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Fine-tuning Paul Cosca has opened Rogue Valley Vocal Studio on the fourth floor of the Woolworth building in downtown Medford. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Monday Feb 26, 2018 at 12:01 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness When Paul Cosca answers the telephone, you might think you're talking to a network radio news anchor. When he belts out lyrics from the musical "Hamilton" your recognize serious talent. Cosca, a member of theatrical companies in Chicago and Portland, has opened Rogue Valley Vocal Studio on the fourth floor of the Woolworth building in downtown Medford. Over the past 18 years Cosca has performed opera, musical theater, audio character, and voice-overs. https://youtu.be/pCE-gebEcUs Cosca began his broadcast career in Redding, California, at 15 and was a weekend on-air regular at a talk station at 16. "Even back then, people were telling me I had a radio voice," Cosca said. He honed his vocal skills at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts, where he set out to be a musical theater major. "After three 8 a.m. ballet classes on Saturdays and 8 a.m. music theory, I realized I was just not cut out for that," he said. "So I went into the acting major role. But I never lost my love for musical theater, and tend to do a lot of that these days." He ran a theater group in Chicago for six years before following his wife to the University of Montana. When his wife took a clinical residency assignment in Portland, he developed a troupe known as the Modern Promethians, who put on a Valentine's Day show review earlier this month. "I'm still doing shows with them, it just requires a lot more driving," he said. He's also doing "Avenue Q" with Oregon Cabaret Theater this summer in Ashland. "I'll be driving up on the one day off for rehearsals in Portland," Cosca said.  My wife wishes I'd make my schedule a little less packed. If I don't do a performance for a while, I just get antsy and a little moody, It's like I go through withdrawals. I have to be up again, I have to be in rehearsals, I have to be in performance for something, or I else I get a little depressed." Although he considered returning to broadcasting, he discovered voice acting and figured that matched his musical schedule. "It was something I could do at home. Being able to say I've worked NFL Films, Boeing and great big companies is cool. In voice-over, you don't get the full details, you know who you are working with. I love theater though, I love the stage." Among his voice-over clients are: MicroSoft, Philips, Circle K markets, Buffalo Wildwings, BMW, federal agencies, and video game companies. "You've always got to keep your feet moving. If you want to be a professional freelancer, that's the key," Cosca said. "No one is going to pay you for a day-off. You have to go out and hustle."  — Reach reporter Greg Stiles at 541-776-4463 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GregMTBusiness or www.facebook.com/greg.stiles.31.   More info Rogue Valley Vocal Studio owner Paul Cosca will offer free 15-minute mini-voice lessons during a 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday open house at open house in Suite 424 of the Woolworth building, 33 N. Central Ave., Medford. Cosca can be reached at  406-214-0695 or at [email protected] Regular one-on-one hour-long lessons are $20 for the initial session and $25 thereafter.