2005-2007 Areas of
Research
The University of Virginia's Teaching
+ Technology Initiative
Fellowship Program
On March 15, 2007, I submitted a proposal to the Teaching + Technology Initiative
Fellowship Program
entitled, Innovative Sound Design for Dramatic Production. The full document
can be downloaded and viewed by clicking here (.doc,
88 kb) and here (.pdf,
188 kb). The budget for this proposal can be downloaded and viewed by clicking here (.xls, 40
kb) and here (.pdf,
56 kb).
Lake
Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
During the summer
of 2006, I worked for Foothill
Theatre Company in Nevada City, California. The company provides
fully produced Shakespearean Drama for Lake
Tahoe Shakespeare Festival at Sand Harbor on Lake Tahoe. The productions
are later mounted at the Sierra Shakespeare Festival in Grass Valley,
California. During the 2006 season, I provided original sound design
and musical composition for Twelfth Night and Othello.
The sound environments were created using Mark of the Unicorn's Digital
Performer. The results of my work can be heard in .mp3 format by clicking here.
The
Lost Colony
During the summer of 2007, I provided sound design for The Lost
Colony Outdoor Drama, written by Paul Green. I designed
original sound and music for a new multi-channel, digital sound system.
This new system also incorporated twenty-four wireless microphones
and a digital mixing console with full recall features. To
learn more about The
Lost Colony,
the nation's longest running outdoor symphonic drama, click here.
Field Recording System
In March of 2006,
I received an Arts Council Grant to fund the purchase
of a field recording system, one meeting current state-of-the-art
specifications. The
new system is battery powered, compact
and portable. It is comprised of an Edirol R-4, four-track field recorder
and a Crown SASS-P MK II stereo condenser microphone. This system is
being used by students to record material for Department of Drama
theatrical productions and for projects in DRAM 262 (Sound Design)
and DRAM 364 (Sound Design Studio). The
system also allows on-location, multi-track recording for student
film projects, live music events, and other special events. Read
the grant application by clicking here (.doc, 220kb) and here (.pdf, 297).
Cloud 9 by Caryl
Churchill, Directed by Betsy Tucker at the University of Virginia's
Department of Drama
In the Fall of 2005, I created an orchestral piece and a pop
piece for Cloud
9 by
Caryl Churchill.
Click here to
listen to these in .mp3 format. I
created the original music using Reason 3.0 by Propellerheads
Software.
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare
Festival
During the summer
of 2005,
I provided original sound design and musical
composition for Macbeth and Comedy of Errors. The sound
environments were created using Mark of
the Unicorn's Digital Performer.
I created the
original music using Reason 3.0 by Propellerheads
Software. The results
of my work can be heard in .mp3 format by clicking here.
The Audio Spotlight®
In March of 2005, I received an Arts and Sciences Research Grant from Arts and
Sciences and the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. My proposal
was to purchase an Audio Spotlight® in order to explore potential theatrical
uses for this technology. The device is really unique as it delivers sound
to a specific area in the way a flashlight or spotlight delivers light. Download
my final report on this research by clicking here (pdf,
1.95 mb).
