Norman Drake
www.normandrake.com
www.linkedin.com/in/normandrakevoicewrite/
www.facebook.com/normandrake
EDUCATION
2014 –
Extensive voice training and coaching with Chuck McKibben,
producer/director, voice actor, and former audio producer
for Mel Blanc in Hollywood
1996
Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A) Temple University
1987
Master of Music (M.M.) New England Conservatory
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 –
Voice Actor
• freelance
• ACX, Findaway, Bodalgo, Casting Tools, Voice123
• copywriting, copy editing
• audio and music production
2007 –
Coordinator of Jazz Composition & Arranging, Temple University
2002 –
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of the Arts
1996 – 2003
Assistant Professor, Ursinus College
1990 –
Writer
• author (pen name: Norman David)
- The Ella Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Companion
Praeger Publishers (2004)
- Jazz Arranging
Scarecrow Press (1998)
• creative writing, copy editing, proofreading
- business/non-profit, academic, web content,
performing arts, biography
COMPUTER/SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
Macintosh • Windows
- Adobe Audition/Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign
- Microsoft Word/PowerPoint
- Finale Music Notation
