The Visceral Voice Podcast

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The Voice Of: The Rockette | Purdie Bauman Mar 15, 2021

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In Part 14 of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Rockette."
Purdie Baumann is a former member of the world famous Radio City Rockettes, where she performed for eight consecutive years. Her Broadway tour credits include traveling the country with Young Frankenstein choreographed by Susan Stroman. Purdie can been seen dancing in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, as well as Martin Scorsese's films Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman. Look out for Ms. Baumann in the upcoming made for Netflix movie Tick Tick Boom directed by Lin Manuel Miranda. Purdie is currently working as an expert Microblading Artist in the New York and New Jersey areas. You can follow Ms. Baumann on instagram @purdiebaumann and @purdiebrows.
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The Voice Of: The Composer | Brian Lowdermilk Mar 08, 2021

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In Part Thirteen of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Composer."
Brian Lowdermilk (they/them or she/her) is a queer, gender non-conforming writer and composer. Their musicals include The Bad Years, Henry & Mudge, The Mad Ones (fka The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown), Republic, Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends and the albums Our First Mistake and Kerrigan-Lowdermilk: Live. Awards: Jonathan Larson, Alan Menken, Richard Rodgers, Dramatists Guild Fellowship.
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The Voice Of: The Composer | Brian Lowdermilk Mar 08, 2021

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The Voice Of: The Music Director & Orchestrator | John Bell & Josh Clayton Mar 01, 2021

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In Part Twelve of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Music Director & Orchestrator."
John Bell (Music Director) On Broadway, John has conducted My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town, and An American in Paris. He is also the music director of the First National Tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s My Fair Lady. John has been the music director/supervisor at Irish Rep for their innovative digital streaming production of Meet Me in St Louis, as well as On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Finian’s Rainbow, Donnybrook, and their gala concerts since 2014. For City Center Encores: Brigadoon, Me and My Girl, The New Yorkers, Cabin in the Sky, Do I Hear A Waltz, Lady Be Good, and more (Associate Music Director). Other New York credits: Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little(New Cast Recording) and Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days(Keen Company); Radio City Christmas Spectacular; Candideat Carnegie Hall. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, a Masters in Music from CUNY, and has studied at the Manhattan School of Music.
Josh Clayton (Orchestrator) Josh’s orchestrations have been heard across the country in the National Tour of Lincoln Center’s Tony-winning revival of My Fair Lady. Other recent orchestration credits include; The King and I (National Tour), Titanic (Signature Theatre and South Korean productions) and A Funny Thing…Forum (Two River Theatre). He has provided arrangements for many shows at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC including productions of Meet Me In St. Louis, On A Clear Day, Finian's Rainbow, Donnybrook! Recently, On Broadway, Josh provided additional orchestrations for Gypsy (with Patti LuPone), On The Town (Revival), and was the assistant conductor of the 2009 revival of Finian’s Rainbow. He has provided orchestrations for such stars as Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Nathan Lane, Cheyenne Jackson, and Denyce Graves. He is currently the assistant musical director of the New York City Center Encores! series.
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The Voice Of: The Music Director & Orchestrator | John Bell & Josh Clayton Mar 01, 2021

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The Voice Of: The Company Manager | Holly Sutton Feb 22, 2021

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In Part Eleven of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Company Manager."
Holly Sutton has been a company manager for 25 years in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and touring theatre. Shows include BROADWAY: Dear Evan Hansen, Sunday in the Park with George, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Colin Quinn - Long Story Short; OFF-BROADWAY: Voca People, Churchill, Clinton the Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher; TOURS: Vagina Monologues, The Graduate, Wicked (Assoc), Cats (Assoc).
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The Voice Of: The Company Manager | Holly Sutton Feb 22, 2021

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The Voice Of: The Opera Singer | Eve Gigliotti & Karen Slack Feb 15, 2021

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In Part Ten of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Opera Singer."
Mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti has won critical acclaim for her work in contemporary opera, including her portrayal as Ruth in the world premiere of Dark Sisters (Muhly/Karam), and Bess in the world premiere of Breaking the Waves (Mazzoli/Vavrek). Ms. Gigliotti has performed with San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Symphony, LA Phil, Washington National Opera, Washington Concert Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is featured as Siegrune in both HD presentations of the LePage production of Die Walküre from The Metropolitan Opera, including the Grammy Award winning recording. The 2020/21 season held many exciting opportunities at The Metropolitan Opera. However, due to the cancelled season, Eve “adapted and pivoted”. In partnership with acclaimed producer Cath Brittan, she is currently developing the opera, No One Is Forgotten (Prestini & Shirey/Miller), whose first workshop will be presented at HERE this winter. She also starred in Alice in the Pandemic (Sosa/Jacobs), with White Snake Projects. Next season Ms. Gigliotti is thrilled to be returning to The Metropolitan Opera, and will continue on with her original projects including Untitled: Inspired by Film Stills, an installation opera inspired by the iconic series of Cindy Sherman. Eve lives in Brooklyn with her two favorite people. Follower her on Instagram here.
Hailed by critics for possessing a lustrous voice of extraordinary beauty and artistry of great dramatic depth, American soprano Karen Slack has performed with major conductors in opera houses and concert halls around the world. She was most recently seen in Verdi's AIDA with Austin Opera, Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff with Arizona Opera and in the West Coast premiere of Terence Blanchard's Champion as Emelda Griffith with San Francisco's Opera Parallele, Litton's Porgy and Bess Suite at the Bergen Festival in Norway, Mahler Symphony # 2 with Lexington Philharmonic, Beethoven's 9th with both Quad City Symphony and Alabama Symphony and a house debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Serena in Francesca Zambello's production of Porgy and Bess which she has performed at both Washington National Opera and San Francisco Opera. She can be seen reprising the role of Serena in San Francisco Opera's production that was released on DVD in 2015. Follow her on Instagram here and watch her #kikikonversations YouTube series here.
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The Voice Of: The Opera Singer | Eve Gigliotti & Karen Slack Feb 15, 2021

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The Voice Of: The Surviving Actress | Robyn Kerr Feb 08, 2021

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In Part Nine of The Visceral Voice's new limited series, Christine and Kimberly listen to "The Voice Of: The Surviving Actress: Performers and Their Survival Jobs".
Robyn Kerr is a Jamaican Scottish actress. Theater includes: The Great Society (LCT on Broadway), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (California Shakespeare Theater), Pride and Prejudice (Syracuse Stage), The Heart of Robin Hood & Rip Van Winkle (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre, Broadway National Tour), Knives in Hens (The Shop, 59E59 Theater), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Great Lakes Theater), Dark Vanilla Jungle (The Shop, Here Arts). Television: “Murphy’s Law” (ITV), “Casualty” (BBC), “MI5” (BBC). Film: Stud Life, Scoop, Hank and Asha. Training: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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