Will Stanton is an audio engineer, producer, and musician. He has worked in a wide range of live, studio, and touring applications.
As an engineer, Will has held positions at a number of venues and studios, including FourOneOne, Wythe Hotel, Stadium Red, Spectrum, La Sala, ShapeShifter Labs, Emoto Music, Grand Street Recording, Brooklyn Historical Society, and The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI). He has engineered shows for Ambient Church, Reflections, and Blank Forms as well as other concert series.
He has engineered projects for range of clients, including Travis Scott, Pink Siifu, Bilal, John Legend, Tim Robbins, Ethan Hawke, Meshell Ndegeocello, Snarky Puppy, Nels Cline, Marshall Allen, and Keyon Harrold.
In addition to studio, post, and live work around the NYC area, Will has toured as an engineer for Julian Koster’s The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) (29-show U.S. domestic tour, 2017) and as an engineer/programmer for numerous tours with the Virgil Moorefield Pocket Orchestra (5 tours, Europe & U.S., 2014 - 2018). Will has also worked as a personal sound engineer for philanthropist George Soros, providing sound at private and work related events.
See below for selected clients and projects:
Podcasts
Intercepted (The Intercept, 2020 - Present)
Deconstructed (The Intercept, 2020 - Present)
Cancellation Island (Topic Studios, 2024) - John Cameron Mitchell, Holly Hunter, Jo Firestone
Así Fue (National Association of Hispanic Journalists & Palabra., 2023)
Best New Ideas in Money (MarketWatch, 2022 - 2023)
Losing Control (Sports Illustrated Studios, 2022)
The LIST (MadGene Media / FirstLook Media)
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu Season 2 (Topic Studios, 2020 - 2021)
Who Is? (NowThis)
Rough Draft with Reza Aslan (Topic Studios)
Thrillist’s Best and the Rest (iHeartRadio)
The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) (Season 1 Remaster / 2nd Season) (WNYC)
Chuck Tingle Gets *****ed…. Christmas Special (Nightvale Present / WNYC)
Selected Recordings
Revolutions - David First (Mode Records, 2024)
Andrew Drurie / Thomas Buckner - (InfrequentSeams, 2024)
Makka West - Makka West (2023)
The Consummation of Right and Wrong - David First (IMPREC, 2020)
Enouement I - Jeanann Dara, Brian Chase, Diamond Terrifier, Jherek Bischoff (LAS, 2016)
Enouement II - Jeanann Dara, Brian Chase, Diamond Terrifier, Jherek Bischoff, Maria Minerva (LAS, 2016)
Aorta - Vicky Chow (New Amsterdam Records, 2016) - editor
Dreaming Awake : Philip Glass - Bruce Levingston, Ethan Hawke (Sono Luminus, 2015 & 2021)
this machine breathes to the rhythms of its own heartbeat - Adam Basanta & Vicky Chow (2014) 6/17/14
Venues
FourOneOne
Marshall Allen & The NYC All-Stars (2023)
Cooper Moore (2023)
Shelley Hirsch (2023)
Tim Berne Trio (2023)
Kid Millions (2023)
Wythe Hotel
Travis Scott
Mykki Blanco
House of Labeija
Todd Barry
Ilana Glazer
Julio Torres
Judah Friedlander
Slint (documentary premiere and q & a)
Bun B (presentation for Nike Jordan Classic)
Spectrum
Roomful of Teeth
Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann), Jefferey Zeigler, Samuli Kosminen (Múm)
Kayo Dot
Vicky Chow
Todd Reynolds
Zeena Parkins
Cooper Moore
La Sala
Dustin Wong
Kyp Malone
Brian Chase
Jherek Bischoff
ShapeShifter Lab
Snarky Puppy
Nels Cline
Thana Alexa
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
Becca Stevens
Jim Black
David Torn
Tim Berne
JoJo Mayer
Now Vs Now
Mark Guiliana
Hadrien Feraud
Shai Maestro
Brooklyn Historical Society
Henry Louis Gates
The Brooklyn Book Festival (London Review of Books)
Judah Friedlander
The Ark
Devendra Banhart
Ingrid Michaelson
Other Live Work
Fridman Gallery
New Ear Festival - 1/05 - 1/06/24
Bilal (Performance Art)
Pink Siifu
H&H Expanse
Larum
Alaara
Beam Splitter - 3/26/23
Amant Gallery
Ephraim Asili ‘Song for My Mother’ Closing Ceremony / H&H Live Performance - 2/11/24
47 Canal (New York, NY)
Miho Hatori & Esther Sibiude - 7/28/23
Miho Hatori & Ana Roxanne - 7/14/23
Pioneer Works
Audio Technician (Strike Shift - Post - Sampha) - 6/22/23
Audio Technician (PA Install) - 6/25/23
Public Art Fund
Laura Ortman & Raven Chacon - Live in Brooklyn Bridge Park - 11/05/23
Reflections
Suzanne Ciani / TimeWharp - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 3/02/24
Bitchin’ Bajas - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 6/03/23
Suso Saiz / Qasim Naqvi - St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church (Brooklyn, New York), 4/22/23
Ben Neill & Eric Calvi / Gavilán Rayna Russom - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 3/25/23
Ambient Church
Sarah Davachi / Chuck Johnson - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 10/08/22
Drew McDowall / Lucy Liyou - The Church of Heavenly Rest (New York, NY), 8/06/22
Blank Forms
Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora / Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY) - 12/14/23
Bahauddin Dagar - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY), 9/09/23
Kahil El-Zabar Quartet - The Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew (Brooklyn, NY), 5/06/23
David Murray Quartet + Thulani Davis, Felipe Luciano (The Last Poets) - 99 Scott (Brooklyn, NY), 11/15/22
John Cameron Mitchell’s Cancellation Island
AC Lincoln at Fasano NY (Kelson Productions) (New York, NY), 11/12/22
Xenia Rubinos - Una Rosa Tour - World Cafe Live, (Philadelphia, PA), 5/27/22
Sierra - Vicky Chow Live at Roulette (comp. Jane Antonia Cornish) (Brooklyn, NY), 4/18/22 - visual operator
DER FREISCHÜTZ, board operator (2019, Heartbeat Opera)
Julian Koster’s The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) featuring The Music Tapes (31 day tour)
Virgil Moorefield Pocket Orchestra European Tours (2014 - 2018)
Soles of Duende (Gibney Dance Center, 2022)
Wendy Jehlen (Gibney Dance Center, 2022)
Welcome To Night Vale Presents 10th Birthday Party - Live at The Bell House (Brooklyn, NY), 2017
featuring The Orbiting Human Circus, John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), and Dylan Marron
Amedeo Pace & Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead), A SUNDAY IN HELL live score, 2017 Bicycle Film Festival
Ladies of Experimental Music Festival, Knockdown Center (Queens, NY)
Dawn of MIDI (Cielo, 2014)
Carter Burwell “Air” Premiere (2014, TriBeca Film Festival Performance)
Michael Jackson “Xscape” Album Release Party (2014, Top of the Rock, 30 Rockefeller Center)
Holy Child (2014, MoMA PopRally)
Psychic TV (2014, MoMA PS1)
Vicky Chow - Live at TRANSIT (DoubleBill Festival / OtherARTS) Church of the Advent Hope (New York, NY), 5/27/13
Studio / Live recording
Intercepted with Mehdi Hasan Live, feat. John Legend & Patrice Cullors - WGA Theater (Los Angeles, CA, 2019)
Meshell Ndegeocello
Keyon Harrold - Global Citizen In-Studio & Livestream
Tim Robbins
Ethan Hawke & Bruce Levingston (Wichita Vortex Sutra)
Peter Evans & Cory Smythe
Jose Menor
Kimball Gallagher
Gity Razaz (something for National Sawdust? - with Sascha von Oertzen)
Vicky Chow - Aorta
Vicky Chow - The Stone at New School - Residency recording 4-nights - (New York, NY) 2/12 - 2/16/19
corporate / private clients
George Soros
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
The New York Times Building
Fox Business News
Siegel + Gale
SAP
MoMA / MoMA PS1
St. Ann's School
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
post
The Autograph (narrative short) - original score
The Likes and Dislikes of Marj Bagley (animated short) - original score
Safety Plan (narrative short) - sound editing, mixing
The Festival (documentary short) - original score
Quilt (music documentary short) - audio editing, repair, mixing
Distant Anchors (experimental short, dance) - sound design, music
Herbie of Montlieu Goes to Distant Lands (doc short) - original score
Managing (TV pilot) - original score
Nikolai (narrative short) - original music
A Kinetic Series of Events (animated short) - original score
Residencies / Performances
David First’s The Western Enisphere (Roulette, 2017) - performer
David First’s The Western Enisphere, “Revolutions” (Roulette, 2021) - performer
David First: Same Animal, Different Cages (Bowerbird, 2020) - performer
Anónimo, Marfa Project Rooms Residency (Marfa, TX, 2019) - sound installation collaborator
Sonatra - Vicky Chow (music video, 2017) - performer
