Posts Tagged ‘Performance’“Little Puppets’ Symphony” by Girolamo DeracoSaturday, May 8th, 2010During the Spring 2009 semester, Italian composer Girolamo Deraco was in residence at Truman State University. I had the great privilege of performing on the premiere of two of his pieces (Nebula Picta for four players on one marimba and Little Puppets’ Symphony) and commissioning him to write a work for solo timpani (Thou for solo timpano). Below you will see video of the premiere performance of his Little Puppets’ Symphony, a chamber work involving collaboration between music, dance and theatre, a feature of many of Deraco’s works. The piece offers a peak in to the mysterious (and sometimes absurd!) process of creative invention, and is a bit of a wink of the eye in self-acknowledgement of the composer’s own eccentricity. embedded by Embedded Video embedded by Embedded Video Krannert AudioSunday, April 4th, 2010 Krannert's Audio Team for Ellnora '09 - The Guitar Festival I work and study at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My activities include providing live sound reinforcement, recording and sound design for many of the performances at the center, as part of the audio team.  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Recently, the graduate students, Andy (Krumeich, the Krannert Audio Events supervisor) and I have been doing major upgrades to the facilities and equipment. Current Audio Facilities: Current Audio Facilities being renovated: New Audio Facilities (coming Summer 2010): Here are some photos of the facilities as they are right now:
 Cable storage in the Audio Office  This is the Great Hall Recording Studio  This is the monitoring position for the Great Hall recording studio. This studio is equipped with 8 Channels of Buzz Audio preamps (True Systems, Yamaha, other pres available for more channels), an Alesis HD24 hard disk recorder and Meyer HD-1 monitors. The Midas console is used for live to 2-track (CD) mixing and monitoring.  Here's the view from the mix position in the Great Hall Studio.  This is the new Post Production Studio. It is not done, but has been forced into action by the many projects I have going on. Soon to come are: A rack, a small console, a couch and further acoustic treatment. It's actually a pretty good sounding small control room.  Visible here are the acoustic treatment panels on the ceiling. This design was developed by Andy and I.  This is the room that is becoming the archive room. A WORK IN PROGRESS!  Another view of the Archive Room in progress.  This is the room that will be Sound Design Studio.  The future location of the voiceover booth in the Sound Design Studio. Construction started this weekend (4/3/10)!  The Vault, the KCPA Audio Department's newly renovated maintenance shop/electronics lab.  The Vault also has storage for less frequently used cable and equipment.  Future site of video editing studio (coming summer 2010).  The view as you enter The Kitchen, the main equipment storage room.  Gear in the Kitchen  More gear in the Kitchen  Cable storage in the Kitchen |
