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Career
editOwen initially began working in live sound when the Penzance nightclub he was working at started to present live bands which Owen was asked to mix. From here he secured work with Birmingham's SSE Audio Group[1] which lead to an early career in rock & roll, working at festivals such as Glastonbury, Reading, Party in the Park, and T4 on the Beach; and mixing acts such as Def Leppard, The Stereophonics, B B King, The Spice Girls and The Rolling Stones.
Owens theatre career began in earnest when he was invited to mix musical The Blues Brothers which was running at what is now the Trafalgar Studios in Londons west end. About this time, Owen is quoted as saying in an interview "I didn't have a lot of money so I bought a tent and lived in the bands garden".[2] From here he was offered a job as sound designer for the UK tour of Stephen Schwartz' musical Godspell, beginning a collaboration which would continue until the present day.[3] From here, Owen went on to design a number of shows in a freelance capacity (notably Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show and Cole Porters High Society), before joining London's Orbital Sound as a full-time sound designer.[4] In late 2009, Owen parted ways with Orbital Sound and set out to form his own company, Gareth Owen Sound.[5]
Since 2010, Owen has worked directly with many of the worlds greatest living composers, including Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz, Björn Ulvaeus, Glen Ballard, Max Martin, David Bryan, George Stiles, Alan Silvestri and Stephen Sondheim. Owen has also worked extensively creating musicals based on the music of pop icons such as Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, and The Beatles;[6] and is a regular collaborator with many top directors including Robert De Niro, Christopher Ashley, Jerry Zaks, Des McAnuff, Laurence Connor, Christopher Wheeldon, Terry Johnson, Scott Schwartz, Michael Arden and Sir Trevor Nunn.[7]
- ^ "How SSE became a Go-To for Festival Sound". Pro Sound News. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Gareth Owen: I didn't get into theatre to do sound effects. I love music". The Stage. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Stephen Schwartz's The Prince of Egypt". Playbill. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Gareth Owen, musical theatre sound designer". AV Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Gareth Owen Sound Ltd". Companies House. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Gareth Owen: Theatre Sound Designer". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Listen: The Secrets of Broadway Sound Design". Variety. Retrieved 13 April 2020.