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About cHm
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Chestnut
Hall Music
is a recognized
producer of music productions in Canada.
cHm PHILOSOPHY
Chestnut Hall Music is a Canadian-owned and
operated label and music production company.
The company produces music for artists for release on CD and on video,
both on its own Chestnut Hall Music label, and on contract with other
labels. It provides artist development services for musicians
developing their careers by promoting them on the Internet, radio,
recordings and through concert performance engagements.
cHm FACILITIES:
Recording and Monitoring
We believe that many things
come together in the making of a successful
recording.
Of first importance are the music, the
musicians and the acoustic of the space it is being performed. All of
our recording projects are done on-location. This reflects a
belief that the best place to record music is where it is best heard.
To capture the sound, the quality of the
microphones and the experience of how to use them is important as
well.
We use industry standard and vintage microphones by
Shure, Neumann, and Sennheiser, along with some custom and lesser known
designs including our main microphone array, hand-built by MBHO of
Germany. All powered by tube and vintage mic pre's (Neve/Focusrite, DBX, custom).
We
record at hi-resolution sampling rates and bit depth, dependent on the
requirements of the project (eg film, CD, Internet download, etc).
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Once recorded, the mixing,
editing and mastering process will determine the final degree of
success for a project. If you can accurately
hear what you are mixing-- the image, ambience and
spectral balances-- you can then make it sound good.
Our mixing studio is equipped
with a custom-built 5.1 surround sound monitoring system designed by
Denis Tremblay of Adaptive Acoustics and also chief sound technologist for IMAX Corporation. For detailed
information on the design of this system, goto Adaptive Acoustics: The Story
of the Chestnut Hall Music Monitor Loudspeakers.
Denis' designs are amongst the best in the
industry. His thorough understanding of the nature of sound
and electronics combined with his refined musicality is greatly
respected by a growing number of audiophiles and professionals.
cHm PRODUCER: Earl
McCluskie
Chestnut Hall Music is owned and managed by
producer Earl McCluskie.
Short
 Earl
McCluskie received his classical music training at the University of
Western Ontario in Theory and Composition, and recording training from
the Tonmeister graduate program at McGill University.
As producer for Chestnut Hall Music, he has produced CD recordings for
many Waterloo region ensembles, performers and composers including
Juno-nominated Timothy Corlis’ Notes Towards a Poem that Can
Never Be Written and Leonard Enns’ Nocturne from the DaCapo
Chamber Choir award-winning release ShadowLand, the Wellington Winds,
the Menno Singers, Greensleaves, Windjammers, Sandra Mogensen, Guelph
Symphony Orchestra, Michael Purves-Smith and Kevin Ramessar, and live
concert recordings for numerous ensembles and performers including the
KW Symphony.
As artistic director for the Chestnut Hall Camerata, he has produced
concerts including the Waterloo Region Choral Composes Song Circle in
2008, MICHAELMAS: A Numinous Feast for All Angels in 2009 (with
co-artistic director, Daniel Cabena and nominated for a KW Arts Award
this year) and A Mother’s Tale in February of 2010.
Upcoming projects include a “virtual-community concert”
entitled The Hero’s Journey in November 2010 and January 2011
that will use Internet digital media technologies to enable a
multi-location performance of a music and dance work by musicians and
dancers in different locations.
Beyond the region, his projects include a co-production with CBC
Radio-Canada's Espace Musique of Tempi con Variazioni with Helmut
Lipsky, Suzie LeBlanc and Melosophere premiered at l'Université
de Montréal and then presented in 2008 at the Quebec City 400
Anniversary celebrations, and released on CD in the fall of 2009, and
recordings for Soundstreams Canada in Toronto.
He is a board member of the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund, NUMUS, the
Chestnut Hall Camerata and the Toronto section of the international
Audio Engineering Society.
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 EDUCATION/WORK:
Mr McCluskie holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory and Composition
from the University of Western Ontario, and completed the two year
post-graduate course program in Sound Recording at McGill University.
He
has worked in audio post-production with the CBC, managed concert and
conference productions at Stratford Summer Music and Wilfrid Laurier
University, taught sound recording production at the Ontario Institute
of Audio Recording Technology (OIART) and the State University of New
York (SUNY at Fredonia), and produced projects at the Banff Centre for
the Arts as an Audio Associate. He has free-lanced for CBC Brave
New Waves and Two New Hours, Sony Music Vivarte, National Public Radio
in the U.S., and with Access Radio in Alberta.
CHESTNUT HALL MUSIC: He owns and operates Chestnut Hall Music, a recording label and music
production company that has been active in the Waterloo region since
1999. The company produces music for artists for release on CD and on
video, both on its own Chestnut Hall Music label, and on contract with
other labels and independent musicians and ensembles. It provides
artist development services for musicians by promoting them on the
Internet, radio, recordings and through concert performance
engagements, with a special focus on musicians of the Waterloo region.
Through Chestnut Hall Music, Earl has recorded and released numerous CD
recordings featuring musicians and ensembles in the Waterloo region and
abroad, including the DaCapo Chamber Choir, the Guelph Symphony
Orchestra, the Wellington Winds, the big band orchestra Windjammers,
guitarist Kevin Ramessar, pianist Todd Yaniw, pianist Sandra Mogenson,
the early music ensemble Greensleaves and others, as well as numerous
concert recordings for community and professional ensembles and
musicians such as the KW Symphony, special projects for composers Glenn
Buhr and Michael Purves-Smith, and special events.
Other recording projects include a CD produced in Thailand by the
Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok as part of the 50th birthday
celebrations for the Princess Maha Chakri Srindhorn, and a concert/film
project entitled The 400 Year Concert currently in production with
Montreal film director Stefan Pleszczynski, composer/violinist Helmut
Lipsky, and soprano Suzie LeBlanc celebrating the 400 year anniversary
of Quebec City.
For the past three years, Earl has produced regular radio broadcasts
for CKWR 98.5 FM shows with hosts Tom Quick, Zyg Janecki and Daniel
Ariatanum that feature many of the regions musicians and ensembles.
He has produced live concerts in support of local musicians including
guitarist Kevin Ramessar, organist David Hall, boy soprano Timothy
Lanigan, harpist Dawna Coleman, and the Synergy Handbell Choir.
He has co-produced concerts with the Registry Theatre and has also
produced music events in support of the Waterloo Regional Dream Centre
in Kitchener’s downtown.
In addition to new and ongoing CD projects, Earl is currently planning
a video documentary entitled “Community Treasures” that
will focus on the rich history and cultural impact of the
region’s many concert bands, and a concert event, the Waterloo
Region Composers Choral Song Circle in the fall of 2008 focusing on the
nationally acclaimed classical choral composers who make their home in
the Waterloo region. The event will include performances by a
professional choir of the music of these composers, with opportunities
for interaction between the composers and the audience.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: As well as his activities as a producer, Earl has been an active member
of numerous performing ensembles as a French horn player in the
Waterloo region including the Wellington Winds, with whom he performed
for 20 years and also served as a member of its board of directors,
Windjammers, and the KW Community Orchestra, as well as the Cambridge
Concert Band and the Kitchener Musical Society Band. He is a member of
the Waterloo Region Arts Fund board, which oversees the administration
of $150,000 towards artistic endeavours in the Waterloo region.
He is a regular contributor to the Music Times, a Waterloo region music
newspaper.
He is an active member of the Audio Engineering Society, a 14,000
member international organization for audio professionals. As
member of the Toronto section, he has served as its Chair, organized
seminars and symposiums including a recent Surround Sound Seminar in
conjunction with the CBC, and with other audio facilities, companies
and universities in southwestern Ontario, and currently produces the
section’s monthly bulletin.
He has two sons, Ted, 21 and John, 17 and five nieces/nephews.
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