Lee Kinney

AUDIO 740 . 818 . 5560 DESIGN -new york, new york COMPOSITION LEE KINNEY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FREELANCE Provide audio related consultation and system implementation, as well as original design and composition, for a host of clients in the theatre and events industries, most often for Broadway and Off-Broadway theater productions. Projects are deeply collaborative and creative, as well as technically rigorous and innovative. Typical workflow includes pre-production paperwork and system drafting, system installation and optimization, reinforcement of live musicians and vocalists, generative design, mixing and mastering of audio, and composition of original music. Complete project resume and samples available at www.leeakinney.com Sound Designer & Composoer February 2014 - Present New York, NY Provide product support for customers of flagship software, QLab, a comprehensive control program for audio, lighting, and video used in live performance and presentation environments across multiple industries and around the world. Support, provided through prompt and genial email correspondence, requires a high level of technical competency in QLab, macOS, and audio/video/lighting components, as well as a superb writing skills, empathy, and patience. FIGURE 53 (QLAB) Support Specialist March 2018 - 2020 New York, NY NAT’L THEATRE SCHOOL OF CANADA Sound Design Coach- Montreal, QC, Canada Design print, digital, and textile artwork for clients in athletics, entertainment, and corporate industries. Clients are offered an initial consultation phase, followed by several rounds of drafts and revisions, through to implementation of deliverables by thoroughly collaborating with production facilities. Software: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Squarespace. Client portfolio available at leeakinneydesign.myportfolio.com/ FREELANCE Graphic Design & Brand Development 2012 - Present USA & Canada PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ALTOONA Emerging Artist Fellow & Instructor August 2013 - December 2013 Altoona, PA THEATER IS EASY Contributing Writer & Creative Consultant 2013 - 2017 New York, NY VALLEY YOUNG COMPANY Founding Artistic Director 2006 - 2012 Woodstock, NB, Canada Offer sound design coaching, guidance, supervision, instruction and ongoing evaluation and feedback to graduating sound design students. Duties include providing the students with ongoing professional guidance with respect to critical thinking, organization, development of relationships, and execution of design for the production of a two new plays, from pre-production, through the design phase, installation, and technical rehearsals. Teaching load included THEATER PERFORMANCE and SHAKEPSEARE TEXT WORKSHOP. Mentored undergraduate student actors and stage managers through a 12 week production process, with a primary focus on daily rehearsals, and supplemented with one-on-one and small group tutorials addressing devising and movement techniques, improvisation, career development, and stage and production management strategies. Extra-curricular workshops addressed classical text analysis, scansion, heightened language, breathing and movement techniques, and introduced devising in relation to Shakespearean text. Students were evaluated on their preparation for and participation in rehearsals, and their creative development over the course of study. Contributing writer to well-respected independent theater blog, reviewing Off-Off-Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Broadway theater and performance in New York City. Also provided branding and outreach consultation, including development of a supplementary podcast focused on promoting Off-Off-Broadway performance and simplifying the consumer’s process of finding performances of interest within the vast market of New York theater. Founded VYC which grew to 5 annual productions, produced 2 original works, and contracted 6 visiting professional artists from across North America. Created Directors Program that saw 5 young artists directing their first productions. Developed lasting partnership with regional company Theatre New Brunswick, managed annual operating budget of $100,000 and worked directly with over 100 local performers ages 8-25. Many young artists who were members of the original company have gone on to successful professional careers in the theater. EDUCATION OHIO UNIVERSITY Master of Fine Arts Professional Director Training Program Graduated 2013 Athens, OH AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Arts Graduated 2010 Fredericton, NB Outer Critics Circle Award Honors for Outstanding Sound Design Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design (Nominated) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for a Play (Nominated) 14x Critics Pick for Theater - New York Times