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Day by Day:
SATURDAY, July 26th (at the Judy Bayley Theater, UNLV Campus)
3pm – 4:30pm
- Welcome and Early Career Roundtable – led by Newton (Newt) Schottelkotte with special guests Katherine Gonzalez, Ien Denio, Daniela Holt, and Toby Chester. A new coat of paint on a TSDCA staple, the Early Career Roundtable will pick the brains of some of TSDCA’s top working designers, sharing their diverse range of experiences in the world of live sound. Attendees will have the opportunity to register for a series of one-on-one networking speed dates with their select choice of panelists following the discussion.
5:pm – 6:30pm
- Hands-On Soundscape Lab – with Natalie (Nat) Houle and Alex Ritter.
A common sentiment among theatrical sound designers these days is that they are interested in exploring spatial audio modalities, but that the opportunities to do so are few and far between. Combining the intention of enablement with the energy of the arrival day for the 10th Annual Meeting, we will prepare a storytelling-centric spatial audio presentation and lab for our attendees. This 1.5-hour session will serve as an introduction to Soundscape and an interactive opportunity for attendees to experience control software using theatre-centric audio content.
7:15pm – 8:30pm
- Discussion of the Ethics of AI – moderated by Lindsay Jones, with guests including William Meade and Noman Bashir.
9:30pm
- Awakening at the Wynn Las Vegas | 3131 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Our block is limited and tickets are almost sold out. Please contact jane@janeshaw.com to see if there are seats left. $92 donation to TSDCA to reserve your seat if available.
- Talkback with Simon Matthews, Associate Sound Designer for Awakening
SUNDAY, July 27th (at the Judy Bayley Theater, UNLV Campus)
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. (Coffee provided)
- Workshop with and composing for a Brass Quintet – with Michael Roth. Five of Las Vegas great brass players, led by first trumpet Gary Cordell, join TSDCA for an adventurous look at everything those great instruments can do, examining period music, jazz composition/arrangements and voicing, mutes of all kinds, and especially contemporary music and extended techniques – including a freewheeling talk about the lives of musicians in Las Vegas and how so many great musicians wear all the interesting hats they do to keep things going for a lifetime.
12pm – 1:30 PM
- Analog to Digital Conversion with Clearcom – moving from analog two-wire to digital workflows. It can include concepts from FreeSpeak digital wireless, HelixNet digital partyline, LQ interconnectivity, and Gen-IC/virtual client solutions.
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM. LUNCH provided.
2:30 PM – 4 PM.
- AI for Sound and Music Production – presented by Bo Li.
This session will explore the latest AI tools across speech, music, audio restoration, and sound effects — including voice cloning, AI-generated music, real-time audio de-noising, video-to-sound generation, and more. We’ll look at real-world applications using the tools and discuss the evolving landscape of AI-driven production also its limitations.
4:30 pm – 6pm
- Timax – Presented by Anthony Narciso, Anthony Marshall, and Brad Berridge. Gain insight into how Spatial Audio with the TiMax Sound Hub can transform storytelling, elevate audience engagement, and push the boundaries of sound design. Hosted by Focusrite Group’s Brad Berridge and sound designer Anthony Narciso, this will present an in-depth look at real world approaches to using TiMax for musical theatre productions.
8 PM
- PROM! Celebrating our 10 year anniversary. Hosted by Stef Senior, Katherine Gonzalez, and Becca Stoll.
MONDAY, July 28th. (at the Hotel)
at DoubleTree by Hilton, Las Vegas East Flamingo – 4055 Palos Verdes, Las Vegas, NV 89119
Early Morning – tba event
11 AM – 12 PM
12:30PM – 2 PM
- The Annual Meeting! Led by Co-Chairs Jessica Paz & Lindsay Jones