Customer Service Engineer
Resume:
Scott Burgess
*****@************.****
www.scottburgess.info
Job Objective:
Audio Engineering, Sound Design and Original Music Composition
Qualification Summary:
Compose, record and produce original music and sound -scapes for promotional and educational videos,
public service announcements, documentaries, independent film and regional theatre
Production sound and post-production audio for broadcast and non-broadcast clients
Voice-over and music demos, audio restoration and archiving
Experience
Scott Burgess Audio: 2003-09, W ashington DC
Owner and sole proprietor of commercial facility containing A and B recording rooms, analog to digital archiving
station and separate sound stage/rehearsal room
Digital Recording, Editing, Mastering, Sampling, MIDI Interfacing
Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Reason, Acid Pro, Vegas Video, Final Cut Pro
Sound Design, Composition, Musical Arrangement, Voice-Over Talent
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Percussion, Miscellaneous Other Instruments
Jazz, Funk, Hip-Hop, Techno, R&B, Folk, World Beat
Clients Include: Folger Library, 4Site, Westat, Pendrawgon Productions, The Capital Fringe Festival, Ohio
State University, Threespot, and numerous independent music, voice-over and video production clients
Atlas Performing Arts Center: 2001-09 Washington DC
A State of the art performance facility presenting music, dance, theater, special events; includes four theaters,
three dance studios, production and rehearsal space, lobbies, offices, dressing rooms
Audio Visual Systems Consultant and Designer, 2001-06
Collaborated with architects, designers and CEO on creation and installation of all audio/visual systems.
Created purchase lists, shopped vendors, supervised bids, awarded contract
Supervised all equipment installation
Liaison between client and installation companies creating and approving shop change orders
Audio/Video Master, 2006-09
Organized the daily operations of the Audio/Video Department in accordance with the goals of Atlas.
Managed and organized all Atlas audiovisual equipment inventory including detailed itemized identification,
storage location, upkeep, maintenance and project appropriation
Developed policies and strategies for the Audio/Video Department to maintain professional, efficient and
safe working conditions
Worked with clients to ascertain audiovisual needs and created parts and labor work orders according to
project requirements
Designed and installed audio-visual delivery systems as needed per project
Clients Include: Capitol City Symphony, Kennedy Center, Step Afrika, Spotlight Productions, Charlie Barnette,
Tribute Productions, Dance Place, Joy of Motion, Washington Chorus, Washington Performing Arts Society
GVI (Girard Video Incorporated): 2005-08, Washington DC
A Full-service video production company with a reputation for superior video production quality and first -class
customer service
Primary Audio Engineer
Created post-production audio for broadcast and non-broadcast clients
Produced sound design and original scores
Worked with clients and producers as needed to develop and create project sound design
Sound Studio Design Consultant
Designed Pro Tools HD system for video post production, and stand alone audio projects according to
company needs and objectives
Purchased all equipment materials and supplies for system installation
Installed and operated audio systems, producing final deliverable audio for all company projects
Experience Continued: Burgess p.2
GVI Clients Include: Booz Allen Hamilton, Akin Gump, US Conference of Mayors, National Association of
Realtors, Blackboard Inc, Head Start, VSA Arts, The American Architectural Foundation
Samples at http://g-v-i.com/pages/portfolio.asp
Defenders of Wildlife: "Stop the Aerial Hunting of Wolves in Alaska"; American Architectural Foundation: Great Schools by
Design The Denver School of Science and Technology"; Booz Allen Hamilton: "Project Mercury" and "Diversity";
Smithsonian American Art Museum: "Artist Profiles"; U.S. Conference of Mayors: "City Livability - Trenton"
Folger Shakespeare Library: 1994 present, Washington DC
A world-class center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts; home to the world s largest Shakespeare
collection and the Folger Elizabethan Theater
Audio Archivist
Preserved historic, one of a kind analog recordings on various media, using Pro Tools a nd Sound Forge;
the original media, recorded from 1970 to present day, included poetry readings, lectures, and various other
Folger Library public events
Converted a large portion of the Library s historic LP collection to digital files
Created archival digital copy of all recordings for preservation, and subsequently created service copy for
library field use; service copy files were cleaned, tagged, remastered and used to create CDs and MP3 files
for library and web use
Audio/Video Engineer
Record Folger lectures, symposiums and readings, then edit and master files for web use
Audio editing and mastering for Folger Public Programs documentary Shakespeare in American Life
Record and edit video for Folger Consort, resident early-music ensemble
Record and produce radio commercials for Folger Theatre productions 2000 -07
Regional Theater: 1992-present
Composer and Sound Designer
Compose, record and produce original music, sound effects, voice-over and live sounds for over 100
professional theatre productions regionally
Negotiate contracts with theatrical producers
Collaborate with directors and production managers to create artistic focus and budgetary boundaries
Design of theater delivery systems as needed per show
Train stage management and show crew on consistent implementation of design
Clients Include: Folger Theatre, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Studio Theatre, Round House
Theatre, Florida Stage, Source Theatre, Rep Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, Forum Theatre
Awards
Theater: Recipient of eleven Helen Hayes Award nominations and two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding
Sound Design, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest (Folger Theatre) Source Theatre Designer of the Year
Award Nominations for a Carbonell Award and the DC Mayor s Arts Award for Emerging New Artist
Video: Rachel s Network, Silver Remi Award (Worldfest Houston) City Livability: Trenton and Seattle, Gold
Remi Award (Worldfest Houston) Great Schools by Design: The Denver School of Science an d Technology,
Golden Eagle CINE Awards Media Smart Youth, Bronze Telly Award Stop the Aerial Hunting of Wolves in
Alaska, Masters (Best of Show) CINE Award, Grand Remi (Best of Show), Special Jury CINE Award, Golden
Eagle CINE Award, Bronze Telly Award
Education
North Texas State University Jazz, Film, Broadcast Departments, 1982-85
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Jazz Guitar, 1991
Walton Recording Studios Advanced Engineering and Mastering Program, 1992
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