[NEohioPAL] Take VOICE with Helen Todd, Soprano/Producer

Helen Todd devuh at aol.com
Sun Sep 8 13:06:33 PDT 2013


Soprano & Producer, Helen Todd is giving free consultations for those interested in joining her Cleveland Heights voice studio for the Fall 2013 session after producing the 11th season of the Sugar Creek Opera Festival in Illinois www.sugarcreekfestival.org. Are you ready for fall auditions? Get ready for your fall auditions with professional lessons! Check out the voice studio page at www.helentodd.com to see an excerpt from the Helen Todd Studio Showcase. Featured singer is Cameron Dashiell, who is currently singing an 8 month run of Momma Morton in Chicago on Caribbean Cruises, is singing "I Am Changing" from Dreamgirls. From Cameron: "Studying with Helen Todd is a joy and pleasure! She has away of making even the most complicated or challenging concepts pertaining to voice training easy to comprehend and exciting to perform. Helen was very patient during our weekly sessions and provided constructive feedback about my progress in her studio each semester. Her teaching techniques assure you of reaching your ultimate goals in lessons, rehearsals, and performances."

Students in the studio receive intense vocal training to prepare them for auditions, competitions and performances. Each lesson is with full piano accompaniment. Current pricing is $34 per half hour, $49 for 45 minutes and $59 per hour. Helen teaches all ages with a concentration on working actors/singers in musical theatre and opera singers. Most members of the studio are adults but space is available to high school or younger who are considering the arts as a career.

For more detailed information, or to set up your free half hour consultation, email Ms. Todd directly at Devuh at aol.com or call 216-534-1897. To find out more about Ms. Todd, go to www.helentodd.com.

A few current & former student accomplishments in the Cleveland area:
-Alison Arko performing the role of Chutney  in Legally Blonde with Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, July & August 2013.
-Michael Litherland just cast as Bob Crachit in A Christmas Carol with Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, December 2013
-Dominic Fedele as Sir Harry in Once Upon a Mattress with Mount Carmel Players, summer 2013.
-Cameron Dashiell as Momma Morton in Chicago with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, an 8 month run in 2013.
-Neely Gevaart, cast in Shrek the Musical at Mercury Summer Stock June 2013, as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at Cassidy Theatre and recently performed in A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Playhouse at Playhouse Square, at the Allen Theatre December 2012.
-Ona Martini cast in 13 The Musical in Mercury Summer Stock's Teen Stock, summer 2013.
-Katherine Kujala, cast as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro with Arbor Opera Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan June 2013.
-Tarion Young, working as a singing gondolier at The Venetian in Las Vegas, also costumer with Zarkana at Cirque de Soleil in Las Vegas as well.
-Chris Richards performed the lead, Joseph,  in Sons of the Prophet at Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights March 2013 and cast in The Philanderer at The Pearl Theatre Company, New York City.
-Lara Mainier cast as Jan in Grease at The Paramount Theatre in Chicago and Pinkalicous in Pinkalicous at The Broadway Theatre in Chicago, two year run!
-Kayla Carabotta awarded a $12,000 voice scholarship to Alderson Broadus College and cast as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at Geneva High School.
-Andrew Miller, four year scholarship winner for attending Ithaca College for Musical Theatre, Fall 2009
-Magan Yantko, four year scholarship winner for attending Point Park Conservatory in Pittsburgh for Musical Theatre. Performed the role of Natalie in Next to Normalat the New Hazelett Theatre in Pittsburgh.

Former and current students of Ms. Todd have appeared locally with Beck Center, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Opera Cleveland, Near West Theatre, Playhouse Square, Porthouse Theatre, Cain Park, Cleveland Public Theatre, CSU's Factory Theatre, and Kent State University, among others, and her students have been accepted to such noteworthy institutions as Ithaca College, DePaul University, Lawrence University, Southern Methodist University and Otterbein College.
 
Testimonial from former student Jonathan Ramos: "Helen gave me the confidence to sing in ways I never thought I could. Since taking lessons from Helen's studio, I'm no longer intimidated singing things that are new and unknown. Her encouragement and faith in her students is what distinguishes her studio from others." Jonathan is currently touring with ArtsPower in "Lily's Crossing" out of New York City. http://www.artspower.org/
 
Detailed information about Ms. Todd's international performance career can be found at her website, www.helentodd.com.
Additionally, Ms. Todd produces the annual summer music festival, Sugar Creek Symphony & Song where she produces two operas each summer. Ms. Todd serves as the General Director of the company and more information can be found via the web: www.sugarcreekfestival.org. 
Yours,
Helen Todd
www.helentodd.com
General Director
Sugar Creek Symphony & Song
www.sugarcreekfestival.org

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