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Victoria (toy) Deiorio
Combining her previous careers in acting and songwriting, Victoria Deiorio is a critically acclaimed sound designer and composer for theatre, based in Chicago.
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| To spotlight women in leadership, the Broadway Women’s Fund — Broadways first impact investment fund — is proud to announce the third annual Women to Watch on Broadway. (Direct Link) |
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| A podcast with Victoria Deiorio, who is a Chicago based sound designer. We talk about women in theater, life in academia, and the myriad of opportunities in the sound world. (Direct Link) |
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| Emphasizing the artistry behind the decisions made by theatrical sound designers, this guide is for anyone seeking to understand the nature of sound and how to apply it to the stage. The Art of Theatrical Sound Design allows developing artists to apply psychology, physiology, sociology, anthropology and all aspects of sound phenomenology to theatrical sound design. (Direct Link) |
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| At a moment when sound design’s artistry has come into question due to the elimination of the Tony Award category, it is critically important to see a show where you simply cannot ignore the importance and potential of sound design. (Direct Link) |
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| Sound design is a deep and thoughtful process of integration of all aspects of theatrical expression. Think of what is lost without the exchange of ideas and the depth of knowledge and experience the sound designer brings to the process. Collaborative directors and designers feed off of those thoughts from others and each one layers upon the previous one with respect to the artistry of each person’s addition. If you remove one of those voices, you lose an entire layer of artistry from your production. (Direct Link) |
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| Chicago’s sound designers have an identity as particular as their city’s theatres, and both were forged together. I identify myself as a composer/sound designer. But more specifically, I’m a Chicago composer/sound designer. And as I’m sure that every city has its story of how sound developed in their theatres, starting my career here in the mid ‘90s gave me the unique perspective of the evolution of what I consider the birth of artistic sound design in Chicago. The Community Itself Chicago’s theatre community is comprised of diverse artists that produce their work at theatres that vary in size… (Direct Link) |
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| Last night there was an outpouring of disgust, sadness, confusion, anger, and frustration over a decision to again treat our field as though we are not as important as the rest of the team. This rush of emotion comes because this is not new to us at all. The amount of work in order to be validated by the Tony Awards as a category, which was instated in 2008, seems to have meant nothing at all if it suddenly goes away. It’s not about an award. It’s not about the spotlight—most of us work very hard to go unnoticed during a performance (unless we need to be noticed). It’s about validation for the… (Direct Link) |
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