CURRICULUM VITAE CHARLES BRUCE RICHMOND Tel: +1-604/715-9441 FAX: confidential Email: charlier 'at' RichmondSoundDesign 'dot' com Birth Date: 1950 January 5 Citizenship: Canadian AWARD: Distinguished Achievement in Sound Design, U. S. Institute for Theatre Technology MEMBERSHIPS: -Audio Engineering Society (full member since 1970) -Fellow, U. S. Institute for Theatre Technology (1995) -First Sound Designer member of Associated Designers of Canada (1991) Through Richmond Sound Design Ltd: -MIDI Manufacturers Association LANGUAGES: -English, fluent -German & French, conversational OCCUPATIONS 1980-present -President & CEO: Champignon Holdings Ltd. 1971-present -Theatre Sound Designer & Consultant -President & CEO: Richmond Sound Design Ltd. 1980-1999 -President & CEO: Panus Productions Ltd. 1971-9 -Audio Systems designer, Aragon/Can-Base/Mushroom Studios (Vancouver) 1971 -Film Sound recordist, National Film Board (Vancouver) 1969-72 -Resident Sound Designer, American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco) 1969 -Audio Engineer, Big Sur Folk & Monterey Jazz Festivals (California) 1968 -Audio Engineer, Monterey Pop Festival (California) 1967 -Audio Technician, Monterey Jazz Festival (California) 1965-7 -Sound Designer, Community Theatre, (Carmel, California) -Electronic technician, Meagher Electronics (Monterey, California) 1962-5 -Self-employed, electronic repair (Monterey, California) EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 1999 -E-Show Control network software 1998 -ShowMan show control software 1996-7 -AudioBox design specifications 1995 -DSM-16HO relay interface 1994 -MMC-16 automation controller 1993 -MIDIShowCD software 1992 -MTS-232 code translator 1991 -Stage Manager show control software 1990 -COMMAND/CUE CONCURRENT parade control software 1989 -Programmable equalizer module (DEQ-1) 1988 -Microprocessor-based DAP-8MP module 1987 -COMMAND/CUE PLUS software 1986 -COMMAND/CUE software & hardware 1985 -COMMAND/CUE 1024 software & programmable system modules 1984 -DCA-8 prototype/system concept 1983 -816-Q; APA-128/248/368 1982 -APA-120/240/400 1981 -48 channel/40 track recording console for Mushroom Studios -M4-1, A4-4 courtroom recording systems 1979 -PLM-4, matrix, & custom courtroom PA & sound systems 1978 -ADA-6, GEQ-14, VBP-3 for Bolt Beranek & Newman (Chicago) 1977 -M82-I, M82-A -M82BX for American Broadcasting Corp. (Hollywood) 1976 -VCA-3/4 voltage controlled mixer/amplifier -M82-II, M82B, M82-C 1975 -QPM for Purdue University (Indiana) 1974 -816, M82 1973 -Model 124 for Capilano College (North Vancouver) -Visual Cueing System & Model 88 for USSR & Australia tours of the Stratford Festival (Ontario) 1972 -Graphic equalizers for Aragon Studios -Monitor panel for Creative House studio (Vancouver) -Model 1224 for Stratford Festival 1971 -Recording console for Aragon Studios 1970 -Remote controlled pinball machine, radio controlled lantern, and theatre sound console for American Conservatory Theatre 1965 -Theatre sound control panel for Community Theatre of the Monterey Peninsula (Carmel, California) THEATRE SOUND DESIGNED & MUSIC/EFFECTS PRODUCED 1979 -Guest ("Romeo & Juliet"), American Conservatory Theatre -Remount ("Hamlet"), National Arts Centre's Canadian Tour 1976 -Guest ("Macbeth," "La Dame aux Camelias"), Vancouver Playhouse 1975 -Guest ("Hamlet"), Neptune Theatre, Halifax, NS -Guest ("The Tempest"), National Shakespeare Festival (San Diego) -Remount ("Julius Caesar"), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) 1974 -Resident ("The Life & Death of King John," "Walsh"), Stratford Festival 1973-4 -Resident ("Julius Caesar," "Queer Sights"), Playhouse Theatre Co. (Vancouver) 1973 -Resident ("Two Gentlemen of Verona," "The Merchant of Venice," "King Lear"), National Shakespeare Festival (San Diego) 1971-2 -Resident ("Caesar & Cleopatra," "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead," "Dandy Dick," "Private Lives" [directed by Francis Ford Coppola], "The Contractor," "Sleuth"), American Conservatory Theatre 1971 -Guest ("Antony & Cleopatra"), National Shakespeare Festival 1970-1 -Resident ("Hadrian VII," "The Merchant of Venice," "The Relapse," "The Time of Your Life," "The Latent Heterosexual," "An Enemy of the People," "The Selling of the President" [composed by Bob James]), American Conservatory Theatre 1970 -Guest/resident ("Oedipus Rex," "Tiny Alice," "Adaptation/Next," "Little Malcolm & His Struggle Against the Eunuchs," "Six Characters in Search of an Author," "The Importance of Being Earnest," "The Blood Knot," "The Tavern," "The Tempest"), American Conservatory Theatre 1965-7 -Resident ("The Miracle Worker," "An Italian Straw Hat," "The Firebugs," "The Night of the Iguana," "Hedda Gabler," "Mary, Mary," "The Subject Was Roses," "Any Wednesday," "The Comedy of Errors," "The Rainmaker," "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," "Billy Liar," "The Madwoman of Chaillot," "Ah, Wilderness!," "The Best Man," "The Gazebo," "The Waltz of the Toreadores"), Community Theatre of the Monterey Peninsula (Carmel, California) PAPERS PUBLISHED Sound Editor and regular contributor to _Theatre Design & Technology_, the journal of the USITT, 1987-93. "The State of Theatre Sound - A Manufacturer's View," _Theatre Crafts_, February 1982. "A Practical Theatrical Sound Console," _Journal of the Audio Engineering Society_, Jan/Feb 1975, reprinted in _Theatre Design & Technology_, Fall 1979. "Sound Reproduction in North American Repertory Theatres," _Journal of the Association of British Theatre Technicians_, November 1974. PAPERS PRESENTED "COMMAND/CUE Systems: History/Function/Application/Design," Audio Engineering Society 87th Convention, October 1989 (New York) "Computer Controlled Systems in the Performing Arts" and "Computer Control of Theatrical Sound Systems," Audio Engineering Society 6th International Conference on Sound Reinforcement, May 1988 (Nashville) "Theatre Sound Design Artistry" and "Sound Control for Drama Theatres," Canadian Acoustical Association Conference, October 1983 (Vancouver) "Room Size Manipulation Using Time Delay," USITT National Conference, March 1982 (Denver) "Noise Rejection in Audio Equipment for the Performing Arts," 52nd Audio Engineering Society Convention, November 1975 (New York) "A Practical Theatrical Sound Console," 48th Audio Engineering Society Convention, May 1974 (Los Angeles) ORGANISATIONAL PARTICIPATION Member of SHAPE - http://www.shape.bc.ca - representing AES and ADC 2002. Chair of the Lighting Control/Theatre Cue Proposals working group within the MIDI Manufacturers Association, 1991-95. Member of the Board of Directors of the USITT, 1989-91 Organiser and presentor of Sound Design Sessions and Workshops for USITT National Conferences since 1982. Assistant organiser of the 12th International Congress on Acoustics, August 1986 (Vancouver) Assistant organiser of the Canadian Acoustical Association Conference, October 1983 (Vancouver) USITT Sound Design Commissioner from 1980 through 1988. One of 10 participants in the USITT "National Congress On Design Technology and The Performing Arts," September 1976 (Purdue University) PANEL PARTICIPATION "Show Control Roundtable", LDI '01, November 2001 (Orlando) "MIDI Mania," LDI '89, November 1989 (Nashville) "Digital Sound in the Theatre," USITT National Conference, March 1986 (Oakland) "Computer Production Techniques for Theatre Sound," Canadian Acoustical Association Conference, October 1983 (Vancouver) "Upgrading Theatre Sound Systems," USITT National Conference, March 1983 (Corpus Christi) "Sound in the Theatre" and "Theatre Acoustics," Alberta Chapter USITT Conference, May 1981 (Calgary) "Sound Design - Its Past and Future As A Design Art," American Theatre Association Convention, August 1976 (Los Angeles) PATENTS -SEMI-AUTOMATIC CROSSFADING DEVICE patented in the USA and UK, 1975. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE CEO and general manager of: -Richmond Sound Design Ltd., manufacturer of professional audio equipment, since 1972. -Panus Productions Ltd., owner of Mushroom Studios, a professional 40 track recording studio, 1980-1999. FILM SOUND CREDITS Mudflats Living, National Film Board of Canada, 1972 http://cmm.onf.ca/E/titleinfo/index.epl?id=11054 Pleasure Faire, National Film Board of Canada, 1972 http://cmm.onf.ca/E/titleinfo/index.epl?id=11479 INTERESTS & HOBBIES Energy conservation, environmental protection, electric vehicles, cross-country skiing, hiking, music, antiques, drama, interior decor, consumer protection, reading, community and political activism. Last modified: 2003-Apr-15