Bio
Will Howie is a Sound Engineer and Music Producer based in Vancouver, BC. Clients/Projects have included: Tafelmusik, Brasstronaut, The Montreal Baroque Festival Orchestra, Ballet BC, Turning Point Ensemble, Standing Wave, Christopher Costanza (St. Lawrence Quartet), Chor Leoni, Stephen Prutsman, Karl Schwonik/Rémi Bolduc, Turtleboy, Contact Contemporary Music, Shauna Rolston, Anthony de Mare, Dave Douglas, Music In The Morning, Music On Main, and Sony Music. Will records the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera and other ensembles for CBC Vancouver. He also specializes in amplifying acoustic and electroacoustic music, with a focus in multi-channel surround reproduction. Will has won awards from The Audio Engineering Society and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He received a Masters of Sound Recording from McGill University, and is a former Senior Audio Associate at the Banff Centre.
Contact
wghowie[at]gmail[dot]com | Facebook | Resume
Audio Examples
Christopher Costanza | J.S. Bach: Prelude, Suite I for solo cello (Rec)
Brasstronaut | Hand Behind (Rec/Mix)
Anthony Tan | Jeux d'ombres, Part 1 (Rec/Mix)
Malcolm Aiken | Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Rec/Mix)
Tafelmusik | Excerpt from "The Galileo Project" (Rec)
Credits
Brasstronaut | Opportunity EP (2011) | Recording |
Chor Leoni | Yuletide Fires 2 (2011) | Producer | Editing |
Resorts | EP01 (2011) | Mixing |
Mina Shum (Director) / Standing Wave (Music) | All (2011) | Recording | Editing | Mixing |
Ballet BC / Turning Point Ensemble | 25th Anniversary Celebration (Live Performance and Studio Recording) (2011) | Sound Design | Music Producer | Recording | Editing | Mastering |
Contact | Undercurrents (2011) | Mixing | Digital Editing |
Clemens Purner (Director) / Edo Van Breemen (Music) | Water Changes Everything (2011) | Recording | Mixing |
Mike Soviet | Mental (2011) | Engineering | Guitars and Bass | Associate Producer |
Karl Schwonik Jazz Ensemble avec/with Rémi Bolduc | 1+4 (2011) |
Recording Engineer |
Tafelmusik | Music From The Galileo Project: Music Of The Spheres (CD and Video) (2010) |
Recording Engineer |
Anthony De Mare | Speak! The Speaking-Singing Pianist (2010) |
Assistant Engineer |
The NYFA Collection | 25 Years of New York New Music (2010) |
Assistant Engineer |
Brasstronaut | Mount Chimaera (2010)
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Producer | Recording | Mixing |
Rainier Trio | The Rainier Trio (2010) |
Producer | Engineer |
Malcolm Aiken Band | Paper Star (2010) |
Producer | Recording | Mixing |
Mike Soviet | Not Chill (2010) | Engineer |
Malcolm Aiken Band | Live @ Whislter Music Fest Promotional Video (2009) |
Recording | Mixing | Mastering |
Christopher Costanza | J. S. Bach: Solo Cello Suites (TBA) |
Recording |
Shauna Rolston / Heather Schmidt | Fire and Ice (2009) |
Editing | Mixing |
Women In The Director's Chair | Banff 2009 (2009) |
Boom | Mixing | Audio Post Production |
Heather Bilodeau | Sunday Afternoon (2009) |
Recording | Mixing |
Mackenzie Jones Big Band | The Reach Around (2009) |
Session Producer | Recording | Mixing | Mastering |
Mathias Maut/Montreal Baroque Festival Orchestra | Versailles Voodoo (2009) |
Music Recording |
Stefania Neonata | Clementi Grand Piano in Concert (2009) |
Recording |
The Banff Centre | BISQC Promotional Video (2009) |
Final Sound Mix |
Stepper | Way Out (2009) |
Additional Recording (Track 11) |
The Banff Centre | The Twelve Days of Christmas (2009) |
Sound Mix |
McGill Symphony Orchestra | Ascension: Mahler and Messiaen (2009) |
Mastering |
The Banff Centre | Deck The Halls (E Greeting) (2008) |
Recording |
McGill Symphony Orchestra | Benjamin Britten: War Requiem (TBA) |
Editing | Mixing |
The Banff Centre | Centre Pieces in Jazz and Creative Music ~ 2007 (2008) |
Recording (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 14) |
Sam Davidson | Perceivable Changes (2008) |
Producer | Recording | Mixing |
Princess Productions | Collection 6:11:07 [Soundtrack] (2007) |
Recording | Mixing | Musician |
Graham Lord | New York Counterpoint [Steve Reich] (2007) |
Producer | Recording | Editing | Mixing |
Joe Miller | Worn Out Joke (2007) |
Musician | Production and Arranging Consultant |
Panacea | Panacea (2007) |
Recording | Mixing |
Sam Davidson Group | Special Delivery (2006) |
Producer | Recording | Mixing |
Mackenzie Jones Big Band | Swampkratch EP (2006) |
Co-Producer | Recording | Mixing |
Panacea | March Of Tee (2006) |
Recording | Mixing |
Francis Halin | Amuse Nos Ames (2006) |
Recording | Mixing |
Stephen Chatman | Proud Music Of The Storm (2004) |
Musician |
UBC University Singers | A Vancouver Christmas (2003) |
Musician |
UBC Symphony Orchestra | The Dream of Gerontius (2002) |
Musician |
Astral Mercury | Live @ Johnny's Rock Bazaar (2000) |
Musician |