With over eighteen years experience working with clients like NASA, the National Geographic Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Izolda specializes in narrations, foreign languages (Russian and Spanish), characters, and accents. She is also available for musical projects as a vocalist. Her vocal styles range from pop to jazz to opera to religious as well as secular music. She performs as a soloist and choral member of various groups in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Education

BA English Drama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Highlights

• NASA and National Federation for the Blind
  • Narrator: "Touch the Earth: A Multimedia Book About the Earth's Biomes" (Narrated thirty-four scripts for interactive movie project for the blind. Audio Sample 1, Audio Sample 2.
• Experience Music Project
  • Narrator: SoundLab Keyboard Interactive Display at the Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA (Description and Step-By-Step Interactive guide). Audio Sample.
  • Narrator: SoundLab Electric Guitar Interactive Display at the Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA (Description and Step-By-Step Interactive guide).
• National Geographic Society
  • Narrator: NGS Picture Show CD-ROM: Structure of Vertebrates 1 (Fish). Produced by the National Geographic Society.
  • Narrator: NGS Picture Show CD-ROM: Structure of Invertebrates (Insects). Produced by the National Geographic Society.
  • Narrator: NGS Picture Show CD-ROM: Structure of Vertebrates 2 (Birds). Produced by the National Geographic Society.
  • Narrator: NGS Picture Show CD-ROM: Rain Forest. Produced by the National Geographic Society. Audio Sample.
  • Narrator: Spanish Language, NGS Picture Show CD-ROM: Rocks and Minerals. Produced by the National Geographic Society. Audio Sample.
  • Character: "Madame Mariska," Eastern European, gypsy fortuneteller (video and audio); Horriblescope, "The Wonder Years," CD-ROM. Produced by the National Geographic Society.
  • Character: Irish immigrant: At Home in America, GTV, The American People. Produced by the National Geographic Society. Audio Sample.
  • Character: Young Jewish immigrant: Generation Gap, GTV, The American People. Produced by the National Geographic Society.
  • Russian language narrator: Picture Atlas of the World. Produced by the National Geographic Society. Audio Sample.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Character: Dr. Macrane, British Archeologist; Kinetic City Super Crew, Kids' radio show. Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Character: Dr. Natasha Bugov, Russian scientist; Kinetic City Super Crew, kids' radio show. Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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