DOLBY ATMOS SURROUND SOUND at BLUE GRIFFIN

Blue Griffin's The Ballroom is now a full Dolby Atmos recording/mixing studio equipped with superb quality Merging Technologies gear (two Merging Hapi units and Anubis) and 7.1.2 surround sound monitors (Kali and Genelec). Take a virtual tour in the video below. (Soundtrack is David Biedenbender’s Solstice: IV. Spring with Garth Newel Piano Quartet – the first Blue Griffin album released in Dolby Atmos)

STUDIO and LOCATION RECORDING

Blue Griffin's Sergei Kvitko has traveled for recording sessions to Baltimore, Chicago, Chautauqua, New York City, Boston, Nashville, Toronto and to locations in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Alabama, California, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Florida, North Carolina, Texas and many other states, as well as all over his home state of Michigan. International productions included travels to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Austria.

Most of our sessions, however, are happening in The Ballroom - an incredible studio like you have never seen before. The largest single room in residential Lansing that comfortably seats a hundred people for a private recital, with a feel of a concert hall that can be transformed to sound close and intimate. The glorious Concert Grand Steinway is proudly seated on a stage and can fill up the room with its gorgeous sound, but it can also be transformed for a more subtle and personal sonority.

In the last few years The Ballroom has become a premier location for classical recordings, with internationally renowned artists flying in to Lansing, Michigan from California, Iowa, Florida, Utah, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, as well as Canada, Taiwan, Russia, South Africa, France, Argentina, Japan, and South Korea. 

PRODUCTIONS FOR OTHER LABELS

Besides the multitude of CDs on our own label, many CDs produced, edited or mastered at Blue Griffin have been released on other international labels, such as Steinway and Sons, Naxos, Toccata Classics (UK), Fleur De Son, DUX (Poland), Crystal Records, Albany Records, Scene-a-Music (Japan), TNC Recordings, Bridge, Centaur and others

 PRESS ABOUT THE BLUE GRIFFIN SOUND

Here's what international press is saying about the quality of sound form Blue Griffin:

"stunning”
Clarinet Magazine

“gorgeous”
Classics Today

“larger-than-life, fabulous”
Strings Magazine

“a rich and vibrant quality of recording production and an integrity of engineering that is increasingly hard to come by these days”
The Whole Note Magazine

“exceptionally well balanced”
Fanfare Magazine

“warm and articulate”
Percussive Notes

“up to the highest standards”
Classics Today

“vividly detailed, vibrant”
Gramophone

"as vivid and natural as recording gets”
Clarinet Magazine

“clear and exceptionally enjoyable”
MusicWeb International

“sumptuous and rich... spacious and impressive”
American Record Guide

SUPPORTING GRANTS

Blue Griffin projects have been supported by grants from the following institutions (not a complete list)::

  • The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, New York

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

  • Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

  • Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

  • University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

  • East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee

  • Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

  • University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin

  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Lynn Conservatory of Music, Orlando, Florida

  • University Of Western Ontario, London, Canada

  • Canadian Music Centre, British Columbia, Canada

  • Classics Abroad, Paris, France

  • Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

  • University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

  • Drake University, Des Moines, IA

  • Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA

  • Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

  • University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

  • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

  • University of Nevada, Reno, NV

  • Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  • University of Idaho, Moscow, IO

  • Muskingum University, New Concord, OH

  • Alma College, Alma, MI

  • University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

  • Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA

  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

  • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

  • University of Texas, El Paso, TX

  • Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee FL

  • Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL

  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI