ALISON KRAUSS and UNION STATION featuring Jerry Douglas ..
Robert was asked by the award winning tour production company SE Systems to join the crew all summer on the road with Alison Krauss and her band as they travelled to 47 cities all over the US. Kirk worked with the band's backline gear, set and lighting, and shot stills and video for DS Management and Rounder Records. Visit Alison's website and see Robert's images.

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.......AKUS. tour schedule. .......(website photo) ......................Cliff Miller & Bernie Velluti, FOH, Kansas City

Kirk's first assignment with DRUMHEAD MAGAZINE out of New York was to photograph Brann Dailor, drummer of the hot new band MASTODON, which recently played a concert in Charlotte.....,,,,,,........... ..........

Go Triad Cover Story: Martha Bassett
Kirk's photograph of the remarkable Martha Bassett who has done it again with her new CD
"In Your Dreams". The eleven song record features jazz standards which were recorded by Robert Kirk using superb local musicians.

photo: Robert Kirk

CD Recording: Beautiful Star at Triad Stage
An Appalachian Nativity
From the creators of last season's successful Brother Wolf comes a musical and storytelling journey from Genesis to Nativity. A spiritual evening for the entire family. Treehouse Mobile recorded 16 songs at Triad Stage and mixed with Laurelyn Dossett (composer) back in the studio. Rhiannon Giddens who played on the session (pictured below) is now travelling the world with The Carolina Chocalate Drops and Taj Mahal.

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SciWorks, Community Day
Treehouse Mobile provided the outdoor sound system for this special day of music, fun & learning. Chairman Jim Toole booked six great musical acts, including a children's choir, and asked Kirk to run sound and manage the staging. The event brought in over 3,000 people and the weather was picture perfect! sciworks.org

Winston-Salem Monthly Magazine Robert's photography graces the cover and inside spread for this new, wonderful magazine here in Winston-Salem. The September cover story features local art patron and philanthropist Phil Hanes. Winston-Salem Monthly is published by Media General.

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WFMT Chicago
Robert was asked to record Pinchas Zuckerman in his hotel room in Greensboro while he was in town for The Eastern Music Festival. This will be used for the interview conducted simultaneously with host Jan Weller of WFMT

Camel City Swingers : Video/Live Recording Session THE CAMEL CITY SWINGERS are literally some of the state’s finest musicians. With classical and rock and funk backgrounds…their love of jazz, western swing and country has created a unique and articulate brand of tunes. Robert set up a multi-camera/muti-track session at a vacant office space high above "the camel city"........... a really fun way to make a record! Take a look!

The Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Documentary Film
"Orientalism in the Decorative Arts" This thirty minute film
was shot in the main reception hall with Barbara Millhouse & Dr. Joyce Schiller in discussion
about the renovation and decorations at Reynolda (complete Fall 2006) www.reynoldahouse.org

Merlefest - Robert works directly with SE Systems in Greensboro for the past seven years designing a recording studio & fiber optic link to all eleven stages, simultaneously recording all artists at each stage everyday of the festival, as well as feeding XM Satellite Radio and others live.(www.merlefest.org)

MIX MAGAZINE TEC AWARDS, WINNER, OUTSTANDING CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT 2006 Tour Sound Production
(Awards go to FOH Engineer, Monitor Engineer, and Tour Company.)
Alison Krauss + Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas
FOH Engineer: Bernie Velluti
Monitor Engineer: Mark Richards
Tour Company: SE Systems, Greensboro, NC (www.sesystems.com)
Winning over the Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews, James Taylor, & White Stripes!

Robert continues his position as recording engineer with SE Systems and the highly successful MERLEFEST! Martha's Vineyard Radio WMVY was given feeds for broadcast. Also, this year the festival is making these recordings available as downloads www.festivalink.net from the fine folks who got the mix "hand-offs" at Airshow Mastering out of Boulder Colorado. airshowmastering.com

Recording Studio at Winston Salem State University Robert has been asked by The University to supervise the revitalization of a wonderfully outfitted recording studio which will be a centerpiece to a new music arts program on campus. The studio will combine the finest analogue gear with new digital and computer based technology. www.wssu.edu

Brother Wolf - An Appalachian Adventure with Mountain Music (www.triadstage.org)
by Preston Lane, music by Laurelyn Dossett
A world premiere adventure in the tradition of the award winning film "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
Robert recorded the score (14 songs) live at the stage and mixed the CD with Laurelyn back in the studio. There were no overdubs or edits. Tear rendering songs recorded in a fashion one rarely hears anymore. Preview and order the CD www.triadstage.org/brother_music.cfm

Jeri Rowe of GO TRIAD writes: "The soundtrack, available at www.polecatcreek.net, is aided by the sound guidance of Winston-Salem sound guru Robert Kirk. He recorded almost all the tunes on one long day in January inside Triad Stage. He used six old-school microphones, one of which was owned by Barbra Streisand and Glenn Frey. These sensitive tube microphones, some dating back to the 1950s, give the recording a real sense of warmth. It captures every stacked harmony, every fiddle creak, every banjo pluck, every catch in the voices of Bassett, Baugus, Dossett and Sickenberger. It's gorgeous."  

Mellow Mushroom, Winston-Salem, N.C. Robert has designed and installed a superb, well tuned
sound system for this brand new restaurant with over three dozen speakers offering full stereo coverage
right down to the restrooms and even outdoors. The design was based around specific speaker placement, multiple amplifiers, and critical equalization to allow for plenty of volume and fidelity without interrupting conversation. Kirk has been asked to be the music director for live events happening here on a regular basis. ( www.mellowmushroom.com )