Singing
FADE IN:
INT. OPERA STAGE – GULFSHORE OPERA
Backstage at performance of Die Fledermaus. Nadia is onstage singing the role of Adele.
Nadia’s inbox pings with an email from a commercial client with a request for pickups.
CLIENT
Hey, we need some changes for the sandwich role you recorded for our commercial.
Are you free?
NADIA gets the email when she leaves the stage.
NADIA
Sure! But I’m actually onstage in an opera right now, how soon do you need them?
CLIENT
Wait!! You sing??!! That changes everything! We’re going to make the sandwich sing!!
And NADIA’S career as a jingle singer is born.
END SCENE.
Looking for a voice to sing a jingle for your brand? Nadia can be the voice you’re looking for!
Nadia loves working with composers, sound designers, and sound engineers in various genres of voiceover but especially commercials, animation, film, and videogames. Comfortable in everything from opera to Broadway to jazz, rock, and pop, her versatile voice can be the ethereal, haunting voice in your horror game, the laidback cabaret nightclub singer featured in your next film, the operatic voice in a rock band, like Evanescence, while your game’s hero fights the boss, or singing the theme song while the credits roll.
Nadia has been singing almost as long as she’s been speaking and ever since her debut solo of “Away in a Manger” for her school choir’s Christmas concert, she hasn’t looked back. While some might have said Nadia was a “choir geek”, Nadia would say she embraced every opportunity to perform – no matter how non-traditional. (She was even the lead singer for the steel drum band cover of “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall.)
All these experiences led to a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida State University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Ohio State University. In a nutshell, Nadia knows how to sing, but not just in the shower… Her studies in vocal pedagogy and her Singing Health Specialization certificate from OSU means she knows how to preserve vocal health while singing in potentially vocally stressful projects. Whether it’s singing in a character voice, or accent, or both, or for long recording sessions, Nadia has the vocal stamina to easily execute behind the mic. This also allows her to perform non-singing roles with continuity.
And if your project requires singing in a foreign language, no problem! Nadia has performed in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish due to her operatic training (she has also sung in Elvish for a Lord of the Rings piece!) She is comfortable working on diction for other languages and can tackle the language you created for your fantasy world.
Nadia enjoys working with composers and collaborating to create the best piece for your soundtrack. She never shies away from a musical challenge. The more complex time signatures, large leaps in the vocal line, or combinations of modalities – the better! Is your project full of vocal gymnastics – shifting between registers, rapid fire patter of text, or abrupt changes in musical styles like going from opera to rock? She was named after Nadia Comaneci after all, but she’s more of a vocal gymnast.
Does your piece have NSFW language and need it to sound pretty? Nadia is even fluent in cursing in cursive! (Put your headphones on, just in case…)
In addition to the samples here, check out her YouTube for videos from other performances or email her at nadia@voicesbynadia.com to sing for your next project!