Corigliano Debuts Circius Maximus ASU

Saturday was a day to be enjoyed. It is rare that I have the opportunity to simply enjoy a great musical work. I often find myself recording a performance that I would love to enjoy as a patron.

I had the honor of meeting and exchanging some words with composer John Corigliano after ASU Wind Ensembles rehearsal of his latest composition Circus Maximus. Later that evening I attended the premiere performance with good friend Jon Gomez.

Circus Maximus is a deep and insightful 35 minute work that takes the listener on a wonderful journey through the fall of the Roman Empire. I sat engaged through the entire performance and speechless at the end. I love it when music does that. That is the very reason I love to record.

Dance Season Begins!!!!

This is the time of the year that get's crazy fun.

For the past 4 years Dan has been the audio editing engineer of choice for All About Dance (http://www.allaboutdance-az.com/). Each year, Dan prepares numerous edits and masters for dance competitions and recitals. With about 60 edits a year as well as audio production for their yearly recital, Dance Season is one of our busiest times of year.

Today, Dan spent some time with All About Dance, instructor Rhianna preparing two tracks for an up coming dance competition.

Arnell Symphonies Tracking Sessions Completed

300+ Takes, 70+ Musicians + 52 hours of recording time = 49GB’s of Audio Data Captured during 13 Recording Sessions using 8 Microphones and 8 24bit/192kHz Digital Audio Tracks.

This evening Dan Malone and Mike Markowsi were on site at Holy Spirit Church in Tempe, Arizona for the last recording session of the Arnell Symphonies Project. This session was a fast paced plethora of music used to capture sections from the previous recordings needed for the editing process.

Project Producer Marc Parella (http://www.marcparella.com/) has been behind the driver’s seat of this project since the beginning. His work has been critical to the success of this entire project, even more now that this project is entering the post production phase.

Currently this project is on track to have the first of three CD’s released by Toccata Classics (http://www.toccatapress.com/) early 2006.