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CHRIS ROSS-EWART (he/him) is a sound designer, composer, and performer. Working across Canada, the US and the world, his practice ranges from performer to composer to designer, in theatre, musical theatre, podcasts and installations. He works with both electronic and acoustic instrumental composition, soundscape design and live reinforcement of voice and instruments. He has designed productions at Shaw, Stratford, Canadian Stage, Belfry, Bard on the Beach, Alliance, Yale Rep, Tarragon, Buddies in Bad Times, Coal Mine, Luminato Festival, Caravan Farm, Chemainus, and many productions have been world premieres. He has also taught and designed at institutions including Western Michigan University, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, University of Rochester, Amherst College, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He has significant experience designing and engineering show control and audio systems, as both a QLab programmer and audio engineer. He holds an MFA in Sound Design from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and a BA from University of Toronto’s drama program.