Media Casting
Voicetrax Casting