With “The Music Always Comes First!” as his
lifelong motto, Ron Streicher began his career in music as
a pianist, percussionist, and choral conductor, and
presently is an independent audio consultant and recording
engineer specializing in live performances. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts in Music from UCLA, and then a Master of
Arts in Communications Arts from Loyola University in Los
Angeles.
His interest in recording developed while a volunteer for
the music department of a public radio station in LA; that
avocation subsequently evolved into a career that now spans
more than four decades. His many projects for public radio
include sound design and production of numerous radio
plays, national broadcasts of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra, the California Chamber Symphony, the Monday
Evening Concert series, and several other Southern
California chamber music series. His work has been heard
over National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting
System networks.
Among the many record companies for which Ron has worked
are Angel, Brio, CMS Desto, CRI, Discovery, Koch
International, Omega Record Classics, Pilz, Protone, RCA,
and SAZ Records. Recording projects have taken him as far
afield as Karachi, Shanghai, and twice to Moscow to record
the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
Ron joined the engineering staff and faculty of the Audio
Recording Institute of the Aspen Music Festival and School
in 1988, and from 1995-2005 he served as Audio Production
Manager for the Music Festival. Prior to Aspen, Ron
designed and supervised concert sound reinforcement for the
Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera, and the New
York City Opera productions at the Mann Music Center in
Philadelphia, where he was the audio consultant for eleven
seasons.
His book, The New Stereo Soundbook (initially
co-authored with F. Alton Everest in 1992) is now in its
third edition. It has gained worldwide recognition as a
standard reference on the subject of stereophonic
perception, recording, and reproduction techniques.
(www.stereosoundbook.com)
A Fellow and Life Member of the Audio Engineering Society,
Ron served as AES President in 2003/4. He continues to be
actively involved with its educational activities and has
given numerous presentations to AES meetings throughout the
world. In recognition of his long-term service to the
Society, Ron was awarded the AES Bronze Medal in 1995.