AT HOME IN YOUR VOICE

I help people who use their VOICES professionally 
Who struggle to COMMUNICATE freely and fully
To sound like THEMSELVES,
on their BEST DAY,
at PERFORMANCE level,
So that they CONNECT
with the people they want to REACH.
Find out more about Jessica on LINKEDIN

Video: vocal tips for on-air voices

Voice Tips and Techniques - Video created by the NPR training team for Jessica Hansen's voice coaching for NPR.
" That was a MIND BLOWING session!!!  I feel liberated!"​
  - Mary Reichard, Co-Host, WORLD Radio

Want to be at home in your voice?

Jessica coaches organizations and individuals who work 
​on-air in broadcast or podcast
in a classroom, zoom room, boardroom 
in pulpit or on a stage

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​​"Lots of fun and fascinating how you could actually hear the difference in our voices!"
- Mindy Todd, Managing Director of Editorial, WCAI

​Previous clients include: 

  • Washington Post
  • Axios
  • ​Deutsche Welle
  • WORLD Radio
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Bigger Pockets Podcast
  • Dallas Taylor,  20K Hertz
  • Leon Neyfakh, Slow Burn, Fiasco
  • ​How I Built This Summit

​Workshops are fully customizable - starter ideas include:

  • ​Conversational Delivery
  • Breath: Control, Endurance, and Nerves
  • Resonance and Range
  • Vocal Techniques for Public Speaking
  • 3-hour Intensive (touching on all of the above)
  • Voice Coaching for Producers 
​We can create any workshop for your group, based on your needs

​NPR radio and podcast hosts, correspondents, reporters including: 

  • Mary Louise Kelly, host ATC
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro, host WATC
  • Ayesha Rascoe, White House Correspondent
  • ​Aisha Harris, "Pop Culture Happy Hour"
  • Sidney Madden, "Louder Than A Riot"
  • Kia Miakka Natisse & Yowei Shaw, "Invisiblia"
  • Ramtin Arablouei & Rund Abdelfatah, "Throughline"
  • Shereen Marisol Meraji & Gene Demby, "Code Switch"
  • Chip Brantley & Andrew Beck Grace, "White Lies"
  • "Life Kit" production team
  • Michaeleen Doucleff, author "Hunt Gather Parent"
  • Aarthi Shahani, author "Here We Are"
  • High Plains Public Radio
  • Nashville Public Radio
  • ​New England Public Media
  • Maine Public Media
  • South Carolina ETV and Public Radio
  • KPCC, KCRW, WCAI, KNAU, WOSU 
Member VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)
​ "Jessica consistently manifests a superlative work ethic from concept to final output. She works well with colleagues, clients and developing students in the acting world. Jessica is a self-starter who is 
trustworthy, consistent and reliable. " 
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- Samuel Love, Manager, Kids International Talent Agency, Inc.
"Thank you for being such a positive influence on my journey as an actor. I learned far more this semester than I ever had, and I have you to thank for that. I feel much more confident in my skills. Your class was always my favorite to go to, no matter how nervous I was!" 

​- Rosemary Cipriano, Student at American University​​

EDUCATOR

​Sample Teaching Appointments

  • American University  Adjunct Faculty “Principles, Plays, and Performance”  
  • American University  Adjunct Faculty “Acting 350: Styles of Acting”   
  • Brandeis University   Instructor “Movement for the Performer”  
  • Brandeis University   Teaching Assistant “Speech: Accent Reduction”
  • Duke Ellington School of the Arts   Interim Teacher
  • Shakespeare Theatre   Teaching Artist “Text Alive!”
  • Shakespeare Theatre   Teaching Artist “Camp Shakespeare ”  
  • Kids International Talent Agency   Instructor, "Auditioning for the Camera"
  • Stage Door    Acting Instructor, Director
  • Woodrow Wilson High School   Teaching Artist “Comedy Improv Workshop”
  • Cabin John Middle School   Teaching Artist
  • Clarksville Middle School    Teaching Artist
  • Cambridge School of Weston Summer Day Camp   Drama Specialist

​Techniques

  • Roy Hart Voice​
  • IPA
  • ​Suzuki
  • Viewpoints
  • LeCoq
  • Laban
  • Stanislavski
  • Meisner
  • Michael Chekhov
  • Scansion, Text, Rhetorical Device
  • Circus Acts
  • Clown
  • Alexander
  • Physical Theatre
  • Stage Combat

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