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About Me: John Burr has more than 30 years of experience as a recording engineer/producer, as a musical and theatrical performer/director, and as a professional trainer/coach. He has written and produced scripts in all media, and has directed many well-known national performers. His many years of working as a recording engineer, editor, and producer have given him an in-depth understanding of every stage of the production process.

The training and coaching he has provided to executives and entrepreneurs has earned him many kudos in the business community, which includes Marriott Corporation, Xerox Corporation, Danaher Corporation, and Black and Decker Corporation, among others, as well as for many diverse smaller companies.

His transition to coaching voiceovers came about as a result of requests by several Washington voiceover performers to help them develop their skills to a higher level, after he had coached them on scripts he was producing for his clients.

John received his musical training at the Eastman School of Music, baccalaureate education at the University of Maine, and post-graduate work at American University. As singer/assistant conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band Singing Sergeants and performer/musical director for American Educational Theater Association and USO, he toured nationally and internationally for several years. As an actor/singer, he performed in several professional stock company productions, and performed in over forty operas with the Washington Opera.

The uniqueness in his approach to training comes from many years of applied language dynamics and basic musical characteristics to the process of teaching students how to spontaneously express themselves, how to understand and interpret scripts and how to communicate with others in a natural, believable, purposeful, and convincing manner. His new book, The Script Interpreter’s Handbook, due out in 2011, reflects this approach.

Interests and Hobbies: Flying (as a private pilot), carpentry and metal work, designing and building mobiles, movies, writing comedy, reading a good book.

Occupation: Voiceover Coach/Trainer

High School?: Phillips Acadamy

College?: Eastman School of Music, University of Maine, American University - Masters

Favorite Movies, TV?: That's a tough one. I have many favorites: Somewhere in Time, Chariots of Fire, Titanic (the old and the new versions), The Day of the Jackal, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, The Painted Veil, and Being There, to name a few.