Amy Altadonna, Sound Designer

Amy Altadonna

Sound Designer and Composer
for the Theatre

I am a professional sound designer and composer for theatre and film. I have designed
sound systems and created original music, ambiences and effects for over 100 staged
productions and musicals. In my studio, I use Pro Tools 9, Logic Pro and Sibelius as well
as Qlab and SFX for live playback. I have done location sound mixing, boom, audio post
and re-recording for film and other video media, including television segments and
vodcasts for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

I use sound, music and silence to enhance storytelling and to evoke emotional
and physiological responses in my audience. I feel that by
understanding text, collaborators, and audience,
I can bring my musicality to bear on the ears and the psyches of my listeners,
creating physiological experiences that can be aching, melancholy,
terrible and sublime.

I have a special interest in education and mentorship,
and have worked extensively in university settings.

My work has taken me across the country, from Alaska to New York City,
and has introduced me to countless friends and collaborators.

Taking recordings of Carrot for my production of Milk!

buzz...

"The most impressive design aspect is Amy Altadonna's sound design,
starting with the opening sequence, which blends wind, chimes,
the mooing of cows, the clatter of milk buckets, and what sounded
very much to me like a toy piano. She also provides a kicky playlist
of '80's hits from the likes of Blondie, Madonna, and A-Ha."
~ Lighting and Sound America review of Milk

"Kudos to Amy Altadonna's witty sound design."
~ The New York Times review of Milk

"Most deserving of praise are three unsung heroes: the sound, lighting,
and scenic designers who do the best work I have seen this season.
The inimitable ambiance they create makes this anonymous and bleak little
town grow more and more effervescent and seductive as the story unfolds."
~ NYTheatre.com review of Local Story

"Amy Altadonna's sound design has Nirvana and the Cure blaring during blackouts,
and the audience-mostly children of the 1980s, now mid-20s hipsters-
nods along to the music in recognition and approval."
~ Backstage review of 7 Minutes in Heaven

"[The play is] wonderfully accented by Amy Altadonna's sound effects.
This production is a truly delightful piece of theatre magic."
~ The Greenville News review of Servant of Two Masters

"Director Bryn Boice keep the tension up throughout, helped by
Amy Altadonna's mood-sustaining score and sound design."
~ Offoffonline.com (What's on Off-Off Broadway) review of Orange Flower Water

"The Warehouse always excels in the technical aspects of their shows
and On the Verge is no exception. Amy Altadonna's
crisp and clever sound design greatly enhances the
mood and atmosphere."
~ The MetroBeat review of On the Verge

"The lighting and sound designs (created by Michael Abrams and Amy Altadonna
respectively) help elevate the production onto a more ethereal plane."
~ On The Square review of The Satin Slipper

"...mood setting music by Amy Altadonna
that strikes home hard and true..."
~ The Flat Hat review of Polaroid Stories

"The cast, along with the sterling designers,
do pretty well by Nicky silver's downbeat story of unrequited love."
~ Offoffonline.com (What's on Off-Off Broadway) review of Maiden's Prayer

"...a sensational sound terrain - bells, whistles, sirens,
not to mention Edith Piaf and the former Soviet hymn -
propelled the play forward."
~ The Greenville News review of Measure for Measure

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