I dunno. I guess it’s a way to get to know about me? I do a lot of things and generally have an identity crisis. Also now I won’t forget what I’ve done!
ANNELISE NORONHA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
May 2010 - Present - Freelance Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer, Composer, Teacher, Voice Actor, Musician
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 - Harris Institute - Protools Teacher
Mar 2014 - Sep 2016 - Grayson Matthews Audio Engineer, Staff Composer, Music Director
Oct 2005 - May 2010 - Grayson Matthews - Head Audio Engineer, Staff Composer
Sep 2003 - Oct 2005 - Freelance Recording Engineer, Mixer, Producer, Composer, Teacher, Voice Actor, Musician
Feb 2002 - Sep 2003 - Manta Digital Sound and Post - Audio Engineer and Assistant
Sep 1994 - Feb 2002 - Manta Eastern Sound - Audio Engineer and Assistant
Mar 1994 - Sep 1994 - Digital Music and Post - Audio Engineer and Assistant
Jul 1993 - Mar 1994 - Studio 306 - Audio Engineer and Assistant
Sep 1986 - Sep 1991 - The Ontario Conservatory of Music - Music Teacher
EDUCATION:
Sep 1991 - May 1993 - Fanshawe College - Music Industry Arts - Recording Engineering Program
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BREAKDOWN:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - MUSIC ENGINEERING AND MIXING:
Alex Porat (live show recording)
Arlene Bishop
Aynsley Simpson
Barzin
Blue Rodeo
Bill Wood
Chairmen of the Board
Charlotte Day Wilson (live show recording)
Chris Tait
Colin Linden
Creighton Doane
Danny Michel
Dayna Manning
Directions
Dragonette
Emm Gryner
Frankie Whyte
Good Kid (live show recording)
Hennessey
Innes Wilson
Jack Breakfast
James Brown
Jeen O’Brien
Jenn Nucum
Jennifer Lopez
Justin Rutledge
Kashka
Kids Help Phone “What I Wouldn’t Do” (featuring Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder, TALK, Donovan Woods)
Laura Barrett
Leslie Spit Treeo
Marc Robillard
Morgan Doctor
Morning Fame
NLX
Octoberman
Open Hearts Society
Oscar Peterson
Pamela Brennan
Panqueque
Patrick Dorie
Phil Dwyer
Reid Jameison
Rheostatics
Robin Black
Rob Piltch
Roger Mooking
Ryan Wayne
Selina Martin
Short Attention Spa
Shortwave
Stephen Fearing
Sultans of Swing
Supergarage
Tara McLean
Tiki Mercury Clarke
Trudy Artman
Tyler Yarema
Warped 45s
We Are The Take
Winhara
Zoe Ferris
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - LONG FORMAT ENGINEERING AND MIXING
2022 - “Shelter” (Murmuration Films) - Voice Over Record and Dialogue Premix
2019 - “Planet Zoo” (video game, JJ Ipsen Composer) - Orchestral recording & mixing
2018 - “Nappily Ever After” (Netflix, composer Lesley Barber) - score mixing
2016 - “Beaches” (Netflix remake, composer Lesley Barber) - score mixing
2015 - “How To Change The World” (composer Lesley Barber - score mixing and subsequent soundtrack album mixing)
2014 - “Foxcatcher” (composer Mychael Danna) - additional score mixing
2014 - “The Calling” (director Jason Stone) - additional score mixer
2013 - “Devil’s Knot” (director Atom Egoyan, composer Mychael Danna )- score mixer
2013 - “The Captive” (director Atom Egoyan, composer Mychael Danna) - score mixer
2013 - “4 Days in April - The Mike Weir Story” (TSN documentary) - mixer
2013 - “Death’s Fable” (independent film - director Kathi Prosser) - mixer
2012 - “CTV Rememberance Day Special Report” (composer Doug Pennock) - score mixer
2012 - “World Without End” - (Showcase, composer Mychael Danna) - score mixer
2012 - “Toronto Blue Jays TV Promos” (Random Media Core) - mixer
2012 - “CTV News” - (composer Doug Pennock) cues mixer
2012 - “The Borgias II” - Source music engineer
2011 - 2014 - “Eat St. “ All Seasons (tv show) Voice Over Record
2010 - “The Whistleblower” (composer Mychael Danna) score recording and mixing
2010 - “The OffWorld” (web docuseries - director Byron Wong) - mixer
2010 - “Suzanne Rogers Presents: Oscar De La Renta (director David Hyde) - mixer
2010 - “Spiderhole” (director Daniel Simpson) - Dialogue Editor and mixer
2010 = “Breast Cancer The Musical” (Rethink Breast Cancer)- full music production and film mix
2008 - “To Fly or Fall” - (independent film - director Kathi Prosser) - mixer
2005 - “Leo” (independent film - director David Hyde) - score and film mixer
2005 - “Small Potatoes” (independent film - director Mona Zaida) - score and film mixer
1999 - “The Final” (independent film - director Gerge D’Amato) - score and film mixer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - LONG FORMAT RECORDIST/DIGITAL EDITOR (MUSIC)
1994 - 2002 -
Emily of New Moon - TV Series
Free Willy 3 - Feature Film
Grass - Feature Film
Me and My Shadows - The Judy Garland Story - Documentary Feature Film
Planet of Junior Brown - Feature Film
Resurrection - Feature Film
Saint Ralph - Feature Film
Sally Marshall is Not an Alien - Feature Film
Storm of the Century - Feature Film
Texas - Feature Film
The City - TV Series
The King and I - Feature Film
Mario Lanza - Documentary Feature Film
The Red Door - Feature Film
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - CAST RECORDINGS ENGINEERING TEAM:
1993 - 2002 -
Famous Peoples Players
Fosse
Mama Mia
Napoleon
Needfire
Ragtime
Sunset Boulevard
Showboat
The Lion King
The Wizard of Oz
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - MUSIC PRODUCTION
2023 - Rock N Roll Playhouse “Ill Be There For You” Music Producer
2022 - Monster High (Nickolodeon) “This Monster Life” Extended Vsn Music Producer
2024 - Monster High (Nickoldeon) “Rules of Rock’n’Roll” Music Producer
Artists Produced:
Arlene Bishop
Bill Wood
Justin Rutledge
Marc Robillard
Pamela Brennan
Selina Martin
Ryan Wayne
Zoe Ferris
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - AUDIO POST PRODUCTION
Freelance Commercial Engineering - Responsible for engineering musicians and voice talent, building sound design and mixing for stereo and 5.1 delivery (for radio, streaming, socials, web, theatre and television)
Clients 2010 to Present - (over 1200 sessions)
Vapor Music, Grayson Matthews , Pirate Radio and Television, Cylinder Sound, ZAK Advertizing Agency, Imprint Music, Silent Joe, Bensimon Byrne, Revolution Recording, Lathe Music, The Orange Lounge, David Fleury Music, Boombox Music, TA2 Music, Grip Agency, Pirate New York, Bell Express Vu, RMW Music, Eggplant, CBC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - COMPOSING AND SONGWRITING
2021 - 2024 Monster High - Episodal Songs (contributing songwriter) “Flaunt Your Skeleton” , “Sparked To Life”, “This Monster Life” “Rule of Rock’n’Roll”
2020 - 2023 Thomas The Train - Episodal Songs (composed, recorded and mixed) “Christmastime on the Rails”, “What’s Really Real” “Got A Job”, “Welcome To Sodor”, “Cowbell”, “Rusty Can”, “Training Song”
2023 - Polly Pockets - “Sparkle Cove” Theme Song - Contributing Songwriter
2023 - Base 31 Nightwatch - Music Composer for large scale illuminated art installation
2022 - Discovery Channel TV Show “A Cut Above” - contributing composer
2022 - 99.3 County FM - Production Music Library - contributing composer (10 compositions)
2022 - Kick Start Arts (Circles of Joy Festival) - composed “Entre Les Etoiles”
2022 - Spinmaster “Jangles” Web series - Theme and episodal songs - Contributing Songwriter
2022 - Dept of Illumination “Spring Festival” commissioned a song for an installation. Composed, recorded and mixed “The Seed”
2021 - Nickelodeon Web Release “Rice Around the World” - contributing songwriter
2021 - Hard Music Design Label - Christmas EP - composer (4 songs)
2020 - Hard Music Design Label - Full Album “In The Headlights” - composer (10 songs)
2020 - “Radio McLuhan” - Theme song for McLuhan Institute podcast composer
2020 - Nelvana Tunebops “Get On Your Feet and Jump” - contributing composer and mixer
2020 - Arporia Records Production Library - contributing composer for 2 songs “Couldn’t Stand The Blue” and “Sit Here In Silence”
2020 - Firelight Lantern Festival - composed “Constellations” for online festival
2019 - Tiny Tukkins “Jingle Bells” - arranged and produced, recorded and mixed
2019 - Nelvana Tunebops “Guppy Goldfish Seahorse Squid” - contributing composer and mixer
2019 - Ontario Power Generation - compose audio mneumonic
2018 - Hard Music Design Label - Full Album “Coldest Day of the Year” - composer (10 songs)
2018 - Hard Music Design Label - 2 Christmas songs commisioned for production library
2018 - Stack - compose audio mneumonic
2018 - “Pink Noise” (show 99.3 County FM) - theme song composer
2010 - “Breast Cancer The Musical” short film (Rethink Breast Cancer)- composer
2007 - “Two Lies and a Switchblade” - Musical - composer
2006 - “The Hour” (with George Stromboulopoulos) - theme song composer
2005 - “Leo” independent film - contributing composer
2005 - “Undo” independent film - composer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - EDUCATING
2023 - Rosedale Heights School of The Arts - Audio Engineering Workshop -Teacher
2021 - Lisa Conway - Remote Private Mixing Lesson - Teacher
2020 - Quinn Bennett - Remote Private Music Production Lesson - Teacher
2019 - 2020 - The Harris Institute - App 2 Protools, App 3 Protools - Teacher
2019 - Sick Kids Camp Ooch (camp for kids with cancer) - Staff Studio Training - Trainer
2017 - Canadian Women In Music - Basic Engineering Workshop - Teacher
2013 - Resampled Music Production Workshops for Women and Trans - Teacher
1986 - 1991 - The Ontario Conservatory of Music - Part Time Music Teacher (Plectrum Guitar, Piano, Organ, Drums)- responsible for providing makeup lessons for students who had missed classes, some junior students of my own, and the Combo program (competitive rock band program).
INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS:
2023 - Audio Engineering Society (AES) “Women in Audio Presentation” - Panelist
2022 - Songstudio - Production Workshop - Guest Producer and Speaker
2022 - Songstudio - Deep Dive Into Writing Workshop - Guest Mentor
2022 - Music Publishers Canada - Canadian Music Week - “Creative Decisions In The Studio” - Panelist invitation
2021 - Songstudio - Song Camp - Guest Mentor and Panelist for Panel “Writing To A Brief”
2021 - Music Publishers Canada - “Women In The Studio: Producer’s Panel” - Panelist
2021 - University of Victoria/Lethbridge “AUDIO+ Conference” - Keynote Speaker
2021 - BMO Labs & U of T - “AI as Foil” - Panelist
2021 - University of Victoria “AUDIO+ Conference - Rethinking gender, audio education and professional development in the recording arts in Canada with Dr. Amandine Pras” - panelist
2020 - Audio Engineering Society (AES) “Diversity in Audio Presentation” - Panelist
2019 - Canadian Music Publishers Association - Canadian Music Week - “Women in The Studio” panelist invitation
2018 - Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) - Integrated Media Technology Dept - Invited Lecturer in Tom Third’s Classroom
2015 - Lacquer Channel Mastering - “Analog Vs Digital. Does Audio Quality Matter Anymore?” - Panelist
2007 - Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) - Integrated Media Technology Dept - Invited Lecturer in Tom Third’s Classroom
2016 - 2023 - Harris Institute - Guest Lecturer
2008 - North By Northeast (NXNE) - Producer Panel - Panelist
ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS:
Signal Flows: Feminist Approaches to Open Paths in Audio Education (by Allison Sokil and Amandine Pras) - contributing interviewee
Popular Music Pedagogy (by Dr. Brendan Anthony) - contributing interviewee
MEDIA APPEARANCES:
2023 - Podcast Interview - Music Buddies Podcast
2022 - Professional Sound Magazine - Profile article
2022 - Canadian Musician Magazine - contributing interviewee
2021 - Podcast Interview - Soundgirls Podcast
2021 - Podcast Interview - Industry Tactics with Friendly Rich Podcast
2020 - Wellington Times Newspaper - Profile Article
2018 - Podcast Interview - Sisters of Sound Podcast
2007 - Professional Sound Magazine - Profile article
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - MUSICIAN
2003 - Present - Session Musician and Singer for Octoberman, Warped 45s, Selina Martin, Pamela Brennan, Martin Tielli, Dave McEathron, Kashka, Cylinder Sound, Pirate Radio, Lathe Music, Grayson Matthews, Vapor Music, Musicbox LA
1990 - Present - Professional Live Musician for Octoberman, Ryan Wayne, Lisa Bozikovic, Justin Rutledge, Kashka, Pamela Brennan, Selina Martin, Natasha Alexandra (NLX), Arlene Bishop, Jason Gleed, That’s What She Said, Barefoot, Secret Beach, Licker License
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - ARTIST
2024 - Songbird North Series - Host of an open mic night for songwriters at Base31
2022 - County Pop Festival -(alongside Lisa Bozikovic and Kashka)
2022 - Kick Start Arts “Circles of Joy Festival” - Contributing Artist and. Performance
2021 - Golden Hour Music Festival - opening for the William Prince and Iskwe &Tom Wilson
2021 - Annelise Noronha - Produced, engineered and performed independent EP “The St. Nick of Time” - Arctic
2020 - Golden Hour Music Festival - opening for the Sadies and Whitehorse
2020 - Annelise Noronha - Wrote, produced, engineered and performed independent album “In The Headlights” - Annelise Noronha
2019 - Sandbanks Music Festival - Opening for The Grapes of Wrath
2019 - The Art of the Song - Artist showcase (with Justin Rutledge, Matt Barber and Lisa Bozikovic)
2018 - Annelise Noronha -Wrote, produced, engineered and performed independent album “Coldest Day of The Year” - Arctic
2018 - 2023 Opening performances for Sarah Harmer, Tim Baker, Julian Taylor, Lowest of the Low, Sam Weber, Miss Emily
2009 - Annelise Noronha - Wrote, co-produced and performed independent album “Send Is a Four-Letter Word” - The Safeword Project
2009 - Annelise Noronha - Wrote, produced, engineered and performed independent album “Dinky!” (self titled) - Dinky!
2001 - Annelise Noronha - Wrote, produced, engineered and performed independent album “My Dog Is You” - Annelise Noronha
1995 - Annelise Noronha - Wrote, co-produced and performed independent album “The Strange and the Beautiful But Mostly The Strange” - Wish Factory
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - A/V SYNCH LICENSES FOR ORIGINAL SONGS
2023 - A Current Affair - licensed “Better Than Everyone”
2023 - A Lot Like Christmas - licensed “Fa La La La Fishing”
2023 - Bump - licensed “Irrelevance”, “Better Than Everyone”
2023 - Byron Baes - licensed “Better Than Everyone”
2023 - Celeb Ex In The City - licensed “Good Companion”
2023 - Football Focus - licensed “Please Don’t Go”
2023 - A Kiss For Christmas - licensed “All My Christmas Wishes
2023 - Christmas Catch - licensed “Red Christmas Sweater”
2023 - Christmas Village - licensed “All My Christmas Wishes”, “Red Christmas Sweater”
2023 - Wheelers Dealers - licensed “Not The Girl”
2023 - Carpool Karaoke Israel - licensed “Vultures”
2023 - Fair City - licensed “Irrelevance
2023 - Inn For Christmas - licensed “All My Christmas Wishes”
2023 - Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives - licensed “Truce”
2023 - Heartstopper - licensed “Lake Ontario”
2023 - Nancy Drew - licensed “Not The Girl”
2023 - School Spirits - licensed “Better Than Everyone”
2022 - Creek To Coast - licensed “Better Than Everyone”, Figure It Out”
2022 - Eco Eye - licensed “Vultures”, “Good Companion”
2022 - Com Si Fos Ahir - licensed “Irrelevance”
2022 - Love Is Blind Brazil - licensed “Vultures”
2022 - Etxekoak - licensed “Better Than Everyone”, “Little Bird”
2022 - Escape To The Farm - licensed “Vultures”
2022 - SPARC Performing Arts Promotional Video - licensed “The Seed”
2013 - Evolve App - licensed “Lunatic”, “Saviour”, “Give It”, “One & One”, “Flawless”,
“Ugly”, “Give It Up (Gleedsville Remix”, “Just In Case”
2011 - Degrassi: Next Generation (tv series) - licensed “Give It Up - Gleedsville Remix”
2009 - A Life Less Gone (feature film) - licensed “Give It Up - Gleedsville Remix” and “I’ll Bleed Out”
2009 - Red Bull Audiofiles Austria - licensed whole “Send is a Four-Letter Word”
2005 - Lie With Me (feature film) - licensed “Saviour”
2000 - Virtual Mom (feature film) - licensed “Psychochick”
1998 - The City (tv series) - licensed “Us”
1999 - The Witness Files (feature film) licensed “These Tears”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - VOICE ACTING
2024 - University of Toronto - BioMed Communications Project
2023 - Directors Guild of Canada - Orientation Video Online
2021 - Kraft Peanut Butter - Olympic Commercial “Cheers To Their Ears” Announcer Voiceover
2020 - Riley Lake Productions - UFCW - 2 spots - Announcer Voiceover
2020 - ECW Press - “Two Firsts - By Constance Backhouse” - Audio Book Narrator
2019 - Aeroplan - Multiple Test Spots - Announcer Voiceover
2012 - Peak Freans - “Dancing In The Streets” - Session Singer
2012 - CUPE - Announce Voiceover
2011 - OB Tampons - “Mighty Small” Campaign - Announcer Voiceover
2006 - Winners - “You Should Go” Campaign - Announcer Voiceover
2003 - Nike Hockey “Naslund Kovalchuk” commercial - Session Singer
INDUSTRY SERVICE (Juries, Committees):
Juno Awards (CARAS) Engineering Jury 2023 - invited / declined due to scheduling
Juno Awards (CARAS) Engineering Jury 2022 - invited / declined due to scheduling
Juno Awards (CARAS) Engineering Jury 2021
Juno Awards (CARAS) Engineering Jury 2019
Juno Awards (CARAS) Production Jury 2019
Canadian Women In Music Production Engineering Advisory Committee 2017
Prince Edward County Arts Council Advisory Committee 2020 - present
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)
Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)
American Federation of Musicians (AFM via TMA)
Songwriter’s Association of Canada (SAC)
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers (SOCAN)
Prince Edward County Arts Council
RELEVANT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
2022 - Dept of Illumination - Lanternfest Parade - Parade band member
2019 - Hickory Dickory Dock - (community theatre) - Music Director and Sound Designer
2018 - Snow White Panto - (community theatre) - Music Director and Sound Designer
2016 - 2019 - Sick Kids Hospital Camp Ooch (camp for kids with cancer) - Music Performance and Recording Workshops - Workshop Leader
AWARDS:
2023 - Canadian Screen Award (CSA) “A Cut Above” Composer - Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
2019 - Wellington Legion Branch 160 - Citizen of the Year - Donating time as a musician, helping the legion be recognized as a strong comunity hub, and bringing a new generation through the doors
2013 - Emmy Awards - “World Without End” - Outstanding Music Composition For a Miniseries Mychael Danna winner - team member (Mix Engineer)
Photo by Stew Jones
Photo by Samuel Meggs