Voice Talent rschletty@schletty.com 651-222-2526

Vocal talents

• Voiceovers for radio, TV and training films
• Jingles and theme songs
• Audio books
• Composition, performance and recording of original Sacred and Folk-Rock songs
• Liturgical cantor
• Poetry writing and reading

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Market research demo

• Voiceovers, mixed styles, 7-2009 (MP3 format, length 1:30)

Studio demos and finished tracks

• Radio spots, narration and jingles (MP3 format, length 1:30)
• "Story of Saint Patrick" voiceover for Dana Rausch, Vice President and Animator at Pixation Inc. Narration by Richard Schletty. First in a series of animations called "Epic Tales in the Lives of the Saints."
• Valleyfair Amusement Park radio and TV spots. www.schlettydesign.com/valleyfair
• "New Eyes, New Light" - soliloquy and singing
  Movement 11 from Hungry For Heaven, a sacred aria
• "Saving Great Turtle" - singing and storytelling
• "A Dream Within a Dream" - A poetry reading.
  music: David Gómez Sanz, voice: Richard Schletty, words: Edgar Allan Poe (1827)

Experience

Readings and critiques of broadcast and industrial scripts at The Talent Center with Don Cosgrove (voice trainer and veteran broadcast, industrial and stage talent).

Narrator for Valleyfair Amusement Park radio and TV spots. www.schlettydesign.com/valleyfair

Narrator for promotional video for St. Matthew's Parish Capital Campaign.

Folk-Rock music performer: Opening act for Folk artist Bill Staines concert, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, MN. Solo and band performances at Twin Cities cafés. Solo and Folk-Rock performances for showcase events of the Minnesota Association of Songwriters.

Soloist (singing German lyrics) in the role of Jesus in the Heinrich Schütz "St. Matthew Passion" for Waltham Abbey Singers. University Lutheran Chapel, Minneapolis, MN. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9YP3Pr-zA

Lead singer/frontman for Rocka-Rolla, A group of grads from St. John's University (Collegeville, MN) singing 50s and 60s rock and roll classics. www.richardschletty.com/rocka-rolla.html

Lyricist, soloist and producer for Hungry For Heaven project – www.hungryforheaven.com

Lyricist, soloist and producer for Steiner-Anselm-Schletty album, twelve collaborative songs accomplished via the Internet with two musicians living in Germany. www.richardschletty.com/steiner-anselm-schletty.html

Workshop session co-presenter of "How to Purchase Graphic Design Services"with John Coyne of Coyne Associates. Marketing seminar sponsored by SMPS - Society for Marketing Professional Services. University of Wisconsin Madison.

Cantor and lector at St. Matthew's Church, St. Paul, MN.

Cantor, songleader and guitarist at Church of St. Mary, St. Paul, MN.

Also see Sonority by Schletty Publishing