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December 1996
Meeting Notice


The Role Of Sound Design In Classical Theatre

Keith Handegord of Stratford's Shakespeare Festival Theatre

 

Date: Tuesday, 10th Dec 1996

Time: 7:30 pm

Place: Soundbites Cafeteria, 6th Floor, CBC Broadcasting Centre

Address: 205 Wellington St. West / 25 John St.

Sign in at the Security Desk at the John St. Entrance

(Walking distance from St. Andrews and Union Stations)


Please note there will be no pre-meeting dinner before the December meeting.

Remember...this is also our Christmas Social...
spouses and guests are welcome to join us for the meeting
and for the snacks and beverages following the meeting.


Designing Sound for the Bard

Come and hear (pun intended) how sound design has come to command as important and prominent a role in classical theatre as it enjoys on Broadway and in Hollywood; hear how these effects are created, and how they are reproduced in the Stratford Festival and Avon Theatres.

Who the Presenter is...

Keith Handegord is currently in his ninth season at Stratford Festival as Sound Designer of Amadeus and a Fitting Confusion.He has been the Resident Sound Designer/Co-ordinator of over 60 Stratford productions from 1988 to 1993, creating soundscapes and providing technical support for original music compositions and live musical productions.

His credits include The Gondoliers, The Boy Friend, Amadeus, Twelfth Night, Othello, Gypsy, Bacchae, Antony and Cleopatra, and King John.Outside of Stratford, Keith has been Co-Sound Designer of Napolean and Sound Designer of The Wizard of Oz(Elgin Theatre), and designed a Broadway production of Timon of Athens for the National Actors Theatre, directed by Michael Langham with music by Stanley Silverman and Duke Ellington. Other credits include Shirley Valentine (The Grand Theatre) Don Messer's Jubilee (Theatre Plus) A Christmas Carol (Canadian Stage Company) and corporate events for Asterix Productions.


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