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A Small Fire - Scene 10

James Ard is a sound designer, who composes soundscapes for new works, live experiences, and immersive stage productions.

“It’s like a wave whose crash could crack you open.”

-San Francisco Chronicle

“typical fantastic sound design from one of the area’s best”

-Mercury News

“Whenever James Ard makes a show’s noise, the sound design doesn’t merely emit vibes or buy time…

…bells and strings amass symphonic grandeur, making what could, in someone else’s hands, feel like a small kitchen-sink drama into a horizon-spanning story”

-San Francisco Chronicle

“extraordinary sound design…

…the sound reverberates through the soles of your shoes up through the sinew in your legs.

It’s not just that physical sensation that makes Ard’s design so effective. He helps define feeling and atmosphere and advance story“

-SFGate

“…it’s as if you hear individual atoms rend.”

-San Francisco Chronicle

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