ALUMNI News - Fanshawe College

30TH ANNIVERSARY
MUSIC INDUSTRY ARTS
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Tom Treumuth (at left) and
Gary Furniss (at right),
both Class of 1976, were
delighted to share some
memories with professor
and music recording
legend, Jack Richardson.
Tom Treumuth is President of Hypnotic
Management Inc. and Fallen Sky
Records. He is currently working on
the Best of Honeymoon Suite DVD
for Warner as well as promoting
singer-songwriter Rob Lemonthe,
whose album Tom just produced. Gary
Furniss, President of Sony/ATV Music
Publishing Canada, enjoyed the MIA
reunion and adds with a smile: “Jack
was a huge inspiration and mentor for
my musical journey in this industry!”
MIA professor and
Juno-award winning
record producer Kevin
Doyle (MIA 79) gets
caught up on news
with Paula Anderson
(MIA 90). Paula is Creative
Producer and Senior Supervisor at
Crunch Recording Group in Toronto.
She is active in voice casting and voice
direction, as well as editing music
for children’s programming seen
in Canada and overseas. Kevin was
welcomed back to Fanshawe from a
distinguished track record in industry
(13 Juno awards and nominations) and
as part of the MIA teaching staff, he
now mentors the next generation of
MIA students and stars.
Marianne Hewitt-
Anderson (MIA 93) was
pleased to reconnect with
retired coordinator and
professor Jan Greene.
Marianne is Supervisor, Online and
Tariff Licensing with the CMRRA
(Canadian Musical Reproduction
Rights Agency), where she is
involved with the changing shape of
distribution and licensing in Canada.
She admits times are pretty exciting
for the agency with the ground shifting
so much within the music industry
these days.
The Class of 1995
was well represented
by this group, including
Jeff Wright, Dave Steen
and Brett Humber, shown
below with current MIA Program
Coordinator, Terry McManus. Jeff
Wright (MIA-Recording Engineering
95) is a freelance recording engineer
and producer, who also teaches
sound and recording and heads the
Audio Program at Trebas Institute
in Toronto. Jeff was chief recording
engineer in a recent 2006 Emmy
nominated show and he has recorded
hundreds of cartoons, including a
recent guest record for Fox’s “Family
Guy”. After graduation, Dave Steen
(MIA Recording Engineering 96/
MIA Recorded Music Production 95)
became Chief Engineer and Producer
at The Barn Recording Studio, as well
as live sound engineer for many local
venues. In 2001, Dave returned to
radio in Thunder Bay. He now runs
the Production & Imaging department
as well as being on-air host for Magic
99.9FM & 105.3 The Giant in Thunder
Bay with new station ownership
from Canada’s largest broadcasting
company, Newcap Radio. Brett Humber
(MIA-Recording Engineering 95) is
owner/operator of the Sound Foundry
Recording and Multimedia Studio
based in Windsor, Ontario and he is
still performing with his band, Area 51
– 12 years, 1200 shows – rock on!
Fanshawe College Alumni News Spring 2006