Matt Temkin Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

All of the below responsibilities plus the additional responsibilities of scheduling part time crews and managing the capital budget. Developed workflow management system on Monday.com for scheduling Audio Visual crews that then got adopted by Operations team.Increased communication across departments to help foster more advance planning for events.Oversight of installed AV equipment (SmartBoard, Crestron).Designed and implemented acoustic treatment to improve sound in a renovated classroom space.

New York, New York, United States

Work across multiple departments to design the technical side of live, remote, and hybrid events. Mix audio for live panel discussions, concerts, theatre, and dance. Make recordings of live events and edit some live events into podcasts. Organize live video recordings for archiving purposes.Supervise small crews during live events. Produce/direct the multi-camera filming of live events for streaming. Show digital movies in fixed and mobile locations. Designed and implemented a 7.1 sound system in a 230 seat theatre. Maintain inventory of microphones, recording devices, speakers, and Mac OS X computers. Use primarily Apple Software, Logic, FinalCut, and Keynote along with plug-ins from Izotope (RX, Ozone, and Neutron).Train, troubleshoot, and maintain high quality standards for implementation of sound systems throughout the physical plant of 14-story building with two additional branch locations under tight deadlines.Editor and Principal Live Recording Engineer - “Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen” Radio Show, October 2014 - PresentRecord live, edit, mix, and perform all post-production work for Randy Cohen’s interview radio show, "Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen" which broadcasts on WAMC radio network and additional public radio stations.Principal Technical Director - A/V Department, March 2020 - PresentServe as principal technical director on the Zoom platform for a majority of live online events with simulcasts to Facebook or YouTube for many events. Department supported on average 20 events a month with a staff of 3 (staff before the pandemic had been 6+)As needed train inside and outside staff on best practices to meet our quality standards when teaching classes, lectures, and events.Starting in the fall of 2021; design, support and create workflows for hybrid fitness classes.Assist, train, and support various departments make the transition from using commercial music to using licensed music libraries.

Serve as drummer and percussionist in musicals and concerts produced by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, including; The Megile Of Itzik Manger (2013 & 2014), The Golden Land (October - December 2012), On Second Avenue (2005 - 2006 New York and L.A. runs), A Yiddish Vaudeville (2007), New Voices of the Yiddish Stage, New Worlds; A Celebration of I.L. Peretz, and Soul to Soul. Served as a drummer and percussionist for fundraising benefit shows at venues that include Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and Symphony Space.

Created supertitles and other projections for both main stage and traveling programs. Took scripts that were translated from Yiddish to both English and Russian and projected in both languages. Average file had 900+ slides in it. Used fixed text boxes to hit non-full frame hanging theatrical screens.Also put edited short movie clips to project at special events.

Serve as drummer and percussionist for religious services which occur weekly on both Friday nights and Saturday mornings.

Book events including private parties and public concerts.Manage sub-contractor musicians.Manage choice of music and creation of lead sheets and/or arrangements as needed.Serve as leader, drummer and percussionist for booked events

Served as part of the team that conceived and implemented the upgrade of the audio playback system, and digital data storage system which allowed for archival digitizing of audio materials.Principal responsibilities included cataloging LP collection, digitizing reel to reel tape, and editing reel to reel tape to facilitate release in podcast format. Responded to and answered questions from researchers relating to both the commercial and non-commercial collections.Started a podcast using tapes from a YIVO sponsored radio show on WEVD in the 1960's and 70's.

New York, Ny

“The Big Bupkis!” is an evening of cheap jokes, magic, ukulele music, hypnotism, unpleasant stories about Sophie Tucker, transvestitism, and a Yiddish bullfight poem, among other theatrical indignities. Giving nothing away, the show ends with Mr. Baker attempting to behead a volunteer from the audience. For the show I am an onstage musician who plays drums, and sound effects including whistles, bells, and other things that go clang in the night.Additional performances Feb 2012.

Ma, Musicology

master thesis title; American Yiddish Instrumental Fusion Music in the 1950s and 1960s

Ba, Music Literature

Activities and Societies: Hillel, Pep Band, Orchestra, New England Conservatory of Music; Jewish Music Ensemble