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Manhattan School of Music’s Charles Myers Recording Studio
provides a variety of professional audio and recording services
to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the community
at large. Information on the services provided can be obtained from
this page, or by visiting the departmental office, located in Room
234.
Myers Recording Studio features a state-of-the-art digital multitrack
facility capable of recording events in the School’s main
performance spaces. These include concerts, operas, special gala
events, master classes, and faculty recitals. Additionally, the
studio is available for recording student recitals, private sessions,
assembling audition and demo tapes, tape (DAT and cassette), minidisc
transfers, and compact disc duplication services. Other services
include a permanent audio archive collection of many Manhattan School
of Music performances, master classes, and concerts that are performed
each year and are available for listening purposes in the Peter
Jay Sharp Library. As well, panel discussions and workshops on recording
and recording-related topics such as producing a demo CD or copyright
awareness are offered on an ongoing basis. For a downloadable pdf
of the Myers Recording Studio Handbook, click
here.
Myers Recording Studio is part of the Recording & Distance
Learning department at Manhattan School of Music. In addition to
extensive recording services, this department also produces interactive
videoconference programs involving students and faculty members
in events such as one-on-one lessons, master classes, educational
& community outreach, and professional development sessions.
The department regularly connects with artistic organizations, K-12
schools, and institutions of higher education to host and participate
in these events. Frequent partners include Canada’s National
Arts Centre, the New World Symphony, the Cleveland Institute of
Music, the Royal Academy of Music, and numerous K-12 schools throughout
the country. For further information, visit our Distance
Learning page.
Outcomes
Here is what music industry professionals have said about Manhattan
School of Music performances recorded by Myers Recording Studio:
“The recorded sound is warm, very well balanced, and natural
in its atmosphere.”
— Henry Fogel
Fanfare (September/October 1998),
commenting on Daniel Catán’s opera Rappaccini’s
Daughter,
recorded live at Manhattan School of Music in 1997
for Newport Classics, Ltd.
“Everyone involved in this project has done such a superb
job of creating while re-creating, that [this CD] has a rightful
place in one’s library.”
— Jazztimes (October 2003),
on the release of Sketches of Spain Live!,
also recorded and produced by Myers Recording Studio;
featuring the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra
with guest artist Dave Liebman,
conducted by Justin DiCioccio.
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