Arts Express
The 36th Annual Let Freedom Sing
​​July 2020
​Recording Engineer, Mixer

Like almost all productions, the pandemic COVID-19 challenges all theatre companies, including on Arts Express, on how to continue to provide entertainment to their audiences while stuck at home. Arts Express set out to progress their plans for the annual production of "LET FREEDOM SING," a 4th of July special performance celebrating America's birthday and rejoicing in the close-knit community Tucson has become.

Instead of hosting a special concert at the usual historic Fox Theatre downtown, we decided to film and record the entire performance to be edited together into a one-hour pay-per-view premiere, streamed on YouTube.

Almost all vocals heard on the one-hour video were either recorded live on location, or in Subspace Recording, a local recoding studio provided by Arts Express' own technical director, Mike Dunn.

All of the instrumentalists recorded their parts from their own home, then sent their stems over the cloud to me for mixing, mastering, and export to video.

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Directed by Matthew Holter
Production Design and Technical Direction by Mike Dunn
Production Management by Mary Davis
Video Production by Ben Wiese
Recording Studio provided by Mike Dunn and Subspace Recording

Khris Dodge, Piano and Organ
Rylande Dodge, Drums
Mike Levy, Bass
John Davenport, Bass
Jeff Laufer, Guitar
Paul Brewer, Tenor Sax
Bruce Gates, Trumpet
Charles Hopkins, Trombone
Jessica Muiseke-Wilkinson, Violin

Soloists: 
Juan Aguirre
Erika Burkhart
Liz Cracchiolo
Jodi Darling
Matthew Holter
Julia Powers
Chach Snook
Susan Lane Stokes
Dennis Tamblyn
Anthony Allen Taylor
​Tyler Wright