Master Voice Teacher Mary Setrakian on Breathing & Projection in Support of the Get IN Benefit

We are proud that renowned master voice teacher, actress & singer Mary Setrakian [www.marysetrakian.com] prepared a special lesson in breathing and projecting yourself in support of the "Get IN" web benefit for The Ali Forney Center. This is important to know RIGHT NOW when projecting yourself and what you have to say is so important!
As a Master Voice Teacher... Mary prepared Nicole Kidman for her Golden Globe Award winning and Oscar nominated performance in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge. She has been the Master Voice Teacher to icon Mary J. Blige, Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Kate Winslet, as well as the stars of John Turturro's musical movie Romance & Cigarettes, including James Gandolfini, Mandy Moore and Bobby Cannavale. Mary prepared Bella Thorne for her feature film singing debut in Scott Speer’s Midnight Sun, as well as Bella’s star turn as the SWAN on the TV hit show The Masked Singer. Mary was the Master Voice Teacher to Ben Daniels for his performance as Pontius Pilate in JC Superstar Live on NBC starring John Legend.
Mary is also called upon by Disney to teach the leading players for the Broadway and touring companies of Elton John's Billy Elliot, Aida and The Lion King, Phil Collins' Tarzan, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Bombay Dreams.
Other students include Kerry Washington, Juliette Binoche, Milla Jovovich, Sierra Boggess, Trudie Styler, Aida Turturro, Debra Cox, Annabella Sciorra, Keri Russell, Tate Donovan, Micky Dolenz, Josh Strickland, Simone, Patrick Cassidy, Charles Osgood, Danish pop star Tim Schou, and Italian stars Serena Autieri, Filippo Timi, Gala, Andrea Osvart, Denny Mendez, Roberta Gambarini, Marco Ligabue, Violante Placido, the a cappella group SeiOttavi, rapper Baby K and singers on the Italian TV shows X Factor, Sanremo and The Voice Italia.
Internationally, Mary recently returned from her 3-month tour of Singing Masterclasses throughout Australia. Currently, Mary is the Master Voice Teacher/Guest Artist at the Roma Film Academy. She has taught many workshops at the Pop/Rock School of Italian guitar legend Franco Mussida in Milan, Italy, CPM (Centro Professione Musica) since 2009. Mary has been teaching a variety of intensives and masterclasses worldwide since 2005.
Mary is proud to be the Master Voice Teacher/Guest Artist at The Susan Batson Studio, LLC in New York City since 1999.
About Mary... Mary Setrakian is a native of San Francisco, California. She has been a resident of New York City for over 30 years performing professionally, in conjunction with teaching master voice to a variety of artists in New York, Los Angeles and internationally in Italy, England, Portugal, Russia, Australia and Armenia.
Mary has been seen on Broadway in Hello, Dolly! starring Carol Channing (cast recording). She toured with the Broadway companies of Phantom of the Opera (Madame Giry), Les Miserables, Hello, Dolly! (seen in several performances as Irene Molloy across from Carol Channing) and the World Tour of Evita (Eva Peron in Duisburg, Germany). Mary was featured at Carnegie Hall in Jubilee directed by Herbert Ross.
Presently Mary made her Sydney Opera House debut. She recently performed her concert, Let the Sun Shine! off-Broadway at the Triad Theatre NYC. Mary starred as The Beggar Woman in Scott Logsdon’s production of Sweeney Todd. She sings with orchestras in the US and internationally - from an evening with the SSO at her alma mater, Stanford University, to her solo concerts in Milan, Italy with the Avant Orchestra, a concert of Big Band meets Broadway garnering rave reviews.
Mary’s Off-Broadway credits include the Duchess in Dorian Gray and featured roles in Jones & Schmidt’s Colette Collage (cast recording) and Bob Merrill’s Hannah ...1939 starring Julie Wilson (cast recording). At the beginning of her career, Mary starred off-Broadway in over 20 productions with the Light Opera of Manhattan in title roles such as Naughty Marietta, The Merry Widow, and Gilbert & Sullivan classics like HMS Pinafore (Josephine) and Iolanthe (Phyllis).
Mary’s award winning “Best Actress” regional roles include Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Trina in Falsettos, the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and her critically acclaimed one-woman show, A New York Romance: The LA Times exclaimed "Chanteuse Setrakian is ... dazzling!"
Mary holds a Masters in Voice Performance from the New England Conservatory with Distinction and is a graduate of Stanford University in Music/Voice with Honors. She studied at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Phyllis Curtain and was a voice student of Joan Heller, Mark Pearson, Marie Gibson and Corinne Swall. She has studied acting with her mentor, Susan Batson, for over 30 years.
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