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Excited to announced I have been cast as “Buttercup” in the 2019 March production of “H.M.S. Pinafore” in concert with Gilbert and Sullivan Austin! Save the date, March 2nd and 3rd, to watch me take on this wacky and fun character in one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular operas!
#opera #operetta #musical #women #music

I’m venturing to Ooooooooklahoma this weekend to attend the first annual Muskogee MiniCon at the Muskogee Public Library! Looking forward to being part of the panel “THE POWER OF MUSICAL FANDOM” this Saturday with two of my fellow Materia Collective community arrangers / performers, Nathaniel Chambers and Jeremy Harris Jones! Continue reading →

Returning to one of my favorite conferences, GameSoundCon, this week for the return of our panel discussion:“Trumpets to Transients: A Composer’s Guide to Sound Design”. I am joined again by #gameaudio folk Emmanuel Lagumbay, Brad Beaumont (Riot Games), and  John Robert Matz, and welcoming our newest panelist, Matthew Marteinsson (Klei Entertainment), of “Don’t Starve” fame! Our panel is this Weds, October 10th, at 10:15am PST on the “Game Audio Essentials” track!

Having fun checking out “Zoo Academy” and seeing how the character I voiced, Art Teacher “Ms. Daisy”, turned out! “Zoo Academy” is the the prequel to “Zoo U”, released last week by Centervention! Zoo U is “an evidence-based, online game for students in grades 2-4.”
#vo #gameaudio #socialskills #learning #youth #zoo #edu
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Excited to have my voice in the first cRPG in the Pathfinder (Paizo Inc.) Universe, “Pathfinder: Kingmaker”, available now on Steam and GOG dot com! Many thanks to Audio Lead Sergey Eybog for casting me as the voice of the “Divine Chants” used by your character in game! It was super fun to record those magical phrases, I hope you like what you hear;) #gameaudio #vo #pathfinder #rpg #crpg #voiceacting

Announcing the official Steam launch of “The Bards Tale IV: Barrows Deep” by inExile Entertainment! I was honored to be part of team audio for this project, assisting with dialog editing, under the leadership of Audio Director Brian DiDomenico, and alongside a star-studded cast of game audio pros including Kurt Heiden and Alexander Brandon. Recent review by AGC praised the audio, voice acting, music and sfx. Go Team! #gameaudio #bardstale #kickstarter

We (“Ruddigore” by Gilbert and Sullivan Austin) are Nominated for “Outstanding Production of a Musical” for this years B. Iden Payne Awards!!! Thats FIVE nominations including “Outstanding Ensemble Performance” (gooooo bridesmaids!!!) “Outstanding Direction of a Musical”, Corinna Browning for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical”, and Shelby Schisler for “Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical”! Go Team!!!!! #opera #awards #austin Continue reading →

Recording day! Finalizing my “Bri” lines for Episode 3 of the fantasy adventure The Call of the Flame: An Audio Play. It has been tons of fun playing this character:) Check out the first two episodes on their website or their Youtube Playlist. Like what you hear? Support our project on Patreon!  #vo #audiodrama #fantasy #radioplay

September approaches and so does “Patience In Concert”, a special performance of G&S’s classic opera, with Gilbert and Sullivan Austin, with an ‘updated’ theme. I am pleased to sing in this, my third production with such a fantastic company. Only ONE performance, Sunday, Sept 16th, at 2pm. Come and if the “Hipsters” or the “Frat boys” reign supreme!
#soOverItPatience2018 #opera #singing

Article on the Game Audio Network Guild blog about Jesse Harlin and his soundtrack for “Yoku’s Island Express”, which I had the pleasure of singing on with 11 fellow vocalists, many from the Materia Collective: “The Materia Collective instantly jumped to mind. I was also able to find 12 vocalists to help me perform the choral arrangement on “Yoku Taidua,” the game’s main theme.”- Read the full article #vo #gameaudio #singing #chorus #yokusislandexpress