Karen & Team/Who We Are

Karen Hutton, founder of Voice of Brilliance and Brilliance in Performance has been involved professionally in sports and performance most of her life… and has taught nearly every discipline in which she’s been involved, namely; voice, acting, figure skating, dance, equestrian sports. Her 30 years of professional experience in acting and voiceovers – and later, as a voice and media coach for stage, screen, radio, television and business professionals, have created a highly honed set of communications skills. Not to mention a unique vision driving it all.

As a professional actress, stage, film, television and radio from the local to national level all offered their own unique opportunities to develop, hone and challenge her craft. If you’ve been around long enough, you might have even seen her in national ads for Toyota, Ford, State Farm, Charles Schwab & Co… along with various popular television series and feature films. Her love of voice and voiceover found sprang to life there.

Don Fitzpatrick discovered Karen’s success record as a voice coach and was largely responsible for bringing her into the television news broadcast coaching realm. Karen's roster has included talent from CNN, The Weather Channel, KTLA Los Angeles, Fox News, TechTV, NHK Japan and network affiliates across the U.S.. From local to national level, on-camera talent have worked with Karen over the years to enhance their vocal sound and range, as well as fine tune their delivery skills. Likewise, business professionals from Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Industrial Light and Magic – and more - have all sought Karen’s help with their voice, message delivery and media performance.

Karen's popular voice and performance-oriented column entitled “Brilliance in Performance” was published by the national news broadcast newsletter "SHOPTALK" between 1998-2000, and read by 100,000 broadcasters daily. Many have been integrated into the curriculum of several major Universities in both undergrad and graduate broadcast journalism courses, as well as by news directors in network affiliates across the country...a solid endorsement of Karen's performance philosophy and cutting edge coaching techniques.

At present, Karen hones her own skills daily, recording voiceover professionally in her globally connected pro audio home studio in California. (www.karenhutton.com) It’s possible you’ve heard Karen before and not even known it, since her voice has been broadcast all over the world in television, on radio, in cell phones; probably even your computer. A native of the golden state, Karen specializes in recording voiceovers for commercials, narrations and animation for clients such as Motorola, Boeing, Cisco, UPS, Tide, Black & Decker and a long list of others.

A passion for both doing and teaching have always driven Karen’s careers and experience. That she’s coached every discipline in which she’s become expert reflects her own teachers’ consistent message: “Pass it on!”. She has always made it her mission to do so, as with her latest venture, Voice of Brilliance. 15 years ago, Karen envisioned offering voice coaching online... so that it would be globally accessible, anytime, to the people who need it. Now that technology has caught up to the vision, Karen’s thrilled to fulfill that long-held dream and offer something of lasting value in our media-driven world. It’s all part of a standing invitation – a spirit that includes an intention for an expanded playing field where we not only give back… AND contribute to a larger realm of possibilities.