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Live Audio | Sound Design | Music Production

With an extensive background in theater and concert work, his mixes are dynamic, rich, and clear, ensuring that every seat in the audience sounds amazing. He has worked on shows of all sizes, from the smallest black box theaters to large outdoor stadiums, and knows firsthand what is required to make your show a technical success.

Ethan Ackland recording piano in a studio.

Upcoming
Shows:

The Logo for STAGE's production of "Beautiful".
The Logo for the national tour of "Clue"

      STAGES St. Louis

Audio Supervision

      National Tour

Head Audio

QLAB setup for cirque show

Audio

Experienced working on a wide range of consoles, Ethan has mixed audio for every type of show including concerts, complex theatrical productions, circuses, worship services, and corporate events. He specializes in managing high channel count shows, system routing, and attending to both large and small details in his mixes. He is also an avid sound designer and QLAB programmer.

Consoles:

  • Yamaha M7CL

  • Yamaha QL Series

  • Yamaha CL Series

  • Yamaha Rivage

  • Yamaha DM7

  • Allen & Heath SQ Series

  • Allen & Heath dLive Series

  • DigiCo SD7T

  • DigiCo SD9T

  • Soundcraft Vi Series

  • Midas M32

Software/Protocols:

  • Dante (Level 2)

  • Wireless Workbench

  • Open Sound Meter

  • Vectorworks

  • MAPP 3D

  • TheatreMix

  • QLAB

  • Logic Pro X

  • Pro Tools

  • Mainstage

Lighting

Lighting design by Ethan Ackland

Ethan has designed concert lighting for world renowned touring artists such as Kishi Bashi, Dianne Reeves, Zakir Hussain, John Waters, and Chucho Valdés, as well as for a selection of theatrical productions, both in blackbox and proscenium theaters. He is fluent in both ETC and MA systems.

Production Management

Load In at The Paramount Center in Boston

From production manager to technical director to stage manager to production assistant, Ethan has served a variety of roles in helping plan and execute shows. A skilled communicator and schedule manager, he creates all the necessary documentation to keep a production moving.

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"Ethan has elevated stage management to an art form, taking on large and small projects with equal intensity. We are very lucky to have Ethan on our crew, he has become our gold standard, and an example to follow."

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- Alejo Planchart - 

Associate Director of Production, Berklee College of Music

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