Audiobook Master Class
with Barbara Rosenblat

Thursday, March 11th from 3p- 5p
Fee: $60.00

Barbara Rosenblat is one of the most sought after and beloved narrators of audiobooks in the world. Her extraordinary range of accents and characterizations in a distinguished body of work (more than 400 titles to date) has earned her six coveted Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association. The Audies are the industry's Oscar and Barbara has won more of them than any female narrator. Barbara recently discovered that she is nominated for five Audies for her work this past year.

For this Master Class, Barbara will discuss her career as a top audiobook narrator. Exclusive to this particular event, Barbara will demonstrate at the microphone the technique that has made her one of the stars of her business, working with copy to demonstrate the art of the audiobook. She will discuss pace, timing, breath and very importantly, how a single narrator is able to differentiate many different characters. She will also discuss what it takes to get work and compete in the audiobook industry, the requirements for the demo, and the current state of the audiobook industry.
The industry watchdog publication, Audiofile Magazine, has named Barbara Rosenblat one of their 'Golden Voices' and a 'Voice of the Twentieth Century'. Barbara has also won 40 'Golden Earphone Awards' for superior recordings.

In the UK, Barbara has appeared in London's West End theatre, worked for the BBC, British film and television and performed in two highly regarded shows at the Edinburgh Festival.

On Broadway, Barbara created the role of 'Mrs. Medlock' is the Tony Award winning musical 'The Secret Garden'. She also served as production dialect coach for the Broadway run and the subsquent national tour. She returned to Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Eric Bogosian's dark comedy 'Talk Radio' starring Liev Schreiber. She more recently performed off-Broadway as the all singing, all dancing Gertrude Stein in the new musical '27 Rue de Fleurus' at Urban Stages. On TV, Barbara has appeared on 'Law and Order SVU' and 'Guiding Light'. She has voiced hundreds of documentaries, commercials and museum tours. Billboard Magazine has said that Barbara Rosenblat 'is spoken of with the same reverence and affection that the music industry reserves for Frank Sinatra and the Beatles. Barbara has legions of fans worldwide. The extraordinary range of material that Barbara has voiced over the years has led one critic to say, 'Barbara is to audiobooks what Meryl Streep is to film.'

The class is aimed at currently working professionals in the voiceover business, but fans of Barbara's work are invited as well. Don't miss this opportunity to hear and learn from one of the acknowledged masters in a very exclusive industry!