
Jody Elff is a Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, sound artist, and designer whose experience includes work with Yo-Yo Ma, Bang on a Can, Laurie Anderson, Chris Thile, and many others. Jody’s musical journey spans classical, contemporary, opera, jazz, art, and television. His recording work includes the Yo-Yo Ma/Silk Road Ensemble albums Sing Me Home and American Railroad, Chris Thile’s Laysongs, and Anna Clyne’s Shorthand. He has provided sound design for LA Phil, Lincoln Center Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and others. His fine-art sound works have been presented at museums and galleries internationally, including collaborations with David Lang and Diller Scofidio + Renfro on Musings on a Glass Box in Paris and The Mile-Long Opera in New York City. Jody has developed patented audio technologies for real-time, full-quality mixing of high-channel-count music events over distance, and is currently developing a platform for immersive VR live-streaming concert experiences.
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