Accent Reduction: Our native accents are strongly hard-wired. Here's why it is challenging, but not impossible, to alter it. Expert Coaching in-person or by Video Conference Stage and Film Dialects * Accent Reduction Auditions * Public Speaking Vocal Characterization/Voiceover International. Interstate. In Studio. I have worked with clients from Seattle to New York, and as far away as Australia, Turkey, and South Korea via video conference. In studio I work with local North Bay clients who are vaccinated. I am fully vaccinated (including two Boosters). Six Quick Dialects:
Irish, German, Cockney, British RP, Scottish and Russian
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Recent Productions: Two productions of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
Hank Williams, Lost Highway
Recent Individual Clients have included Texas dialect Accent reduction from: Chinese, South Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Also dialect lessons in Brooklyn, Puerto Rican, Southwest British and Irish dialects. JAMES BOND ACTRESS, HONOR BLACKMAN, CHOSE ACCENT REDUCTION OVER NEW BIKE When she was young, the late actress, Honor Blackman's father gave her a choice of a brand new bicycle or lessons to change her Cockney dialect. She chose the lessons. The rest is history as she became a "memorable James Bond adversary" in the film Goldfinger. (NY Times, April 6, 2020) |
