Orchestral recording in the room
An orchestra recorded well sounds like the best seat in the hall, not a mixing console. The main system is built for exactly that: a Grace SB-DT Decca Tree when the room earns one, Schoeps and Sennheiser mains, spot microphones used sparingly, 24-bit/96k throughout. The technology disappears; the hall stays.
Chamber ensembles and strings
Quartets, mixed chamber groups, solo strings with piano — smaller forces are less forgiving, not more. Placement does the work that editing cannot. Session work has ranged from university ensembles at Concordia University Chicago to sacred instrumental and cantata sessions with seminary musicians; the same standards apply to a youth symphony’s spring concert.
Concerts, archives, albums
Concert and recital archival is documentation done honestly: minimal editing, light audience attenuation, a session master your organization keeps for good. Album sessions run in takes and grow into releases, with streaming and physical production available. Wind bands have their own page — band and wind ensemble recording — and soloists preparing for a committee should read about audition recording.
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Location sessions throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. Rates, availability, and travel by conversation.