josie’s words
“Melissa is an awesome coach. Although I was a complete amateur compared to the other individuals at the workshop, she created a positive atmosphere and didn’t treat me any differently. I highly appreciated that! Melissa gave me a huge confidence boost and I left the workshop with a smile on my face. It would be a honour to work with Melissa again.”
- Josie Gunness
Josie, you are just a doll! Thank you for sharing about your workshop experience. You are so honest and sensitive. It’s lovely. Demo is next lady!
testimonial sunlight
“Melissa’s voice animation workshop was fantastic. She keeps her class size low, so everyone gets a lot of one-on-one attention and feedback. It was a fun, stress-free, and enlightening experience on the world of voice animation. Highly recommended for someone seeking new tools to break into the voice world.”
-Patrick Kwok-Choon
Thank you Patrick Kwok-Choon for sending this sunny message my way! Patrick was just delightful to work with in the January studio session. He is a very thoughtful actor who pays a great deal of attention to specifics and makes exciting character choices. I can’t wait to see what you do next in the voice world…!!!
01.31.11Insecurity
Heya! Check me out tomorrow night (Tuesday Feb 1) on the small screen on CBC’s hilarious new comedy Insecurity at 8:30pm. I play a bad ass spy who kicks some NISA bum! Hoo-rah!
Here’s a preview…http://www.cbc.ca/insecurity/
01.19.11testimonial love
“Working with Melissa was one of the best experiences I’ve had! It was my first time taking an animation voice workshop. Melissa’s feedback was helpful, concise, specific, easy to apply and FUN! I left the studio with confidence and drive. I can’t wait to do my VOICE DEMO with her! I highly recommend Voice Pro Studio and working with Melissa Altro!” – Jen Neales, Actor
This makes me smile :) Thank you to the spunky and talented Jen Neales for sending this my way.
workshopped!
What a faboo snowy Saturday in studio land! The workshop had such a nice mixture of actors with a variety in backgrounds. Thank you to everybody who made it out and I can’t wait to see some of you very soon again to work on your demos! Wee!
Enjoy the photos :)
- Richard Young
- Jen Neales
- Andrea Drea Burck
- Adam Earle
- Jenna Rocca
- (from left to right, first row) Jenna Rocca, Jen Neales, Josanne Gunness, Patrick Kwok Choon, (second row, left to right) Andrea Drea Burck, Adam Earle, Richard Young and Paul Berner
- and now one with me!
Date announcement: workshop!
It’s official– JANUARY 15th 2011– is the next IN-STUDIO WORKSHOP!!!
Happy new year to all you budding voice actors out there! Now’s your chance to start the new year off on the right foot pursuing your voice career by starting out with a day in the studio with me!
Registration for 15/01/11 is NOW OPEN…click CONTACT and send me a message about yourself. Get on the early bird booking train. Spots go fast! Don’t miss out!
testimonial (s)
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about an adorable young actor that I coached by the name of Kate who booked her very first voice role on “The 99″. Well, I’m just all rosy cheeked this Wednesday aft since that little angel sent me the sweetest testimonial to post on the site. A big thank you to Kate and to mom Laura for your wonderful messages. I can’t wait to see you in action Kate, voice action that is!
“It wasn’t only fun, but it was an honor to work with ”Muffy.” Melissa had so much energy and her smile is contagious! I was sick during my one-on-one coaching session with her so my voice sounded congested, but she still made me feel like my voice was amazing! I had never done voice over before so she had to give me some hints and pointers…those hints and pointers just so happened to land me the role. That’s right, thanks to Melissa I got a part in “The 99.” I can’t wait to work with Melissa again.”
-Kate Vickery, Actor, 12
“Melissa Altro came highly recommended to us by one of the city’s top acting coaches. When my daughter got a last minute audition for a voice over cartoon, Melissa came to the rescue! She knew just what to do and she worked quickly to get Kate ready for her big audition. Her lesson plan was clear and to the point. She went over the script and taught Kate how to go about managing it. Her approach was kid friendly and her class lesson was fun. It became very clear early on, that Melissa was a consummate professional. She brings so much to the table and Kate loved working with her. Kate felt confident going into the audition and the director LOVED her. She commented on how well prepared she was and couldn’t believe it was her very first voice over audition! In the end, she got the role; all thanks to Melissa Altro. Wish they could all be that easy!”
-Laura Cassidy, Kate Vickery’s mother
congrats kate!
Last week I met with the adorable and talented Kate Vickery for a one-on-one coaching session. Kate had never done any animation work and was new to the game. Meanwhile, she totally booked her very first audition and scored a recurring role The Hub’s cartoon series The 99! A big congrats to Voice Pro’s youngest student (only 11 years old)! I’m so proud of you!
p.s. This is the second VPS student to book a role on The Hub! I love this show!
workshopped!
I’m experiencing a post workshop glow! Ahh. I just spent the day with a fabulous bunch of actors in the studio. The workshop was full of energy and enthusiasm. A big thanks to David Spowart Photography for coming out to take some photos. To be posted soon…!!
new vps voice demo
Solmaz Damirichi has a very special gift…she has the cutest little girl cartoon voice on the planet! Have a listen to her new voice demo! Can you guess her actual age?!
Solmaz Website Solmaz Damirchi
