Jon Robertson
Curriculum Vitae
Sound Designer · Composer · Educator
United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829
Academic Appointments
University of Evansville
2023–present · Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Creative Technologies
Courses: Multimedia Sound; Production Techniques III: Sound Design; Advanced Audio Recording; First Year Seminar; Special Topics; Introduction to Creative Technologies; Augmented and Virtual Reality.
Led redevelopment of the BS in Creative Technologies. Designed and built the 22-channel Lutz Lab Immersive Audio Environment within the existing Lutz Lab, and a professional podcast production lab. Produces the Creative Tech Showcase and mentors student sound designers and assistant sound designers.
Missouri Western State University
2016–2020 · Adjunct Faculty
Courses: Sound Synthesis; Advanced Recording I and II; Live Sound; Audio Production for Film and Theatre.
University of Missouri–Kansas City
2017–2019 · Adjunct Faculty
Course: Sound Technology.
Kansas City Art Institute
2018–2019 · Adjunct Faculty
Course: Audio-Vision: Sound for Screen and Space.
Education
MFA, Theatre Technology: Sound Design
University of Missouri–Kansas City · 2017
Master of Music, Composition
University of Missouri–Kansas City · 2011
Bachelor of Music, Composition
University of Arizona · 2005
Professional Practice and Artistic Leadership
White Snake Projects
2020–2024 · Resident Sound Designer
Sound design and audio systems for live and virtual opera. Developed the audio synchronization techniques that led to Tutti Remote.
Music Theatre Heritage, Kansas City
2020–2024 · Sound Supervisor
Led the sound department, hired and mentored designers and technicians, and designed, installed, and managed audio systems across three venues.
Tutti Remote
Co-founder and inventor
Developed tools for synchronizing geographically separated performers and audio sources. The underlying synchronization method received a U.S. patent.
Sound Mandala Institute
Co-founder
Immersive audio research, sound art, and listening programs. Co-produced Sound Mandala’s three-month Kansas City run in 2026 as a 100-channel loudspeaker installation.
Selected Theatre Credits: Plays
Buried Child
2026 · Composer and Sound Designer · Strongbox Theater, East Rockaway, NY · opens October 30
This Dream Has Teeth
2025 · Composer and Sound Designer · Theatre for the Common Good · The Tank, NYC
The Importance of Being Earnest
2025 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Kansas Community College
Romeo & Juliet
2025 · Composer and Sound Designer · University of Evansville
Clyde’s
2025 · Composer and Sound Designer · University of Evansville
Angel Street (Gaslight)
2024 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Actors Theatre
Waiting for Lefty
2024 · Composer and Sound Designer · University of Evansville
The Mousetrap
2024 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Kansas Community College
Cyrano de Bergerac
2023 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Repertory Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2023 · Composer and Sound Designer · William Jewell College
Grand Horizons
2023 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Actors Theatre
Noises Off
2023 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Tartuffe
2023 · Composer and Sound Designer · Kansas City Kansas Community College
The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2
2022 · Composer and Sound Designer · Unicorn Theatre
Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood
2022 · Composer and Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Murder on the Orient Express
2021 · Composer and Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
A Christmas Carol
2017–2023 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
X: Or, Betty Shabazz vs. the Nation
2017–2018 · Associate Sound Designer · The Acting Company, NYC
Selected Theatre Credits: Musicals
The Color Purple
2025 · Sound Designer · Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Jagged Little Pill
2025 · Sound Designer and Mentor · University of Evansville
Cats
2025 · Sound Designer · Music Theatre Heritage
Guys & Dolls
2025 · Sound Designer · Music Theatre Heritage
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
2024 · Sound Designer · Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Cabaret
2024 · Sound Designer and Mentor · Coastal Carolina University
Into the Woods
2024 · Sound Designer · University of Evansville
Rent
2024 · Sound Designer · University of Evansville
Porgy & Bess
2024 · Sound Designer · Music Theatre Heritage
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2024 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Ride the Cyclone
2023 · Sound Designer · Kansas City Kansas Community College
A Chorus Line
2023 · Sound Designer · Music Theatre Heritage
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
2022 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Singin’ in the Rain
2022 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Dreamgirls
2022 · Sound Designer · Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre
Spring Awakening
2017 · Guest Sound Designer · Missouri Western State University
Selected Opera Credits
Cosmic Cowboy
2022 · Sound Designer · White Snake Projects · director Sam Helfrich
A Survivor’s Odyssey
2021; remount 2022 · Sound Designer · White Snake Projects · director Elena Araoz
Death by Life
2021 · Sound Designer · White Snake Projects · director Kimille Howard
Lesson Plan
2021 · Sound Designer · On Site Opera · director Eric Einhorn
Alice in the Pandemic
2020 · Sound Designer · White Snake Projects · director Elena Araoz
Film, Radio, and Digital Media
Super Happy Fun Clown
2025 · Co-composer, Sound Designer, and Supervising Sound Editor · Feed the Queen Productions · director Patrick Rea
Wet Bulb Temperature
2025 · Sound Editor · Cinephreak Production
Michaela
2022 · Sound Designer · Feed the Queen Productions · director Vic Dominguez
Kansas City: 1924
2020–2021 · Composer and Sound Designer · 12-episode radio series · KKFI 90.1
In the Workshop
2020 · Composer and Sound Designer · 8-episode digital series · Mesner Puppet Theater
I Am Lisa
2020 · Supervising Sound Editor · Feed the Queen Productions · director Patrick Rea
Family Affair
2020 · Supervising Sound Editor · Robert Hensley Productions
Kingdom of Archers
2019 · Composer · Beartooth Productions · director Robert H. Hanson
OceanX: Holiday Message
2018 · Sound Designer · Awe-Full Productions
Il Villaggio di Millbrook
2017 · Composer and Sound Editor · Beartooth Productions
The Dinner Party
2016 · Composer and Sound Designer · 48 Hour Film Festival
Immersive, Interdisciplinary, and Self-produced Work
How to Shit in Public
2026 · Collaborator with Nina Fry · Audiovisual installation · The Bechdel Project, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Sound Mandala
2026 · Co-producer · 100-channel immersive installation · Kansas City
Sound Mandala
2024 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Co-producer · 80-channel immersive audio installation · Kansas City Fringe Festival
Unsound Mind
2024 · Text, Composition, and Sound Design · Written for Sound Mandala’s 80-loudspeaker installation
Downtown Replay
2017 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Co-producer · Kansas City Fringe Festival · with Lauren Thompson and Tom Hipp
Mannequins
2016 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Producer · Kansas City Fringe Festival · with playwright Jason Ludlow
Companions
2015 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Producer · Kansas City Fringe Festival · with playwright Jason Ludlow
The Audio Cart
2014 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Co-producer · Kansas City Fringe Festival
Love, Numbers and Television
2013 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Co-producer · Kansas City Fringe Festival · includes And the TV Said…
Downtown Replay
2015–2017 · Composer, Sound Designer, and Collaborator · Art in the Loop; KCATA Metro Transit Plaza; Ilus Davis Park; Asheville Fringe; Electronic Music Midwest
SoundTheatre
2009–2018 · Co-founder, Composer, and Producer · Kansas City; LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis; Electronic Music Midwest; Escape to Create; I-Park
Presentations, Panels, and Teaching
System Design Thinking for Time-Based Learning Experiences
2026 · Poster Presenter · SoTL Midwest · South Bend, IN
Sound Design
2025 · Instructor · Midwest Educational Technical Theatre Symposium
Networked Audio: Tutti Remote
2023 · Panelist · New Opera Dialogues
Networked Audio: Tutti Remote
2023 · Panelist · New Music Gathering
Careers in the Theatre Industry
2023 · Panelist · UMKC Alumni Association
Streaming Opera
2022 · Panelist · Opera America
Networked Audio and Streaming Opera
2021 · Panelist · American Lyric Theater virtual seminar
SWELL
2021 · Sound Designer and Broadcast Engineer · HERE, NYC · virtual performance featuring Tutti Remote
Collaboration in the Arts
2012 · Panelist · Alliance of Arts Communities
Selected Composition Performances and Residencies
Downtown Replay
2016–2017 · Live Electronics, Choreography, and Video · Electronic Music Midwest
SoundTheatre Showcase
2011 · Various works · Escape to Create residency
Third Option
2010 · Guitar, Narrator, and Electronics · SEAMUS
Third Option
2009 · Narrator and Electronics · I-Park International Artist-in-Residence Program
Third Option
2008 · Guitar, Narrator, Electronics, and Choreography · ArtSounds · Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
What Shall We Tell the Children
2006 · Solo Piano · Oregon Bach Festival Composer’s Forum
Dream Dissection; Trio No. 1; String Quartet, movement II (string orchestra version)
2004 · Composer · Brevard Music Center
Trio Vizioso
2002 · Piano, Clarinet, and Violin · UC Davis Summer Arts Festival
Publications
The Who
2015 · Author
In D. V. Moskowitz (Ed.), The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440803406.
Selected Recording Credits
Recording engineer unless otherwise noted.
The Gift of a Broken Heart
2024 · Audiobook · written and narrated by Bryan Welch · B&A Books
Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want
2024 · Audiobook · written and narrated by Bryan Welch · B&A Books
Moments
2019 · Michael Vincent Waller · Unseen Worlds · UW027
Trajectories
2017 · Michael Vincent Waller · Recital Program · R39
Eighty Trips Around the Sun: Music by and for Terry Riley
2017 · Sarah Cahill, with Regina Myers and Samuel Adams · Irritable Hedgehog Music · IHM020M
The Four Pillars
2017 · Randy Gibson · performed by R. Andrew Lee · Irritable Hedgehog Music · IHM019M
Inner Monologues (Venn Diagram of Six Pitches)
2017 · Ryan Oldham · performed by R. Andrew Lee · Irritable Hedgehog Music · IHM018
Piano Music
2015 · Paul A. Epstein · performed by R. Andrew Lee · Irritable Hedgehog Music · IHM016
Memory and Weather
2015 · Ensemble of Irreproducible Outcomes · Irritable Hedgehog Music · IHM013
Service
Co-chair, University of Evansville AI Taskforce Committee.
Member, Vanderburgh County Data Center Research Committee.
Professional Memberships
United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829
Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association
Audio Engineering Society
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
ASCAP
National Society of Leadership and Success