Brian Patton
Sound design professor
Education
- M.F.A., sound design, Yale University
- M.F.A., music composition, Bard College
- B.A., music, Vassar College
Credentials
- Professor of sound design, 2024–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Lecturer in sound design, 2019, Barnard College of Columbia University
- Guest lecturer in sound, 2009, Yong In University, South Korea
- Guest lecturer in sound, 2009, 2010, 2019, Vassar College
Awards, recognitions, and honors
Awards
- Tony Award, sound, Choir Boy, The Friedman Theater, 2019
- Drama Desk Award, music, Choir Boy, The Friedman Theater, 2019
- Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Appropriate, Westport Playhouse, 2018
- Drama Desk Award, sound, The Humans, The Laura Pels Theater, 2016
- Drama Desk Award, sound, When the Rain Stops Falling, Lincoln Center Theater, 2010
- Lucille Lortel Award, sound, When the Rain Stops Falling, Lincoln Center Theater, 2010
Nominations
- Tony Nomination – Music, The Rose Tattoo, The American Airlines, 2020
- Hewes Design Nomination – Sound, The Rose Tattoo, The American Airlines, 2020
- Drama Desk nomination – sound, Choir Boy, The Friedman Theater, 2019
- The Outer Critics nomination, Napoli, Brooklyn, The Laura Pels Theater, 2018
- Drama Desk nomination, An Act of God, The Booth Theater, 2016
- Hewes Design nomination, The Humans, The Laura Pels Theater, 2016
- Hewes Design nomination, Airline Highway, MTC | The Friedman, 2015
- Best Scenography publication, Chance Magazine, The Prague Quadrennial, 2015
- Lucille Lortel nomination, The Other Place, Lucille Lortel Theater, 2011
Publications and presentations
Publications
- The Music of Sound: Stochastic Natural Sound Space, Live Design Magazine, 2011
- Puck Jumps: The Arduino Micro-controller and Visual Cueing Live, Design Magazine, 2011
- Rain Delay: Atomized Natural Sound Space Design Live, Design Magazine, 2010
- The Sounds of Broadway (with Liza Minelli), Visionaire Magazine, 2007
Original musicals
- A Christmas Carol, The Maltz Jupiter Theater, 2023
- Cinderella | After Ever After, Published and Licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, 2005
Symphony
- The Holy Land, For Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, and Orchestra, 2020
Sound design and composition, Broadway
- I Need That, Moritz Von Stuelpnagel, The American Airlines Theater, 2023
- The Rose Tattoo, Trip Cullman, The American Airlines Theater, 2019
- Choir Boy, Trip Cullman, Manhattan Theater Club, 2019
- Bernhardt/Hamlet, Moritz Von Stuelpnagel, The American Airlines Theater, 2018
- Three Tall Women, Joe Mantella, The John Golden Theater, 2018
- Meteor Shower, Jerry Zaks, The Booth Theater Manhattan, 2017
- The Little Foxes, Daniel Sullivan, Theater Club, 2017
- Present Laughter, Moritz Von Stuelpnagel, The St. James Theater, 2017
Sound design and composition, off Broadway
- Dig, Theresa Rebeck, Primary Stages
- HEART, Ola Ince, The Audible Theater, 2023
- The Perplexed, Lynne Meadow, MTC City Center Stage 1, 2022
- Greater Clements, Davis McCallum, Mitzi Newhouse Theater, 2020
- Lewiston and Clarkston, Davis McCallum, The Rattlestick Theater, 2019
- The Mother, Trip Cullman, The Atlantic Theater, 2018
- Dan Cody's Yacht, Doug Hughes, MTC City Center Stage 1, 2018
- Torch Song, Moises Kaufman, Laura Pels Theater, 2017
- Napoli Brooklyn, Gordon Edelstein, Laura Pels Theater, 2017
- Linda, Lynne Meadow, MTC City Center Stage 1, 2017
- Yen, Trip Cullman, Lucille Lortel Theater, 2017
Other New York
- Queens, Tea Alagic, NYU, 2023
- The Shadow of a Gunman, Ian Belknap, NYU, 2022
- Love and Information, Paul Takas, Marymount Manhattan, 2018
- The Balcony, Ellen Orenstein Marymount Manhattan, 2019
Regional Theater
- Henry V, Davis McCallum, HVSF, 2023
- 4000 Miles, David Kennedy, Westport Playhouse, 2022
- Thirst, Theresa Rebeck, Dorset Theater Festival, 2022
- Scarecrow, Dina Janis, Dorset Theater Festival, 2022
- Wait Until Dark, Jackson Gay, Dorset Theater Festival, 2022
- I Hate Hamlet, Bill Fennelly, Maltz Jupiter Theater, 2022