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Continue reading →: Twelfth Night: Music and sound designThe Mass Arts Center is doing a production of William Shakespeare‘s Twelfth Night this Fall – 9 performances Nov 5 – Nov 15. This will be my 100th production at the theater and my seventh (!) Shakespeare collaboration with my friend Steve Dooner, the director. I’ve been back and forth…
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Continue reading →: Those amazing unused music cuesThe first major set of music cues in Romeo & Juliet is during the big fight at the end of ActI/Scene1. This is where the Montagues and the Capulets call each other out with famous lines like “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?” and ends with a physical…
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Continue reading →: Fight Call: Like a beautiful little danceFight Call: Like a beautiful little dance #theater #theatre #sounddesign #performingarts
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Continue reading →: Moving music tools to a new laptopI’m very excited to finally have a brandy new MacBook Pro. But migrating the music plugins (AU, VST) is a daunting task. #music #sounddesign
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Continue reading →: The friendly mic guyOriginally posted: 1/1/2014 [4/27/2025 comment – I don’t do many shows that require mics any more but I’d like to think my friendly/collaborative approach still holds. bw] Why work so hard at being a grump?In addition to my work at the black box theatre, I do sound for The Norton…
Bruce Webster
Sound in a small room
Bruce Webster’s atmospheric original score for “Romeo and Juliet” was a remarkable blend of tracked material and live instruments, underscoring scenes and transitions. This ambitious and successful effort, rarely attempted by most theaters, perfectly fit the director’s 1920’s concept. The music enhanced the emotional arc of each scene, adding a cinematic feel and unique fluidity without distracting from the dialogue.
EMACT / DASH Consultants Award speech – August 2024
Hello. I’m Bruce
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