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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