Dr. Stephen Roessner is an American
Grammy Award winning recording engineer, musician and producer from
Binghamton, New York. He currently resides in
Rochester, New York and is mostly known for his performance in the group
Saxon Shore
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. He is currently active playing drums i
Fuzzrodand as a solo artist known as Small Signals.
Stephen is currently an assistant professor in the Audio & Music Engineering Program at
The University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees.
The University of Roch ...
.
He owns and operates Calibrated Sound in Rochester, NY. He formerly worked at
The Juilliard School as a recording engineer and video editor.
Dr. Roessner holds both Doctorate and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from The University of Rochester. He is a graduate of The Rod Serling School of Fine Arts in
Binghamton High School located in
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
and studied under percussionist Joel Smales and still remains as close friends to this day. Stephen was honored as a Distinguished Graduate by Binghamton High School in 2012. Stephen attended
SUNY Fredonia
The State University of New York at Fredonia (SUNY Fredonia) is a public university in Fredonia, New York, United States. It is the westernmost member of the State University of New York. Founded in 1826, it is the sixty-sixth-oldest institute of ...
where he earned a degree in Sound Recording Technology studying under producer
Dave Fridmann. He also earned a degree in Music Performance in Percussion under percussionist
Kay Stonefelt
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.
In 2014, Stephen gave a TEDxFlourCity talk on the importance of audio quality, imploring the audience to listen closer and give more thought to how they consume music.
Bands
*
League (2002–2005)
*
Saxon Shore
The Saxon Shore ( la, litus Saxonicum) was a military command of the late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the Channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led by the "Count of the Saxon Shor ...
(2005–present)
* Fuzzrod (2016–present)
* The Gritty Midi Gang (2006–2009)
* Revengineers (2011–2013)
* Williams Shift (2012–present)
* Pleistocene (2012-2016)
* Small Signals (2014–present)
* Talking Under Water (2014–2015)
References
External links
Official websiteof Saxon Shore
Official websiteof Small Signals
Official websiteof Fuzzrod
Official websiteof Calibrated Sound
Living people
American audio engineers
Musicians from New York (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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