“During the coronavirus pandemic, with public performances suspended indefinitely, the chief lifeline between the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and its loyal audience is a guy and his computers,” writes Jim Higgins in Monday’s (6/8) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Symphony president and executive director Mark Niehaus described audio and video producer Jeremy Tusz as an unsung hero…. His most spectacular effort was a performance of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod,’ recorded by 65 orchestra musicians individually in their homes and masterfully edited by Tusz into a stirring video. Tusz also prepares the MSO’s weekly ‘Musical Journeys’ series, combining archived concert audio with fresh commentary and interviews conducted by music director Ken-David Masur…. Tusz joined the MSO in 2015 after years as an audio engineer in Canada, working … as engineer, editor or producer [for] recordings by the Montreal Symphony, violinist Lara St. John and cellists Matt Haimovitz and Truls Mørk…. Tusz, who will slave over sonic details for hours, learned something from the process of assembling ‘Nimrod,’ piecing it together from iPhone, Android and laptop videos shot by the musicians…. ‘It’s a nice reminder that you don’t always need to have the fanciest equipment and the ideal recording situations to create something that’s special to people.’ ”
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