Wind band recording that keeps the power
A wind ensemble at full cry is one of the hardest things to record: enormous dynamic range, percussion transients, and a stage full of bells pointed every direction. The answer is the same as for an orchestra — the right main array in the right room, captured at 24-bit/96k with headroom to spare, so fortissimo arrives with its shoulders back and the pianissimo chorale underneath still counts.
Session history
Wind-band session work goes back to the University Band and Wind Symphony at Concordia University Chicago, alongside decades of choral and orchestral location work. Concert archival, festival documentation, and album sessions all follow the same rule: the ensemble should hear itself on playback, not a version of itself.
For directors
A season’s best concert deserves better than a phone in row twelve. A recording session also teaches: ensembles that hear honest playback fix in a week what a semester of reminders cannot. Bring the recording into the program — concert, retreat, or dedicated session — and keep the results for recruiting, archives, and the students themselves.
Ready to record your band?
Location sessions throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Rates, availability, and travel by conversation.