Audio Production

Alison L. Plante
Program Director

Alison started her music career at Romeo Music International, rising to Senior Vice President. In 1999 she founded Treble Cove Music, a music composition and production company. She has scored six educational television series for the Annenberg Channel; two History Channel specials: Bible Battles and Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War; the PBS special A Life Among Whales; national television ads for clients including GMAC, Animal Planet, the National Geographic Channel, Brown & Company, and Spaulding Sports; multimedia exhibits for Kodak, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History; and several short films.

An avid musician and composer from a young age, Alison was also an early adopter of music technology; she was one of the first to use the MIDI music notation program, Finale. She studied music at the University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge. Her skill in concert composition has been recognized with the Janet Gates Peckham International Award for Excellence in the Arts and the Menn Foundation Prize for an original literary or musical work.

Alison was also senior web developer for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ Science Education Department. Her time there working closely with filmmakers, designers, and animators confirmed her interest in the convergence of digital media.

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Gabe Herman
Associate Director

A formally-trained musician and audio engineer, Gabe has engineered and produced numerous groups in various genres ranging from classical string quartets to modern rock to contemporary world beat music. His work has been featured on national television (NBC), radio (NPR’s Fresh Air and Australian National Public Radio), internet (AOL), and in The New York Times. His film scores and sound designs have won awards at film festivals across the world including The Black Mariah Film Festival, The Rhode Island International Film Festival, ION International and the Chicago International Film Festival. Gabe is heavily involved with the local music scene in Boston and is a member of AES (Audio Engineering Society). He owns and operates the recording facilities at JamSpot in Somerville, MA, where he has recorded performing acts ranging from Dresdin Dolls drummer Brian Vigliano to Blackground/Universal Records pop star JoJo.

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Liz Teutsch
Associate Director

Liz has over 10 years of experience in audio production and multimedia. As an audio systems engineer, she specializes in system commission and integration, premises wiring, and custom fabrication. She has served as a project technical coordinator and lead system technician for clients including the New England Aquarium, Sprint Communications, Verité Music, Boston University, Converse, and Tewksbury Hospital. Liz also works as a freelance recording engineer, mix engineer, producer, and musician; projects range from music production for records to audio post-production for film to sound reinforcement for concerts where she has worked with acts such as Herbie Hancock, A Perfect Circle, and Jonatha Brooke. Liz graduated from Dartmouth College and Berklee College of Music.

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James Auburn

James is a lauded keyboardist and arranger. A Berklee Professional Music alumnus, James has served as musical director in many ensemble settings. He has performed at numerous high-profile venues across the Eastern seaboard and in events with Amel Larrieux, Vertical Horizon, Big D and the Kids Table, Missing Joe, Dick Clark, Milton Wright, Sandy Duncan and others. A sought after hip-hop historian, James’ lecture credits include Suffolk University School of Government, Berklee College of Music, Fisher College, Critical Breakdown and more. He has written for Okayplayer.com, The Mississippi Sun Herald, The Noise, ThaHipHop.com, Gedup.com and MusicBiz Advice.com. He has interviewed Jay Graydon and Clayton Savage, hosted a Limelight Records marathon on WHRB and interviewed Limelight CEO Robin McBride and 60s psychedelic artist Cork Marcheschi from Fifty Foot Hose. James also heads the Hip-Hop Department at the Vuk School of Groove, works as hip-hop appraiser and ad writer for In Your Ear Records and is a Boston Hip-Hop Alliance co-founder.

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Dan Cardinal

Dan is a freelance recording and live sound engineer in the Boston area. He has done work for Warner Records, Rounder Records, FSN television network, Kufala/Live Archive, and has also engineered and produced many independent releases. Dan specializes in front-of-house and live multitrack recording, wiring and acoustic treatment, and guerrilla recording techniques.

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Steve Cerilli

Steve is a freelance audio post-production sound engineer with a focus in sound design. He has been working independently at numerous post-production houses on national TV and radio commercials, documentaries and 3D bumpers for the video gaming industry. Steve created and contributed as sound designer and independent producer to sound effects collections for Sound-Ideas including Radioactive. He was also a contributing sound designer for The Big Drone and the Sci Fi Series 8000 Warp Three collections. Steve’s sound effects are included in Bias Inc’s Peak audio software (versions 3–5). He also developed preset templates for Waves audio plug-ins.

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Matthew Girard

Matthew is a freelance engineer, producer and bassist. A graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School with a degree in Music Production & Technology, he has affiliations with local companies Jamspot Studios, Bopnique Musique and Digital Bear Productions. Recent projects, clients and artists include the Museum of Fine Arts, Will Dailey, Monique Ortiz, the Daughters of St. Paul in Jamaica Plain and NYC based-filmmaker, Danica Mills. Matthew is also Accolades include Grammy a member of the much-lauded indie band The Motion Sick. Entry #60 in Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and Grammy Entry #127 in Best Pop Vocal Album, 49th Grammy Awards.

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Ralph Kinscheck

Ralph studied the newest technological advancements in MIDI and Sampling at Berklee College of Music. He then took his education in music and cutting-edge technologies on the road and in the studio as a performer. Ralph later attended UMass-Lowell to study engineering while working at Berklee in their Music Synthesis Department. He currently runs KIP (Kinscheck International Productions), producing local music and various video projects. Ralph is an Apple-certified trainer in Logic and Final Cut Pro.

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Matt Malikowski

Matt is chief engineer for Curbside Recording, New England’s leading mobile recording provider, as well as a freelance engineer and bassist. He is a specialist in live recording and has spent time on many studio and broadcast projects. Recent clients include Dar Williams, Train, Gov’t Mule, Session Americana, Monster Mike Welch, Lydia Warren and Martin Sexton.

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Kate McDonnell

Kate interned at Starc Studios in Dublin where she worked with Johnny McEvoy, members of the Dubliners and the Chieftains. Next she went to Powerplay Studios in Zurich, where she worked with the group Wet Wet Wet as a sound assistant, recording two songs, including their hit UK single, Goodnight Girl. She then won a scholarship for voice at Berklee College of Music and studied Music Production & Engineering, later graduating from Tufts University with a BA in Sociology. In 2002 she organized a 20-day American tour for the Irish band Charis, appearing as their opening act as Katie McD. Other recent accolades include the score for Marina Carr’s play, The Bog of Cats, and Music Supervisor to director Stephen Croke’s film The Busker (2007). DVD film production credits include Reservoir Dogs, Rambo, The Graduate, and Angel Heart.

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Jason Petrin

Jason is a producer, engineer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2004 with a dual degree in Music Production & Engineering and Music Synthesis. Since graduating, Jason has worked as an engineer on the records of singer/songwriter Lindsay Mac, harpist/singer Maeve Gilchrist, folk singer Watson Reid, and singer/guitarist Chris McDermott, as well as the PBS Kids show, Postcards from Buster. In addition to his work as an engineer, Jason produced the debut records of artist Charlie Christos and singer/songwriter Liz Stahler. Jason has recently worked with DJ Jefr Tale producing dance mixes for a weekly satellite radio show and partnering to form Talespin Records, a dance music label featuring his original music and remixes.
 
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Robert A. Rosati

Robert is a studio designer, acoustician and systems engineer. As the founder and principal of Rosati Acoustics + Multimedia, Inc., he provides design and engineering expertise, integrating architectural acoustics, sound reproduction, audiovisual systems, electro-acoustics and cutting-edge technology. He has designed professional recording studios, high-tech theaters, auditoriums, museums, conference facilities and houses of worship. Rob has engineered numerous albums and toured as a chief sound engineer for a famed rock group, engineering a Platinum album with over eight million copies sold.

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Corey Schreppel

A Berklee Music Production and Engineering alum, Corey is currently a staff engineer at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, specializing in jazz and classical recordings. Some of his credits there include Dave Holland, Steve Reich, the Borromeo String Quartet, and many renowned resident and NEC sponsored ensembles. Corey can also be found working around Boston as a freelance engineer/producer, mainly mixing and mastering projects by pop and rock artists.

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Dave Shacter

Dave is a recording engineer, music scoring mixer, music editor and producer, working with film composers to complete the music underscore for film and television projects. He has worked extensively with composer Mason Daring; his credits include numerous films by John Sayles including Honeydripper, The Secret Of Roan Inish, Lone Star, The Opposite Of Sex and Music Of The Heart, as well as the prime-time TV series State of Mind on Lifetime; many television movies; and several episodes of Frontline, American Experience and Nova. He has also recorded many jazz and folk album projects for Daring Records. Dave holds an AB in Music and Government Studies from Bowdoin College and completed the Audio Recording & Production program at the Institute Of Audio Research.

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Darcie-Nicole Wicknick

A commended publicist, journalist and songwriter, Darcie is the owner of ...Ask Darcie and co-founder/managing director of The Boston Hip-Hop Alliance. She teaches a contractual issues course for songwriters on SongU.com and regularly writes for MusicBizAdvice.com and others. Darcie is a sought after lecturer and panelist for college and events such as NEMO, Boston mayor Tom Menino’s Hip-Hop Reconstruction, The Berklee Hip-Hop Summit, Boston Cares and more. She has provided publicity and/or support to high profile events including The National Hip-Hop Political Convention’s Sudanese Relief Concert Las Vegas, BRIX, The Harlem Book Fair of Roxbury, Red K Records, The Numark Milestones show, The MIC Hip-Hop Awards, The Boston Beat Battle and Peace Boston. She is a celebrated vocalist who leads Velvet Stylus, and has served as house lyricist, A&R rep, and administrator for TKO Sound and I-POP Records. Darcie teaches voice for both singers and MCs, privately and for Vuk School of Groove, and serves as a Berklee Alumni Chapter Representative and City Music voice mentor.

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Abe Stein

Abe is lead sound designer, recordist and mix engineer at Clambake Animation in Watertown, MA. His sound design work can be heard on the Cartoon Network series Assy McGee and in various national television and web-based ads. Prior to working in animation, Abe was a sound designer and mix engineer on The Habitable Planet, a series of educational documentaries focused on current issues in environmental sciences. Some of his other credits include Aqua Teen Hunger Force (dialog recordist), Hit or Miss (sound designer, mix engineer), This is Nollywood (mix engineer), and FSN’s International Fight League Broadcasts (dialog editor). Abe cut his teeth as an audio engineer in Philadelphia, working with engineer Scott Herzog at Third Story Recording Studios.

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