Michael Rasbury, Associate Professor
Composer and Sound Designer

 

Michael Rasbury is an Associate Professor in Sound Design within the Department of Drama and the Director of Miller Arts Scholars at the University of Virginia. Before that, he served on the faculty of the School of the Performing Arts at Louisiana Tech University. His original musical script titled Max Understood premiered in San Francisco at Fort Mason Center in April 2015. In 2013, he created an original sound design for Terrance McNally’s new work, And Away We Go, produced by the Pearl Theatre in New York City. In 2011, he was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for his Henry VIII design for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. In 2009, Max Understood was produced Off-Broadway for the New York Musical Theatre Festival and in 2008 was selected for development in a staged reading workshop by the Eugene O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference.

Michael created and maintains his EarthRecordings.org website showcasing original environmental recordings. He has served as sound designer for Off-Broadway’s Transport Group, having provided designs for several productions including The Patsy, Bury the Dead, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Hello Again (Drama Desk nominee,) and Marcy in the Galaxy. He has composed music and sound for Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Colorado Shakespeare, and Illinois Shakespeare Festivals. He has served as sound designer for The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama since 2006. In 2001, Michael toured Europe and the United States with the production of An Alphabet, a John Cage piece produced by the John Cage Trust. Also in 2001, he wrote an orchestral score for Louisiana Tech University’s theatrical adaptation of The Leafmen and the Brave Good Bugs, written by award winning children’s author/illustrator, William Joyce. Michael composed music/sound for the Humana Festival for New American Playwrights at Actors Theatre of Louisville and for The Public in New York City. He has performed as a keyboardist/vocalist at two New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festivals with The Lightnin’ Bugs, a Louisiana band. In 2003, he was recognized as the Louisiana State Funded Theatre Artist by receiving the Artist Fellowship Grant in Theatre presented by the Louisiana Division of the Arts. For more please visit this link.

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