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Home | Arts & Entertainment | Performing Arts Countless experienced actors have found that the services of a professional voice coach can prove tremendously valuable to their career. A voice coach can work with an actor to improve their voice and even help them to eliminate an accent that may be limiting the number of roles that are available to them. Many actors who are between acting jobs obtain additional advanced training through private sessions with a voice coach or by participating in a voice class to focus on a particular challenge and improve their speaking skills. Lessons from a professional voice coach can add to an actor's versatility, thus, making the actor more marketable. Certain roles that require an actor to speak with a dialect can be very demanding and force an actor to move well out of their comfort level. Training with a voice coach can help an actor develop a believable accent that makes the character more realistic. For actors wishing to do Shakespeare, the assistance of a voice coach trained in the classics can be an enormous help in interpreting the text and understanding and speaking the challenging language. A voice coach helps to develop the actor's voice so that it is sensitive to and has the ability to meet the demands of all types of language. In addition a voice coach can help an actor overcome a monotone speech pattern or a voice that is nasal or tight. These qualities limit the actor's ability to express the full range of what he or she is feeling. With the help of a voice coach, an actor should be able walk into an audition knowing that he/she has the tools to handle any kind of material from voice-over-copy, to a film script, to one of Shakespeare's texts. By having the skills and confidence gained from working with a voice coach, agents and casting directors will be able to feel and hear the confidence from the aspiring actor. As a result, the actor has improved his or her employability within this competitive field. In order to succeed in the very competitive world of acting, actors must make the most of every advantage that they have. Since an actor's voice is one of his or her most important tools, it only makes sense that they take the time and energy to focus on developing its full range and potential. The help of a professional voice coach can make all the difference between a successful career and one that never gets a chance to shine. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
Shane Ann Younts is a Master Teacher and Head of the Voice Department in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Art. She is the co-author of All the Words on Stage - A Complete Pronunciation Dictionary for the plays of William Shakespeare. For more information please visit www.shaneannyounts.com or call Shane Ann Younts at 212-877-2567.
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