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June 19 , 2007
DH 07 ABS
Amy Bentley-Smith
Communications & Public Affairs Assistant
(310) 243-2001
abentleysmith@csudh.edu
Alumnus Takes Home An Emmy
Carson, CA – Dirk
Sciarrotta (Class of ‘94, B.A., music) can
now add Emmy Award-winning sound effects mixer to his resume.
On
June 14, he won the Outstanding Achievement in the Live and
Direct to Tape Sound Mixing Award at the National Academy
of Television
Arts & Sciences 34th Annual Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment
Emmy Awards Ceremony. His acceptance can be viewed at http://www.emmyonline.org/daytime/stream.html.
“It’s all about getting it
right the first time with very little rehearsal,” says
the Torrance native, who since 2004 has been nominated three
times for his work on the Tournament
of Roses Parade coverage on CBS and three times for “The
Price is Right.” This is his first Emmy, which was
for work he did on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
While a student at California State University, Dominguez
Hills, Sciarrotta aspired to becoming a recording engineer
like his uncle, Don Sciarrotta.
“I never thought I would be doing television,” he
says after nine years in the industry. “Before this,
I worked for Disneyland for seven years. I started while
I was still in school, doing live sound at the park for all
their shows. After meeting some people in the television
industry, an opportunity opened up, and I did well at it.
So it snowballed from there.”
When asked what was next on the horizon,
Sciarrotta quips, “More
Emmys. I need bookends.”
As a freelance sound engineer, he
does audio mixing for hundreds of television shows, concerts
and events, including “The
Price is Right,” the Soul Train Music Awards, Cirque
du Soleil and U2’s Zoo TV tour. Taking his years of
expertise, he, along with business partner Tom Evans, established
Cuelogic Audio more than a year ago. (http://www.cuelogicaudio.com/index.html)
The company that provides custom audio playback systems to
the entertainment industry and its equipment and software
has been used during broadcasts of the “Grammy Awards,” “The
Apprentice” and “Family Feud.”
Sciarrotta says that his greatest influence as a student
at Dominguez Hills was professor of music David Bradfield.
“He was real; he told you like it was,” says
Sciarrotta. “He didn’t sugarcoat anything, which
prepared us to leave school. You weren’t surprised
when you got out there in the working world.”
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