In 1974 my father founded The Mozartean Players, a chamber music group devoted to playing classical repertoire in a historically informed way. In other words, they strive to transpose the original intent of classical composers by performing on the instruments of their time. One of my favorite things to do is to act as recording/editing engineer for some of their recordings.

Over time I have helped my Dad put together a professional audio editing facility we use to edit his early-music recordings. The center of the system was a pair of SADiE digital audio workstation cards housed in a custom PC that provides the user interface; all the audio processing and storage are done on the card's DSP and attached hard drive. With the full setup, we are able to carry out complex edits including de-noising. There is quite an irony in using the latest technology to best recreate the sounds of the past. But the process and the results are fascinating and beautiful.

Recently my family launched Classical Soundings, an independent record label, to promote classical music. This has been a family endeavor, and the culmination of 25 years of work. We have released the first album under this label, containing Mozart's Piano Concertos 14 and 21. Its amazing how much work goes into the creation of a single CD on an indy label: from editing, to mastering, to graphic design, to production and marketing.