Carin Gilfry (LITE) - Voice Actor, Singer, Wearer of Many Hats

Description:
Voice actor and singer Carin Gilfry has always been happy. Today, she shares with us how getting locked in a closet led to an episode of This American Life, designing the perfect career to fully enjoy new motherhood, her habits of forward-thinking and taking small steps toward any goal, and more. Uncut version available at http://www.patreon.com/peaceofpersistence.

Show Links:
This American Life - Carin Gilfry’s Radio Drama Episode (on YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpZyb9Grfw
(podcast version): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/528/the-radio-drama-episode

Rosie’s Place web series: http://www.rosiesplaceshow.com/
(on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZ_k4cQ7d9dZuAU3jvuktg

Former Juilliard guests -
Camille Zamora (full video): https://www.patreon.com/posts/camille-zamora-2-16244525
(audio podcast): https://www.peaceofpersistence.com/blog/2017/9/21/sing-for-hopes-camille-zamora
Nicholas Pallesen (two part video): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlyY2Pq4QsNs4CMbzp5SzvSGcXhBq1CGx
(two part audio): https://www.peaceofpersistence.com/blog/?tag=Nicholas+Pallesen

Guest Intro: 
Carin Gilfry is a voice actor, singer, audio engineer, coach, composer, and producer. Her voice appears in commercials for Zulily.com, Little Tikes, Jakks Pacific Disney Dolls, Luxury Retreats, Emblem Health, Audible, and many more. She has narrated and produced over 100 audiobooks, and has recorded voice over for hundreds of eLearning projects, IVR systems, training videos, and documentaries. She plays characters in the video games Heroes Charge, Warframe, and Heroes of Newerth. She has been coaching and teaching classes in voice over since 2013.

Carin holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the USC Thornton School of Music and a Master of Music in vocal performance from The Juilliard School. She has performed with symphonies and opera companies around the world including the Los Angeles Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Le Theatre du Chatelet, New York City Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, The Phoenix Symphony, The Santa Fe Symphony, The California Philharmonic, and the Chorale Bel Canto.

She has composed theme music for 50+ audiobooks, and written children's songs for her YouTube series Rosie's Place.

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Soprano, Author & Survivor Charity Tillemann-Dick

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In this week's extended audio-only! episode, host Abigail Wright speaks with Charity Tillemann-Dick, soprano, survivor of two double-lung transplants, and author of The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts. Catch the full episode here:

Charity Tilleman-Dick is a soprano and top-selling Billboard classical artist. After receiving a diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Charity has had two double lung transplants, has been the National Spokesperson for the PHA (Pulmonary Hypertension Association), and continues to perform, being featured as a singer and speaker around the world.

She speaks candidly and enthusiastically about her upbringing (with 11 brothers & sisters), surviving two double-lung transplants and cancer, singing, relationships, finding the divine in yourself and others, living up to our potential and feeling complete, her love of food, and her book. The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts is published by Simon & Schuster, and it comes out on October 3. Pre-order your copy on Amazon. 

You can also catch Charity at one of her upcoming book signing events, and she answered our last question, "do you have any advice for us," by saying she loves to give advice! Go to www.charitysunshine.com, and she's happy to answer any advice requests you might have. Thanks, Charity!

Sing for Hope's Camille Zamora

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In this week's extended audio episode, host Abigail Wright sat down with soprano Camille Zamora, co-founder and co-executive director of Sing for Hope. Here's what she had to say:

Show Notes:

Sing for Hope is a group of over 2,000 artists who bring their talent and "a shot of hope" to those who need it most. Abby and Camille sat among some of their annual street pianos, designed by local artists, that went out among the NYC parks this summer and now are being used by local schools. Sing for Hope placed their 400th piano this summer, and they bring the community together, support artists, and allow artists to give their gifts to schools, hospitals, AIDS hospices, veteran hospitals, senior centers and more.

Through Sing for Hope's channel of giving through the medium of art, Camille shared that she has found her most authentic self. Community volunteerism and performing are parts of her balanced diet, as she feels a calling to share creativity in social justice work, perform as a singer, and enjoy parenting her son.

She discussed how Sing for Hope evolved out of a need to respond to tragedies such as 9-11, AIDS, and Hurricane Katrina. Their long-term dream is to own a space - a centralized hub to support all of their activity. 

Her goals? To continue to support her son's dreams (from whom she learns so much), to continue to sustain and support Sing for Hope, and to further her goals as a singer - including classical Spanish repertoire, such as her touring pops show, Tango Caliente, featuring bandoneon and dancers.

After speaking about her mentors and how they've taught her about the power of artistic habits of mind, she discussed her role as a speaker at this changing moment of the arts and culture landscape. Some people question arts volunteerism, and to them she said that art is an enormous currency. "Like any currency, you should earn some of it, and you might enjoy giving it away," Camille suggested - a different kind of stretching one's talent. She believes that arts and culture should be included in the conversation surrounding social change, especially for large scale systemic change and educational revamping.  

As an artist, Camille discussed success as achieving authenticity of communication, whatever the medium, and how she found her artistic authenticity from a young age until now.

What habits and traits lead to her happiness and success?
Exercise, a love of good food and friends, simple pleasures, and mindfulness of the innate joy that can be found in the simple moments.

What would she like the world to see differently?
We all sell ourselves short. Access to creativity and expression is one profound way to allow our potential to bloom, to allow ourselves to be greater, and "to excavate the imagination." "Live bigger," she says.

Any other advice for us?
Nobody gets through life unscathed. Know that the wounds are part of it, but also the beauty and the humor of the everyday can allow you to generate joy.