Summer e-newsletter, Emmy® nomination edition

It's been a busy and creative summer over at chez Borgia. We've survived the recent heat wave and things are thankfully better now. In terms of music and sound, here are the highlights:

		I have been nominated for an Emmy® for outstanding sound design for PBS Nature's An Original Duckumentary. I headed the fantastic sound design team of Michael Chobot and Matt Gundy. Together we crafted all of the effects and ambiences to accompany a film that explores the panoply of ducks around the world. We did the work last year, it was mixed by Ed Campbell at WNET 13 in NYC. It's a great honor to have worked with this crew, the director Anne Prum and the folks at PBS. It's wonderful to receive this nomination.
		Alison Davy - to whom I have the good fortune to be married - has joined me in a new singing duo called Jumbo Bungalow. We've been performing in the Hudson Valley to great response - playing the Catskill Wine and Cheese Festival, The Kingston Festival of the Arts and doing regular happy hour appearances at Doubles 2 in Catskill, NY. We do a tossed salad of my songs, classical pieces and contemporary cover tunes. I play the ukulele and sing, Alison dishes out soprano excellence along with fine accompaniment on autoharp and harmonica.
		A choral round isn't something I ever thought I'd write, but it happened anyway. My original round, Everything Bagel, was added to the 2013 spring and summer repertoire of the Turtle Bay Music School Community Choir. It has been a real treat to hear my work performed by this skilled and spirited ensemble.
		Director Peter Sluszka asked me to do the 5.1 mix for his wonderful and disturbing short, Buttonhole. Check it out here.
		The Sonic Scoop website asked me to review the ADAM F5 studio speakers. It’s good to get back into some writing after a little break. Plus, it’s good clean fun to have an opportunity to listen to some new gear!
		I'll be mixing live sound for a young peoples' production of Into The Woods at Weathervane Playhouse in my old Ohio stomping grounds. I'm looking forward to meeting new people and seeing the kids bring their best to this great show by Stephen Sondheim.

The freelance life is rockin'! I'm lining up my schedule for the fall and look forward to some very exciting projects. I’ve got studios running in the Bronx and upstate in the Village Of Catskill. For those in need of great sound for film, video, web or music, drop me a line and we'll work it out.

Carmen Borgia Music and Sound

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