Flying Away: live mixing and creating the sound design for The Musical Fun Home
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Authors
Johnson, Samantha L.
Issue Date
2018
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Throughout High School I was always interested in sound
design. I had worked on multiple performances during my
four years at The Roeper School, gaining a deeper
understanding of how to create a realistic space through
sound, but I wanted more. This lead to me pursuing technical
theatre as a hobby during my time at Kalamazoo College. I
decided during my study abroad while doing a difficult sound
design for a show called Secret in the Wings that this was what
I would like to do for my Senior Individualized Project.
While deciding to do sound design for the Festival
Playhouse’s Fall of 2017 musical, I came to the realization
that I was also passionate about live mixing and audio
engineering the show Fun Home. After making this decision, I
realized how much of a work load this was going to be, so I
met with Jon Reeves over the summer to talk about what
would be required of me upon returning to Kalamazoo
College for the performance.
Right before rehearsals started, Lanny Potts and I talked
about the difficulties of having the band house left of the
performers and doing the performance in the round in a space
acoustically built for a thrust stage. These early conversations
led Lanny and I to have a much easier time creating an
equalized sound by the time the show was running.
Description
1 Broadside. 48"W x 36"H
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College
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