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Happy to announce that I will be speaking again at GDC, the Game Developers Conference, in 2019!!! I will be joining a star-studded team of speakers,Penka Kouneva, Emmanuel Lagumbay, Matthew Marteinsson, John Robert Matz, and Eri Escámez Farley, as we bring our popular GSC panel series “From Trumpets to Transients” into a new microtalk format! #gameaudio #conference

We are excited to announce that three Super Smash Opera founding members, Liz Rishel, Marjorie Rishel, and I will be speaking at MAGFest this January! Catch our talk “Engaging Fandoms: Crafting Stories for an Established Audience” on Sunday, January 6th, 2019 at 9:30am in room Panels 1: Continue reading →

Exited to announce I will be speaking at PAX South 2019 on the panel “Music to Your Ears: Why is This Game’s Soundtrack So Good?” with fellow experts Emily E. Meo, Nathaniel Chambers and Jeff McMillen. We’ll see yinz all / y’all in #SanAntonio in January!!! #gameaudio #convention #panel #pax

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 →