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Howard Lang 707-443-8201 Born: Santa Monica, Ca, at the beginning of the baby boom. Raised in Southern California throuh college. Currently resides in Eureka, Ca, in Humboldt County. |
| Contact: |
Phone: (707) 443-8201
Email: Go to Contact Page
Visitors to this website come from all over, so it might help to know where we are. Eureka is located in the middle of Humboldt County, California. Humboldt County is in Northern California, on the coast, about 80 miles south of the Oregon border.
| Credits: |
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2008 - Humboldt Light Opera Company:
The Wizard of OZ - Professor |
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2008 - Humboldt Light Opera Company: The Wizard of OZ - Wizard |
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2007 - Humboldt Light Opera Company:
Titanic, A New Musical - Colonel John Jacob Astor |
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2002 - Humboldt Light Opera Company:
City of Angels - Detective Munoz |
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1995 - North Coast Repertory Theatre:
Nuts - Dr. Rosenthal (right) |
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1993 - Humboldt Light Opera Company:
Guys 'N' Dolls - Harry the Horse (left) |
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1993 - North Coast Repertory Theatre:
Lend Me a Tenor - Max (center) |
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1984 - North Coast Repertory Theatre:
Bad Seed - Emery Wages |
| Bio: |
Theatre:
Howard has been involved in theatre since childhood, and is not related to Howard Lang the British actor (1911 - 1989).
Radio:
Howard attended the Broadcasting Department at Los Angeles City College and has worked on the air in radio broadcasting.
Improv:
In addition to the shows on the left, Howard has done improvisational theatre with Humboldt Redwood TheatreSports™ and Redwood Area Theatresports™.
Music:
Howard plays guitar, bass, mandolin and some keyboard, has played in numerous bands over the years, and has played pre-show music and accompaniment for Rewood Area Theatresports™.
Television:
Howard has done television production and television studio sound recording as well as television documentary soundtrack creation for cable access television.
| Sound Design/Original Music for Theatre and Television: |
Dancers by Michael Grady, NCRT, May 2005 - For this show, Howard used tracks from soap operas and game shows. The set featured a television set downstage facing upstage. Inside the empty TV cabinet the lighting designer placed a blue bulb that would read for the audience as the set being on or off, and light and sound cues were coordinated for multiple instances of each state. Masterful light and sound board work in the booth by David Hamilton and Jennifer Trustem.
The Love List by Norm Foster, NCRT, July 2009 - Scene changes were punctuated by appropriate popular music snippets of a "love" or "witchy" theme. The director did her signature intermission skit. For this play, scene change workers dressed in costume to do the work of the woman and the gypsy, as they re-dressed the set from drab to colorful, with music to match.
The Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith, July, 2011 - Sound Design/Original Music for Kitchen Witches consisted of a live microphone on stage and music tracks played from the booth throughout. These tracks included a Kitchen Witches Jingle, for which only the lyrics were provided by the playwright. Howard contacted other theatre companies that had produced the show and found that each production required original music be written and recorded. This was right up his alley, and he had fun creating over 20 sound cues consisting of original music. Howard used a combination of keyboard and computer-generated midi and variations on a simple 12-note theme. He borrowed vocalist Jenner Cohune from another theatre to sing the jingle. At about the time the music creation process was nearly done, the playwright sent NCRT an email describing a disc of sound cues, including a jingle, available directly from her for a one-time royalty fee. She sent a sample of that music. Our director, cast, and crew decided they liked what Howard had done better, so they used that. Booth operations were expertly done by David Moore.
The Carol Escobar Show, Cable Access Channel 12, Eureka Ca, monthly, 2011 to present - Original theme music and sound tracks, technical assistance, studio sound engineering for some shows featuring bands or musicians with unusual microphone requirements. The series is available online.
Grave Matters and Untimely Departures, Cable Access Channel 12, Eureka Ca, 2011 (of the 2010 event) - Original sound track. Also available online.
If you or your theatre company needs help or advice on sound design or music, feel free to contact Howard. He has extensive experience and training in addition to the above, and would like to pass his experience on to others.
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North Coast Repertory Theatre - 300 5th Street, Eureka, Ca
Humboldt Light Opera Company - Musical Theatre Company, Humboldt County, Ca
Access Humboldt - provider of cable access television in Humboldt County Ca.
Howard Lang at HumboldtMusic.com - one of Howard's music pages