TESTIMONIALS: EVENTS

30/11/2019

JANE MISKOVIC-WHEATLEY

Creative Director, Opening Ceremony of 2015 Netball World Cup

Hired Jennifer as the Foreign Languages Coach (National Anthems) for the Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park. Anthems coached: Malawi, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka & Wales (7 anthems, 10 non-English languages)

"The Netball World Cup is the largest netball tournament in the world, and Sydney hosted it in 2015 at Sydney Olympic Park for the first time in 25 years. The tournament broke the world record of the largest live and broadcast audience for the sport, and overall was an exceptional success.

We had the challenge of presenting the 16 national anthems on the first day of competition, and wanted to create a special moment for each and every competing team. We worked with VOX Youth Philharmonic Choir to perform each a capella anthem live, with musical direction by Elizabeth Scott and arrangements by Luke Byrne. It was a huge ask for the choir to perform the anthems in language, 11 in all, and they could not have done it without Jennifer White.

Jennifer was the foreign language coach and worked tirelessly to learn the anthems in each language, including Maori, Sri Lankan, Samoan, Chichewa, Welsh, Malay and isiZulu. She coached the choir in each sung language down to every syllable and intention. Every anthem was presented flawlessly, and the teams were so touched many were moved to tears.

I don't know anyone else in the industry that has the performance, vocal, musical, accent, language and dialect interest, knowledge and experience to have made this project so successful other than Jennifer White, and I am so grateful for her excellent contribution. As always, she was a delight to work with, a consummate professional, and her passion for her work is inspiring."

ANDREW BEE

Producer/Director, Out There Productions

Hired Jennifer as the Voice and Presentations Coach for World Youth Day, Sydney 2008. Coached presenters of internationally televised events including the Opening Ceremony, Papal Arrival and Evening Vigil with Pope Benedict XVI.

Hired Jennifer as the Foreign Languages Coach (National Anthems) for the Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park. Anthems coached: Malawi, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka & Wales (7 anthems, 10 non-English languages)

World Youth Day: Barangaroo crowd size

World Youth Day: Randwick Racecourse crowd size

"I have had the good fortune of working with Jennifer White on two occasions and have found her to be exceptional at what she does. Her attention to detail, research and preparation ensure that she delivers the highest possible outcomes.

Our company was engaged to produce all of the major events and Masses for World Youth Day 2008 held at Barangaroo and Randwick in Sydney.

Jennifer was engaged as Presentation and Voice Coach for these events and worked with people from around the world. Public speaking was initially beyond their comfort zone.

As well as coaching the international speakers, Jennifer worked closely with the four Australians acting as MCs to the crowds at Barangaroo and Randwick. In that role, she worked with them on their live presentation and voice skills, voice-overs, crowd motivation, ad-libbing during live telecast, the pronunciation of international guests' and performers' names, script writing, microphone technique and more.

The event itself had limited time and the environment was highly stressful. Jennifer worked quietly and calmly and each of them made their presentations with passion and professionalism to the hundreds of thousands of people in the live audience and the many millions watching the broadcasts.

More recently we engaged Jennifer as the Foreign Languages Coach for the National Anthems at the 2015 Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park. The 7 non-English anthems she coached had 10 languages in them. Jennifer's meticulous research, preparation and attention to detail meant that the choir achieved a level of pronunciation and authenticity well beyond my expectation.

Jennifer worked with the choir in the rehearsal room and also in the recording studio. Throughout the process she collaborated with the Creative Director, the Choral Director and the musical arranger. The resulting recordings and live performances were exceptional. So many of the organisers and representatives of the international netball teams asked me how the choir managed to pronounce their anthems so wonderfully. Jennifer White is the answer.

Jennifer is a wonderful coach and educator, a team player and a joy to work with. She brings passion and enthusiasm to her work and her results are world class."

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