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'''Gary Anthony Catona''' (born September 25, 1952) is an American author and voice coach, who describes himself as a "Voice Builder".<ref name="Adudo">{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.adudo.com/gary-catona/|title=Gary Catona|publisher=Adudo|accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref> His clients have included Whitney Houston, Andrea Bocelli and Muhammad Ali.<ref name="VIBE">{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.vibe.com/2015/10/voice-builder-gary-catona-interview/|title=So You Want To Be A Powerhouse? Voice Builder Gary Catona On Making Your Vocal Game Strong|publisher=Vibe|date=October 5, 2015|accessdate=2016-01-30}}</ref>
==Career== Catona was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Pennsylvania State University.<ref name="Adudo"/> He moved to Austin, Texas in 1980 to research the mechanics of voice production and voice anatomy.
In 1982, Catona began to work with clients who had damaged their voices from accident, surgery, injury or illness.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite web|author=Michael Wilnington|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-27-ca-61390-story.html|title=Getting in Touch With 'the Voice of the Soul' Therapist: Vocal teacher Gary Catona is written off by some because of his unorthodox 'voice building' technique. But to his celebrity clients, he's a miracle worker|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 27, 1993|access-date=2016-01-30}}</ref> His clients have also included singers such as Andy Williams, Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys), Dawn Robinson (En Vogue), Babyface, Jesse McCartney, Paula Abdul and Lenny Kravitz.<ref name="LATimes"/> His clients have also included actors such as Patrick Swayze, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Spacey, Mark Wahlberg, Patrick Bergin, Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine and Charles Dance.<ref name="LATimes"/>
==Bibliography==
* ''Thinking as Sport and Dance: Learn the Power of Creative Thinking'' {{isbn|978-0595433742}} (2008) * ''A Revolution in Singing'' (2012) * ''Wisdom for Singers and Philosophers'' {{isbn|978-1532042591}} (2018)
==Videography==
* ''Ultimate Voice Builder Kit'' (2013)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.garycatona.com/ Official website] * {{YouTube|id=OBlZrc-APuU|title=Voice Builder to the World-Gary Catona Talks at Google}} {{Authority control}}
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