Andrew Duke

Current

• sound designer, composer, producer, author, educator at Cognition Audioworks (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• educator at Nova Scotia Community College
• Program Manager at CKDU

Education

• Dalhousie University
• University of King's College

Recommended

1 person has recommended Andrew

Connections

417 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• myspace

Andrew Duke’s Summary

Designing sound, composing, recording, producing music for over 20 years.
Writing about sound and music since 1981.
Andrew Duke has taught in workshops and through one-on-one tutoring nationally across Canada. Group sizes have ranged from 6 to 30 participants; ages taught have ranged from 14-65+.

Andrew Duke’s Specialties:

sound design; composition; production; recording; writing; teaching.

Andrew Duke’s Experience

• sound designer, composer, producer, author, educator

  Cognition Audioworks (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 1987 — Present (22 years 3 months)

  Andrew Duke is an experienced sound designer and composer; he has been commissioned by international companies including
  Sound Ideas (Canada), FXpansion (UK), Equinox Sounds (Spain), Audiobase/Stockhouse Media (Canada), Music Tech/ Anthem Publishing (UK), and Computer Music/Future Publishing (UK). Duke's sound design and music has been used on TV channels including BBC Channel 4, Discovery Science, CBC, CTV, Outdoor Life Network, and Much Music. Andrew Duke has taught in workshops and through one-on-one tutoring nationally across Canada. Group sizes have ranged from 6 to 30 participants; ages taught have ranged from 14-65+.

• educator

  Nova Scotia Community College

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  January 2005 — March 2008 (3 years 3 months)

  Taught sound design, recording, composition, and production.
  
  feedback:
  
  Exactly what i was looking for; really appreciate all the knowledge and guidance. Jen Carmichael (420Jenny)
  
  Had a great time in the course and have learned some invaluable information. You are a great instructor! Thanks a million. Janice Jackson (Vocalypse Productions)
  
  Thanks for teaching the course! I enjoyed it *very* much.
  Really happy to have taken the course with you! Yasushi Akiyama
  
  Glad now to hear how a pro does it. Dan MacCormack (Grassmarket)
  
  I've really enjoyed the class; your enthusiasm is nothing short of inspiring. Already endorsed the course to a few friends. Charlie Coolen (Folds Of Policy)
  
  Cannot thank you enough for teaching it. Jarrett Coomber (The Bears)
  
  The class was awesome. I've been pumping the class up to friends. Loukas Crowther (Root! Studios)
  
  What a great job you do running the class. Billy Phillips

• Program Manager

  CKDU

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  April 2000 — April 2005 (5 years 1 month)

  ¤ Managed a wide variety of tasks at a busy radio station to ensure legal radio standards were met exactly.
  • Managed both large groups (over 150 radio hosts) and small (committees of less than 10 people).
  • Organized and coordinated 168 hours of live radio programming per week for 5 years.
  • Ensured that the required radio-logging records and royalty forms were completed to precise specifications.
  • Responsible for programmer training, management, and team building.

Andrew Duke’s Education

• Dalhousie University

  sound design, music composition 2002 — 2003

• University of King's College

Additional Information

Andrew Duke’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• myspace

Andrew Duke’s Interests:

sounds music games film family food pets

Andrew Duke’s Groups:

Andrew Duke has been a jury member for Canada’s Junos (the equivalent to America’s Grammys; 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008), Indies (2001), DJ Olympics (1998-2005), and Dig Your Roots (2002, 2003); he was a panelist at MUTEK_Intersection (2003). He is a member of the Guild of Canadian Film Composers as well as Halifax's Upstream Orchestra and Grrrilla Orchestra (led by Paul Cram). Duke has served on the Board of Directors for the National Campus and Community Radio Association. He is also a music software educator and a visual artist whose work has been exhibited internationally.

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Andrew Duke’s Honors:

Consumer vs. User (Phthalo/USA) was nominated Album of the Year (Urban) at the 2006 Music Nova Scotia Awards.
Two PSAs Andrew Duke scored for the 2005 national Racism: Stop It! campaign were recognized with awards.
Sprung (Bip-Hop/France) was nominated Album of the Year (Electronica) at the 2003 Canadian Indies.

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