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Brad R. Gardner
Contact
1207 Melville Square #312, Richmond CA 94804
760-214-1141
Objectives
To teach event production management, sound, and video production at the collegiate level.
To manage productions and events at a live music venue.
To create television productions for broadcast, live events, or the internet, including YouTube and Vimeo.
Education
University of California,
Santa Cruz,
Media Art & Management, B.A . 1984
Teaching Credential, UCLA 1992
Experience
December 2022-present
Live Sound Mixer, Recording Engineer, and Videographer,
The Bay Philharmonic Orchestra
Serving the greater San Francisco metropolitan area live symphonic music concerts with world-renowned visiting artists.
March 2020-present
Sound, Video and Recording Engineer,
FOH Sound Mixer, Production Manager;
Primetime Entertainment, Livermore, CA.
All aspects of event production including booking, staging, sound, video and lighting for small productions and large festivals throughout California and Nevada.
November 2022-August 2023
Theatre Manager, Video and Recording Engineer,
The Empress Theatre, Vallejo
Vallejo Center for the Arts.
December 2012-March 2020
Production Manager, Yoshi’s Oakland
January 2005-December 2012
Production Manager, Anthology San Diego
I am experienced in all aspects of live music and event production.
Key Skills
· Production Management
· Theatre and Auditorium Management
· Corporate Event Presentations
· Video Production: Producing, Writing,
Directing, Videography and Editing for two
YouTube channels
· FOH and monitor sound; Mixing live bands,
events, and symphony orchestras.
· Equine Veterinary Technician performing x-rays,
trotting out and lunging horses, and assisting in
treatment.
Communication
I have taught at the University of California, two community colleges, and one high school as a part-time instructor in theatre, sound, video production, recording and live television production. My students have won several statewide video awards and a summer scholarship from UCLA in film.
Contact with artists, theatre renters, and stagecraft workers has been a major part of my professional life starting at Carmel’s Sunset Cultural Center, continuing at the UCSC Concert Hall, Anthology San Diego, Yoshi’s Oakland, and the Empress Theatre in Vallejo.
Currently I work independently as a video producer, audio A-1, A-2, and multicamera video installation engineer for live switched streaming with multichannel audio mixing.
I use an iMac 27 with Premiere Pro as my primary video editing computer and software. I am an AVID certified editor, and I am experienced with Final Cut Pro.
As a media professional, I have ten Emmy Award nominations and have won three Emmy Awards (NATAS PSW Chapter).