Owner, Patricia Shanks Voice Studio
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Voice Talent at Voice Talent at Voice123.com
- Voice Talent at Voice Talent at Voices.com
- Voice Talent & Voice Trainer at Patricia Shanks Voice Studio (Sole Proprietorship)
- Copywriter, Columnist, Reporter at Patricia Shanks - Writer (Self-employed)
- Education
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- University of Redlands
- El Camino College
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Patricia Shanks’s Summary
Patricia Shanks, BS Business and Management, is a voice talent and voice trainer based in Orange County, CA. She voices commercials, corporate video productions, documentary films, Internet and interactive programs. She recently voiced the national radio announcements for Suzanne Somers' Women's Health and Hormones Seminars, a 2008 green emissions training program for International Engine Corporation, and a documentary for the UC Irvine Center for Citizen Peacebuilding.
Patricia also has trained singers, actors and voice users for over 30 years in public, private and conservatory settings. Many of her clients have gone on to win top honors in contests and have become successful actors and performing artists. Her studio is located in the Design Plaza, right next to the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach.
Patricia also has to her credit successful careers in non-profit arts management, singing as a professional opera chorister, producing and hosting a weekly television arts and entertainment news segment, and writing an arts and entertainment news column for several editions of the Los Angeles Daily News.
Patricia Shanks’s Specialties:
VOICEOVER: Complete professional studio. Source-Connect (full ISDN) or phone patch. Clients: American Honda, Mitsubishi, Yamaha ...
VOICE TEACHER: Teaching singers technique, musicianship, performance. 30+ years teaching in public and private schools/conservatories. Former professional opera chorister (Los Angeles Music Center Opera Assoc. and Opera Pacific).
WRITER: Scripts (commercials, conventions and industrial videos), marketing, publicity and promotional materials, Websites, IVR.
Patricia Shanks’s Experience
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Voice Talent
Voice Talent at Voice123.com
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
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Voice Talent
Voice Talent at Voices.com
(Broadcast Media industry)
October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
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Voice Talent & Voice Trainer
Patricia Shanks Voice Studio (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)
Patricia Shanks Voice Studio established as a business in 2003. Private and group voice instruction in private, public, institutional settings since 1975. Professional voiceover and on-camera and off-camera broadcasting and writing experience since 1995.
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Copywriter, Columnist, Reporter
Patricia Shanks - Writer (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
August 1995 — Present (14 years)
Independent writer.
Patricia Shanks’s Education
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University of Redlands
BS , Business and Management
Music Education and Voice Performance studies
California State Standard Designated Subject Teaching Credential- Activities and Societies:
- U of R Opera Workshop
Played snare drum in marching band
Sang at spring cotillion with the studio jazz band
Voiced promotional announcements for school radio station as the sultry-voiced Tricia Mae Fox, directly contributing to winning an award for KUOR
Wrote and arranged the music for a classmate's musical which successfully toured the US
Received unheard of 50% response to direct marketing survey final project concerning the feasibility of opening a specialized retail music business
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El Camino College
Languages, General Studies
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Mu Gamma - Lifetime member for German Language achievement
French Language study
Additional Information
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Patricia Shanks’s Groups:
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Women in Film (WIF), American Film Institute (AFI), Orange County Ad Club, Orange County Multimedia Association (OCMMA), Media Alliance of Orange County (MAOC), Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC), Southern California Vocal Association (SCVA), German-American Cultural Society (GACS)
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Working Voice Actor Group
Patricia Shanks’s Honors:
Board of Directors (2008) Orange County Multimedia Association (OCMMA), Community Access Committee (2006-08) Media Alliance of Orange County (MAOC), Board of Directors and Student Membership Liaison (2005-07) Media Communications Association International LA/OC Chapter, Board of Directors (2005-06) and Webmaster (2005-Present) Music Teachers' Association of California Orange County West Branch.
Previous decades: Program Chair for Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA-LA) and Board of Directors and Publicity Chair for the Beach Cities Symphony Association.
Patricia Shanks’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- getting back in touch
