Luke Damrosch is a sound engineer based in Beverly, Massachusetts.  A Boston native, he was both classically trained as a pianist and pursued Jazz and contemporary music as a percussionist.  He studied at New England Conservatory’s pre-college program and subsequently at the New School in New York City, where he graduated in 2009.

While completing his undergraduate work, a thesis project involving electroacoustic music and sound design opened the door to music recording and audio engineering.  He was immediately captivated by the uniquely harmonious integration of art and science offered by music recording, and by how organically his diverse musical training could inform so many aspects of his work in this universal technical field.  His particular focus is making on-location recordings of acoustic music.

Before devoting himself to full-time freelance work, he was a staff sound engineer and videographer at Harvard University, where he worked primarily in beautiful Sanders Theatre.  He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, and has delivered guest lectures on music recording at Longy School of Music, Tufts University, and MIT.  He is very interested in techniques for improving the depth and realism of sound recording, and works regularly to develop and refine microphone arrays and signal processing techniques that are informed by psychoacoustics research.

Photo: Peter Gumaskas