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Sound designer, recording and production engineer, synthesizer/sampler
programmer, technical coordinator, and archivist for one of
the most prolific composers of our time. Coordinate technical
information for ensembles and orchestras worldwide. Prepare
presenters with the necessary materials (such as sound design
packages and synthesizer/sampler design packages with software)
as to create a specific production standard when performing
the music of John Adams.
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site) Premiered in October 2005 at the San Francisco Opera. Other performances include Netherlands Opera (June 2007), Chicago Lyric Opera (December 2007), and Metropolitan Opera (October 2008).
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music as well as three Grammy
Awards.
Designer of a massive surround sound system including Max/MSP programming for New York Philharmonic premiere of John Adam's "On the Transmigration of Souls" commissioned by the N.Y. Philharmonic in 2002, in memory of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Concert halls have included Avery Fisher Hall (New York City), Royal Albert Hall (London), Sydney Opera House Concert Hall (Sydney, AUS) and the Concertgebow (Amsterdam).
Sound Designer, 2001. Critically acclaimed staged work
with director Peter Sellars and soprano Dawn Upshaw, mezzo
soprano Lorraine Hunt Liberson and baritone Willard White.
Venue locations include Chatelet in Paris (world premiere),
San Francisco Symphony at Davies Hall in California (American
premiere), Lincoln Center in New York City, Barbican Center
in London, Australia, Greece, Germany, Italy and Netherlands.
Vocal Recording Engineer for Nonesuch Records, 2001. Soprano Dawn Upshaw, mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Liberson and baritone Willard White.
Recording engineer (1992), Electra/Nonesuch Records, CD -
79311-2.
Sound designer for production, electronic loop engineer at
Skywalker Ranch, California. Electra/Nonesuch Records, CD
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Recording (Technical and co-recording engineer). Organized
and recorded Avanti! musicians in Helsinki (December 1996),
final mix at Skywalker Ranch (June 1997). Electra/Nonesuch
Records, CD - 79473-2.
Opera Tour (Sound Engineer and Assistant Sound Designer for
the opera). Eight month tour included Cal Performances (Berkeley),
Festival De Theatre Des Ameriques (Montreal), Lincoln Center
(NewYork), Edinburgh Festival (Scotland), Helsinki Festival
(Finland), MC93 Bobigny (Paris, France), and Hamburg (Germany).
Co-sound designer and technical engineer for U.S. tour that
included the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center (Alice Tully Hall),
Chicago Orchestra Hall, Penn State Univ., Williams Center
(Easton, PA), and University of Michigan.
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site) Work in close contact with many composers, performers and orchestras. Design sound reinforcement systems, install sound systems on location, and mix house sound (FOH) during performances. Recent tour locations have included Austria, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Turkey and most states within the U.S. Recent projects include Sound Designer for Dracula, The Music and Film. Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass and Michael Riesman tour/perform the original Philip Glass score to the 1931 film Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi.
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Working as the only worldwide technical consultant for Boosey
& Hawkes. Sound design and synthesizer/sampler design
for productions performing Boosey composers, for example:
John Adams, Steve Reich, Jacob Druckman, Iannis Xenakis, and
Michael Torke. Prepare technical packages, format and program
synthesizer/sampler software, and work with presenters to
produce respective composers' work. A very few of the production
organizations include: Russian National Orchestra, Edinburgh
Festival, Lincoln Center/NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic,
San Francisco Symphony, London Sinfonietta, London Symphony
Orchestra, Schönberg Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Present
Music Ensemble, Eos Ensemble, Finnish National Orchestra,
Nürnberg Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Festival de Radio
France, London Royal Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, Bolkham Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Philharmonic
and Chorus (Estonia), and most large symphonic orchestras
throughout the United States and Europe.
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Cast:
Barbara Hendricks
Julia Migenes
Roberta Alexander
Daniel Belcher
Topi Lehtipuu
Omar Ebrahim
Donald Maxwell
Derek Lee Ragin
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Technical consultant designing and executing large live electronic
music environments for performances and recordings. The Paul
Dresher Ensemble includes up to eight musicians each with
an extensive electronic music workstation environment. Work
involves preparing musicians' environments for new works and
archiving older compositions. Work with commissioned composers
to help design their compositional visions.
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