COACHING CREDITS
Coaching Credits for:
Entrepreneurs, presenters, speakers, global events and training institutions
ENTREPRENEURS
PRIVATE COACHING FOR:
PRIVATE CLIENTS include:
SKILLS COACHED include:
- Entrepreneurs, speakers, presenters, authors, narrators, wellness coaches, yoga teachers, career coaches, brand ambassadors, voice-over artists, designers, stylists, creative directors and more
PRIVATE CLIENTS include:
- Television Presenter: regular presenter on Channel 7's Better Homes & Gardens
- Financial Abundance Expert: live speaking and product launch interviews
- International Model & Brand Ambassador: live speaking, script delivery and on-camera presentation
- Nutritionist: live speaking and television interviews
- PhD Author & Historian: national book launch tour
- Author & Keynote Speaker: script delivery, character voice work and vocal warm up for audiobook narration
- Wellness & Yoga Coach: voice work for leading classes and workshops
- Actor & Voice Overs Artist: script delivery and microphone techniques for audiobook narration
- Interior Designer & Stylist: video tutorial presentations
- Yoga Coach: general voice empowerment and tone enrichment
- Voice Overs Artist: script selection and delivery for new voice-overs demo and directing their recording studio session
- International Model, Actor & Singer: voice work and script delivery for film and television performances
- Archeologist: introduction to voice work for presentation and documentary
SKILLS COACHED include:
- Voice, presentation, voice-overs, speaking warm ups, live speaking, on-camera presentation, microphone techniques, stage and camera skills, interview skills, script delivery, script writing and editing, ad-libbing to a live audience, target marketing through the voice and more
EVENTS
EVENT COACHING FOR:
WORLD YOUTH DAY, SYDNEY
NETBALL WORLD CUP, SYDNEY
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP, MELBOURNE
- Coaching presenters, speakers, voice-over artists and singers/choirs for local and global events
WORLD YOUTH DAY, SYDNEY
- Position: Voice, Presentation & Voice-Overs Coach
- Events Coached: All major events including the Opening Ceremony, Welcome Ceremony, Evening Vigil with Pope Benedict XVI and Closing Ceremony
- Audience Sizes: The events were attended by up to 400,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
- Skills Coached: Voice, presentation, voice-overs, script writing and editing, microphone techniques, delivering sponsor advertisements, ad-libbing to a live audience, crowd motivation, and how to correctly pronounce the non-English names of dignitaries, speakers, musicians and guests
NETBALL WORLD CUP, SYDNEY
- Position: Foreign Languages Coach of National Anthems - Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park
- Audience Size: The Opening Ceremony was attended by up to 15,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
- Description: I coached Australian choir 'Vox' in the sung pronunciation of 7 non-English anthems which were sung live. The anthems featured 10 languages: Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh)
- Recording Session Coaching: The anthems were also recorded for use at other Netball World Cup events. I coached the choir in the studio to ensure and supervise language pronunciation accuracy
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP, MELBOURNE
- Position: Foreign Language Coach for the French National Anthem - Australia versus France World Cup Match
- Audience Size: The anthem was sung live at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne in front of 50,000 people
- Description: I coached leading lady of music theatre Patrice Tipoki (playing Fantine in Les Misérables at the time) in the sung pronunciation of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise"
FILM & TELEVISION
PRODUCTION COACHING:
SCREEN & STAGE PRODUCTIONS
SKILLS COACHED include:
- Leading coach for over 20 years to A-list actors on local and international film, television, theatre and musical theatre productions
SCREEN & STAGE PRODUCTIONS
- Position: Leading Voice, Dialect, Script & Performance Coach
- Description: Coach to acclaimed actors including Rose Byrne, Sam Neill, David Wenham, Yvonne Strahovski, Celeste Barber, Leah Purcell, Damon Herriman, Miranda Tapsell, Elizabeth Debicki, Wayne Blair, David Campbell, Caroline O'Connor and many more
- Film & Television Coaching Highlights:
- Cate Blanchett's award-winning drama series Stateless for Netflix and ABC
- International films Peter Rabbit, I Am Woman, Mortal Kombat, Jasper Jones, Cargo, The Hunter, Top End Wedding and more
- Local television shows A Place To Call Home and Packed To The Rafters
- Theatre & Musicals Coaching Highlights:
- Plays for Sydney Theatre Company including for Academy Award winning directors Steven Soderbergh and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- Plays for Belvoir Street Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company
- Musicals for Opera Australia and touring musicals to Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Germany
SKILLS COACHED include:
- Voice, performance, script delivery, voice-overs, microphone technique, camera & stage craft, voice for screen/stage/audio impact and more
teaching
TEACHING & LECTURING:
SKILLS COACHED include:
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY (NEPEAN)
AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO SCHOOL (AFTRS)
SCREENWISE FILM & TV SCHOOL
- Group coaching and private tutorials at leading training institutions
SKILLS COACHED include:
- Voice, performance, presentation, script delivery, voice-overs, microphone technique, live performance & events, stage craft, camera craft, corporate voice, television voice, theatre voice, radio voice and more
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
- Position: Academic Teacher and Production Coach for over 10 years at NIDA, Australia's leading actor-training school for the Voice and Acting Departments
- Description: Coached full-time students in the Masters of Fine Arts (Voice), Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and Masters of Fine Arts (Directing). Coached part-time students in the Diploma of Music Theatre and Diploma of Stage & Screen Performance, and for the NIDA Open Program general public short courses
- Teaching: Classes included voice, voice-overs, presentation, performance, live speaking, on-camera presentation, script delivery, vocal warm ups and more
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY (NEPEAN)
- Position: Lecturer for 3 years in the Bachelor of Arts (Acting) degree
- Teaching: voice, script delivery, dialects and performance for the full-time students
AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO SCHOOL (AFTRS)
- Position: Guest Lecturer for Bachelor of Arts (Directing) degree
- Description: directing performers and speakers for optimal voice, authenticity and storytelling work
SCREENWISE FILM & TV SCHOOL
- Position: Guest Tutor to the part-time screen acting students
- Teaching: voice and dialects for camera work
SKILLS COACHED
Coaching includes:
VOICE TRAINING
Body work & alignment for optimal voice, embodiment & freedom of movement for voice work, breath support & empowerment, vocal strength & stamina, resonance & tone enrichment, vocal colour & passion, clarity & confident delivery, habit awareness & transformation, warms ups & daily/weekly routines
DELIVERY & CONNECTION
Authenticity & audience connection, captivating delivery & storytelling techniques, script detailing, human psychology & emotion for impact, the story journey, pitch & pacing, word play, ad-libbing with professionalism & ease, narration & voice-overs, rehearsing & redirecting, performance reviews & strategies
PRESENTATION TECHNIQUE
Presence & audience engagement, present moment awareness & needs, voice work for successful presentations, microphone use, staging & pacing, eye contact, natural movements & gestures, dealing with performance anxiety & stumbles, mindfulness tools for success
Whatever your goal, you can get there
if you're willing to work.
OPRAH WINFREY
