KM Sound: Recent Episodes
KM Sound
Katie McMurran is a sound engineer with over ten years experience in public radio and podcasts
I'm currently an audio engineer at KQED, and also mix podcasts on a freelance basis for clients that have included Vox, Wondery, Radiotopia and Gimlet. I've recorded bands/ensembles for Pandora, Sofar Sounds and the Aspen Music Festival. I also donate recording time to several nonprofits.
This is where I keep a small selection of my experimental sound work and music compositions. All music on this page was written by me. To hear other work, email me: kmsound (at) gmail (dot) com.
for clarinet trio, 2008 thank you Carlos Rafael Rivera for being my composition teacher thank you Jim Sullivan, clarinet recorded by Phil Richards
dedicated to my childhood best friend Emily Geiger
I created this piece during the Great Recession (or was it Depression?).
voice: Michael Chick
CC Image courtesy of slgckgc on flickr
Heidi Darchuk, writer and voice
Honorable Mention, Missouri Review
CC photo courtesy of Ravi Shah on flickr.
Two true ghost stories are woven into this non-narrated track that comes to a surprising and unifying conclusion.
CC Image courtesy of Typjan on wikimedia.
A sonically textured portrait of Shakespeare in the park.
This piece was created for the radio and audio art collective Listen Up LA.
Part two of a site-specific headphone installation piece created for the exhibit "Sonitrek," organized by New Town Arts.
Part one of a site-specific headphone installation piece created for the exhibit "Sonitrek," organized by New Town Arts. /a>
A look at the often isolating experience of living in a city of sprawl. Produced for Sound Cafe event organized by James Wyness in Jedburgh, Scotland, 2008
Katie McMurran Oakland, CA kmsound@gmail.com
All audio recorded by Katie Voices: Michael Chick and Heidi Darchuck Piano: Gaea Schell