Executive presence coaching for leaders, founders, and high-achievers who speak for a living. Master your voice, pacing, and real-time presence — without losing yourself.
The Dominant Frequency: diagnosis, training, and a take-home system you can run in real boardrooms, presentations, and high-stakes moments.
Speech + Executive Presence Coaching
The Dominant Frequency is a diagnostic and training method for leaders who need to command boardrooms, nail client pitches, and deliver keynotes with unshakeable authority. You'll master breath control, vocal steadiness, pacing, real-time adjustment, and the non-verbal signals that make people listen.
Book the Frequency Audit ($495) →BFA/MFA + Self-Tape
Monologue packages, audition strategy, text work, and self-tape preparation for conservatory and professional auditions.
Explore Acting Coaching →Executive Headshots + Brand Sessions
Professional portraiture that reveals your dominant frequency — the light, angle, and expression that commands attention and authenticity.
View Portfolio →Choose your lane and book a session. Every engagement begins with a complimentary 20-minute discovery call.
Targeted speech and presentation work, or focused audition coaching — depending on your lane.
Real-world rehearsal, live feedback, and a take-home plan you can run without us in the room.
Nomè SiDone — Presence Architect
"I photograph the frequency you carry.
I coach you to carry it on purpose."
I photograph people the way I wish I'd been seen — with time, intention, and a refusal to look away.
The dominant color is never obvious. It's the amber that lives in shadow. The quality of light that only appears once in an afternoon. The expression someone makes when they forget the camera exists.
Trained at the Yale School of Drama (MFA), I work at the intersection of presence, language, and performance. I train actors for the highest-level conservatory auditions in the country — and for screen, television, and film. I train executives and leaders to communicate with the kind of authority that doesn't ask permission.
Based in New York City. Available for portrait sessions, acting coaching, and speech & presence work.
Super casual and super exacting at the same time. Anytime you work with Nomè you get the feeling you're working with a friend who takes quality seriously. There are no half measures with him.
Yao
Photographer / Client
Outcome: Produced professional portraits with confidence and clarity through a process that balanced casualness with exacting standards
Timeline: Single session engagement
Working with Nomè is an experience rooted in safety and care. He takes the time to bring to light what you may not even know is there. As a dark-skinned woman in the performance industry, I've often felt pressure to fix or hide parts of myself. But in front of Nomè's camera, all of that disappears. I've never felt more beautiful.
Abigail
Performer / Client
Outcome: Achieved a profound sense of safety and self-affirmation, discovering confidence in her appearance and identity as a dark-skinned woman in performance
Timeline: Single session engagement
With Nomè, I felt at ease. I felt seen and affirmed, like I could show my true self. And Nomè guided me to this place of openness with his words, but also with his exuberant presence, and his ability to be exactly who he is — which was deeply infectious.
Sam
Creative Professional / Client
Outcome: Found ease and authenticity in front of the camera, experienced presence amplification through an environment of genuine human connection
Timeline: Single session engagement
As someone who often feels uncomfortable in front of the camera, I appreciated Nomè's style of encouragement that invites both play and precision. I was able to find ease in my body in a way that often feels inaccessible and I feel my presence magnified in the photos he captured. I'm so happy with the experience and the result and look forward to working with him again!
Tyler C.
Professional / Photography Client
Outcome: Overcame camera discomfort by finding balance between play and precision, experiencing magnified presence in final photographs
Timeline: Single session engagement
Every major presence firm runs the same play: soften the accent, smooth the edges, neutralize the thing about you that makes a room stop. They call it polish. We call it what it is — erasure.
The Dominant Frequency — our proprietary coaching method — is built on an opposing premise. Your distinctiveness isn't the obstacle to your authority. It is the source of it. Drawing on conservatory performance training at the Yale School of Drama, linguistics, and dialect work with one of the foremost coaches in the United States, Nomè works with executives and leaders who are done performing a version of themselves designed for someone else's comfort.
Respect is not granted through erasure.
Authority emerges from congruence.
We refine clarity, power, and command while keeping your accent, your rhythm, and your self intact.
Available one-on-one in New York City and virtually, worldwide.
Drawing on an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and years of professional performance work, Nomè coaches actors one-on-one through BFA and MFA conservatory auditions, screen and television auditions, and self-tape preparation — the moments that demand you arrive already knowing who you are.
This isn't technique for technique's sake. It's presence work. Text work. The inner life made visible. Students have earned acceptances at the most competitive programs in the country and across the Atlantic.
Available one-on-one in New York City and virtually, worldwide.
As I prepared for a high-stakes presentation, I usually focused on not making mistakes instead of confidently leading. With Nomè's guidance and help refining my message, I showed up with clarity and assurance. The difference was clear in how colleagues engaged, and it changed how I see my voice and influence at work.
Magdalene B.
CEO, MooMoo Financial Services
Outcome: Shifted from defensive presentation mindset (avoiding mistakes) to confident leadership presence; colleagues responded with increased engagement and respect
Timeline: 1-2 sessions, results visible immediately in subsequent presentation
CEO, MooMoo Financial Services
I was preparing for a high-visibility presentation and normally would've focused more on not messing up than actually leading the room. Working with Nomè helped me refine my message and step into the moment with confidence instead of hesitation. The way people engaged with me afterward was different — and it changed how I see my voice in professional spaces.
Tuoyo O.
IT Professional, JPMorgan
Outcome: Transformed from hesitant presenter to confident communicator; refined message delivery and moved from anxiety to presence; colleagues responded differently post-coaching
Timeline: 1-2 sessions, immediate impact on next high-visibility presentation
IT Department · JP Morgan
Before working with Nomè, I would hesitate in meetings and rush through presentations because I wasn't confident in my voice. Nomè helped me speak with real conviction and read my audience so they were actually taking value from what I shared. I stopped trying to just get through it. I started owning the room.
Woli O.
Recent College Graduate
Outcome: Built conviction in voice and audience reading ability; moved from rushing through presentations to owning the room; stakeholders began extracting real value from his contributions
Timeline: 1-2 sessions, observable shift in meeting and presentation performance
Recent College Graduate
I've trained in America. I've trained in England. Nomé is the best coach I've ever had — hands down. He didn't just make me a better actor. He helped me become someone who knows her worth.
Dallas Salaberrios
Actor / Audition Student
Outcome: Transcended technical acting improvements to develop self-worth; went from trained actor to actor who knows her value
Timeline: Extended coaching engagement
BFA Acting · Carnegie Mellon University 2029
Nomé SiDone didn't just prepare my daughter for auditions — he called forth the artist within her. Through his fierce devotion and masterful eye, she rose to earn acceptances at Carnegie Mellon, UNCSA, and NYU.
Tiffany Salaberrios
Parent / Acting Coach Testimony
Outcome: Daughter (Dallas) accepted to Carnegie Mellon University, UNCSA, and NYU; artist within her was called forth; demonstrated fierce devotion and masterful coaching
Timeline: Extended coaching engagement through audition season
Parent · CMU · UNCSA · NYU
Nomè not only teaches how to approach a text — he teaches you to make bolder choices and embrace your true feelings. These things helped me get into Syracuse University, and just life in general.
Julia Zhu
Acting Student
Outcome: Accepted to Syracuse University; learned to make bolder choices and embrace true feelings in acting work; impact extended to personal life
Timeline: Coaching leading to audition cycle
Musical Theatre · Syracuse University
Nomè was the first person to ever tell me that I never needed to play a caricature of what I thought a black woman was — because my existence as a black woman was enough. He completely changed my trajectory as an actor. I would not be at Carnegie Mellon University without him.
Nicole Siegler
Acting Student
Outcome: Accepted to Carnegie Mellon University; shifted from self-limiting beliefs to embracing her authentic presence as a Black woman; completely transformed trajectory as an actor
Timeline: Coaching leading to audition cycle
Musical Theatre · Carnegie Mellon University
She would not be where she is right now without you. I have tears in my eyes writing this — so much gratitude. Her choices are ridiculous. Truly ridiculous. Thank you.
Sarah Siegler
Parent / Acting Coach Testimony
Outcome: Daughter (Nicole) achieved life-changing outcomes; demonstrated gratitude for transformational impact on trajectory and choices
Timeline: Extended coaching engagement
Parent · Carnegie Mellon University
A 90-minute diagnostic. We assess your voice, your language, your physical presence — and deliver a precise read on exactly where your signal is landing and where it is leaking. The patterns we look for are specific: collapsed posture, breath constriction, pace, over-smiling. Not personality. Nervous-system adaptations — and they can be changed. You leave with a written audit, a custom warm-up, and a 7-day practice plan. This is a complete, standalone product. Clients who go further do so because the Audit showed them exactly what the Arc would address.
Six sessions across eight to ten weeks. We move through the Dominant Frequency Method — instrument release, language architecture, command under pressure. The work is specific, documented, and built entirely around your instrument. Not a template. Not a one-size framework. Yours.
You walk into the room as yourself — not a managed version of yourself. Your accent intact. Your rhythm intact. Your signal clean. The authority you have always carried, no longer suppressed.
Every engagement begins with a complimentary 20-minute discovery call. All coaching and portrait sessions are available in New York City and virtually, worldwide.
A complete diagnostic — not a sample, not a teaser. The entry point for every client who wants a precise read before committing to more.
The full Dominant Frequency Method progression. Where the real work happens — and where command becomes your permanent baseline.
For clients who have completed the Arc and want a standing partner as stakes continue to rise. Custom scope, custom cadence.
This is a diagnostic. Not a scene study session — a precise read of what your instrument is doing, where your presence fractures under pressure, and exactly what work will unlock your range before your next audition.
You've done the work. You have the credentials. But when you walk into a room, something isn't landing. This guide names the five patterns — and what they actually mean.
I take on a limited number of portrait sessions, acting students, and coaching clients each month. Whether you're ready to be seen through a lens, walk into an audition room fully alive, or command a room at the highest level — reach out.
nome@thedominantcolor.com