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IMSC's First CD
The IMSC Immersive Audio Laboratory participated in the recording of a CD that is now available from AVIE Records. IMSC faculty Chris Kyriakakis and Tomlinson Holman worked with James Donahue, a long-time IMSC collaborator in immersive audio and the Principal Recording Engineer at WGBH in Boston. The recording took place in Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Mass. that houses the finest concert organ in the US.
Maestro Grant Llewellyn led the Handel and Haydn Society chorus to record a collection of carols from both sides of the Atlantic. Some are well known and others were commissioned specifically for this project. The Handel and Haydn Society is its 191st season and has a long tradition of musical excellence. Among its achievements are the American premieres of Handel's Messiah (1818), Verdi's Requiem (1878), and Bach's St. Matthew Passion (1889).
The CD is entitled "All is Bright" and last week reached the #8 spot on the Billboard Classical charts.
One of the songs that was commissioned from composer Tom Vignieri has been processed and rendered for 10.2 Immersive Audio and is available for demonstration in the IMSC Immersive Audio Lab. Vignieri and Maestro Llewellyn plan to visit IMSC in March to discuss further collaborations with IMSC in immersive performance.