Experience

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  Various

  Sept 1976 - Apr 1995

  Freelance cellist

  During my studies at Juilliard, I did freelance work starting with the National Orchestral Association, and other groups in the NY area. After completing my studies in The Netherlands, I worked with the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Banchetto Musicale, Concert Royal and Grande Bande. In San Francisco, I was co-principal cello with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and co-founder of the Arcadian Acdemy. I recorded with both of those groups, as well as Capella Savaria and Freiburger Barocksolisten. Show less

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  Swineshead productions, llc

  Jan 1995 - now

  Owner

  Swineshead Productions is a classical recording production company, formed by David v.R Bowles in 1995, which offers high-resolution 3D audio recording production, engineering, editing, mastering and live recording. 3D recordings are one of my specialties!Clients include Delos Productions, Inc, Ablaze Records, Naxos, MSR Classics, Philharmonia Baroque Productions, Bridge Records, Inc., NSS Music, Pinna Records, Navona Records (and in earlier years BMG Classics, Warner Classics and Koch International). Show less

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  Sony bmg

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Producer

  I produced and edited recordings for BMG Classics' labels (Conifer Classics, deutsche harmonia mundi and RCA Red Seal). Jake Heggie's debut recording "Faces of Love" did particularly well and was selected as "Editor's Choice" in Opera News magazine. Handel's "Serse" was described by The Telegraph "The recording is faultless". A 4-CD series of recordings of Alessandro Scarlatti vocal cantatas featured David Daniels, Brian Asawa, Dominique Labelle and Christine Brandes.

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  Philharmonia baroque orchestra

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2020

  Recording producer/engineer

  Philarmonia Baroque Orchestra's record label PBP has released studio recordings and selected live concert recordings from the past 30 seasons. The recordings are issued as CDs,and high-resolution (24-bit 192kHz and 96kHz) paid downloads on HDTracks and QBuzz. Honors include GRAMMY nomination for "Best Orchestral Performance" and three releases selected for New York Times' annual "10 Best Classical Recordings". In 2015, the recording of Alessandro Scarlatti's "La Gloria di Primavera" was Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine (and was released as a surround-sound Pure Audio Blu-Ray).In addition, I've produced a monthly broadcast for KDFC for the past ten seasons. This consists of edited concert performances, announcements which I write, introductions narrated by Music Director Nicholas McGegan, and interviews with guest artists. The show is broadcast at 8pm on the second Sunday of each month, and can also be heard on www.kdfc.com Show less

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  Aspen music festival and school

  Jun 2002 - Aug 2003

  Audio engineer
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  California symphony

  Jan 2003 - now

  Recording producer/engineer

  In addition to recording live concerts for broadcast, I record resident composers' rehearsals of works in progress several times throughout the season. This gave them a chance to evaluate their compositions and incorporate changes right at those rehearsals! Their works are premiered at the final concert of each season.

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  Sacramento philharmonic

  Jan 2005 - May 2009

  Recording producer/engineer
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  New century chamber orchestra

  Jan 2005 - Feb 2024

  Recording producer/engineer

  Music director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg hired me to produce and engineer recordings for her label NSS Music. The first one "Together" featured music of Clarice Assad and Astor Piazzolla, Bela Bartok and George Gershwin. The second one "Live" included Strauss' Metamorphosen, Barber Adagio for Strings and the Adagietto from Mahler's Symphony no. 5. The third recording “From A to Z” features commissioned violin concerti of Clarice Assad, William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty and Ellen Taafe ZwilichIn addition, I also record NCCO's local concerts for national broadcast on NPR. Show less

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  Kdfc radio

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2020

  Producer

  "Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Live in Concert" radio show, which is broadcast the second Sunday of every month. In addition to editing the performances I record for their archive, I write the scripts and assemble the show.

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  New york university

  Jun 2011 - now

  Guest lecturer, tonmeister seminar

  Annual series of master classes, on-site recording projects, evaluation and consultation with graduate students at the recording programme at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Recordings are done on location throughout Manhattan, with critical listening at The James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio (a state-of-the-art facility for audio engineering and research in spatial audio and perceptual studies). I also do some guest lecturing during the regular academic year. I've also participated in several panel discussions with faculty members Paul Geluso and Agnieszka Roginska. Show less

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  Indiana university bloomington

  Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  Visiting professor of recording arts

  Taught a self-created course of "Tonmeister" philosophy and practice. This ended the semester with the first-ever podcast initiative for Recording Arts students, all centred "in and around the Jacobs School of Music". Also taught a course in recording, mixing and editing on ProTools hardware and software.Duties also included producing recordings of faculty composers David Dzubay and Jeffrey Hass, as well as prize-winning student composers (all for the in-house IU record label). Also supervising audio student recording of "Der Rosenkavalier", "Candide", "Sleeping Beauty", two events at the IU Cinema (performed with live music accompaniment), in addition to many other live performances. Show less

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  Det kongelige danske musikkonservatorium

  May 2020 - now

  Guest lecturer

  Guest lecturing in the Tonmeister programme; currently utilising distance-learning and non real-time analysis of students' recordings. Evaluation of their processes and the reasoning behind them.