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Having a Yamaha C5 Conservatory grand piano and a safe, comfortable space in which to perform and record, make Theta Sound the preferred choice for classical, opera and musical theater clients. Here are some shots from various sessions of these genres…

Classical and Opera

Placido Domingo and his accompanist Catherine Miller during rehearsal recordings at Theta Sound Studio for L.A.Opera’s original work, “Nicholas and Alexandra.”

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William Vendice is a private coach and former Chorus Master at L.A. Opera who has brought many of his clients to Theta Sound Studio for classical and opera recordings.

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Bettie Ross is an award-winning composer and performer who has recorded many projects at Theta Sound Studio. Her most recent album won two top honors (Best Solo Piano Album and Best Solo Piano Song) at the Just Plain Folks Awards ceremony held in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Michele Patzakis is a lyric soprano and “frequent flyer” here at Theta Sound Studio. She has produced several music projects, and also a special video tribute to her mother who was recently honored by St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Los Angeles.

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Sisu Raiken is an amazing soprano who can captivate audiences with the most demanding opera arias, yet can take on the world of musical theater like a Broadway veteran. Her debut album, with accompanist Gigi Boratgis at the piano, was recorded and mixed by Randy Tobin at Theta Sound Studio. One of the tracks is featured in our Theta Music section on the home page of this site.

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Pianist Gigi Boratgis recorded her debut album “Classical Impressions” at Theta Sound Studio. The CD package was also designed in house and we oversaw the manufacturing of the finished product.

Pianist Gigi Boratgis...

Yuki Mori and Min Jung Park have brought many of their talented violin students to Theta Sound Studio to record college and music conservatory entrance audition CDs.

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Andrew von Oeyen has never set foot in Theta Sound Studio, but having been introduced to us via noted soprano Constance Hauman, this world-renown concert pianist has utilized our video and audio services for editing, mastering and converting audio and video recordings for posting on YouTube and selling on iTunes.

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Cellist, Melody Yenn, was introduced to us by composer Carol Worthey, who accompanied Melody for one of Carol’s original works.

Cellist, Melody Yenn,...

Carol Worthey is a multi-talented creator and disseminator of fine art. She is an internationally acclaimed composer and arranger, a prolific songwriter in many genres including musical theater, and a fine artist. During the Los Angeles “Community of Angels” project, Carol painted the “Angel of Music” which was on display by the fountains at the Music Center in Los Angeles. It was the only Angel in the whole city that stood on a special base that housed a music system which played back the song, “Angel of Music,” written and arranged by Carol and recorded at Theta Sound Studio. Randy Tobin also created a special video of the statue and its music, filmed at the Music Center. <a href="https://www.thetasound.com/?gallery=video-production">(see our Video Production Gallery)</a>

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A classical celebration! Soprano Stephanie Sabin (center) was introduced to us by soprano Suzan Hanson (right). The session featured Theta Sound alumni Gigi Boratgis (left) on piano with Stephanie doing an arrangement of Plaisir d’Amour.

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Constance Hauman is an internationally renown soprano as well as a writer and director for her musical works. One such work, “Exiles in Paradise,” tells the story of the Jewish composers who had to flee Germany during World War II and ended up becoming part of the Hollywood composer scene. Theta Sound Studio recorded one of her shows at the Falcon Theater in Los Angeles, and designed the website <a href="http://exilesinparadise.org" target="_blank">ExilesInParadise.org</a>

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Marty Buttwinick lends a “helping hand” to pianist Gigi Boratgis during the rehearsal for Marty’s jULIA eTUDES (no… we did not leave the Caps Lock key on–that’s how Marty spells it!) compositions for music students.

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Soprano Maria King came in with William Vendice to record four arias for her audition reel.

Soprano Maria King...

Johnny Ferretti is both an operatic tenor and a comedian, sometimes combining both in his stage act which is not only funny, but educational, too!

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Elisabeth Ekornes is a classical soprano whose first album features the songs of her fellow Norwegian countryman, Edvard Grieg. Elisabeth is accompanied by Catherine Miller at the piano.

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