Garth MacAleavey

Cutting his teeth on the NYC new-music scene since 2008, Garth MacAleavey is a leader in high fidelity new music sound design and live classical instrument amplification. He specializes in immersive surround sound, spatial audio mixing/system design, and transparent reinforcement and recording. Garth is the Director of Sound and Technical Design of Brooklyn’s National Sawdust. In partnership with Meyer Sound, he is an expert in Constellation, Spacemap systems and continues to move the art of spatial sound forward daily. Recent sound-design credits include “A God of Her Own Making” by Jojo Abot and Esperanza Spalding, “Black Lodge” by David T. Little, “Song of Songs” by David Lang, “In Our Daughter’s Eyes” by Du Yun, “Spatial...No Problem” by Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Mouse on Mars, Grammy-nominated “Soldier Songs” by David T. Little and Opera Philadelphia, Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize–winning “p r i s m,” NYPhil’s “Sound ON: Leading Voices,” Ted Hearne’s “Dorothea,” Michael Gordon’s “Aquanetta,” Nick Cave’s “The Let Go” at Park Avenue Armory, and David T. Little’s groundbreaking “Dog Days.”