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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
NAME :
COLIN DAVID BOLAND
JOB TITLE :
LIVE AND RECORDING ENGINEER
DATE OF BIRTH : 28th JUNE 1960
EDUCATION :
SANDFORD PARISH NATIONAL
ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE
RINGSEND INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
and a short spell at TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1980
STARTED LIVE SOUND WORKING ON VARIOUS TYPES OF SHOWS FROM
FOLK TO ROCK AND BEYOND!
1984 - 1986
SPECIALISING IN VOICE, THEATRE AND ACOUSTIC MUSIC
1986 - 1990
DEVISED AND RAN COURSE ON LIVE SOUND AND STAGE PRODUCTION FOR
FAS (Irish government employment agency)
ALSO TOURING AS ARTIST ENGINEER AND SOUND COMPANY TECHNICIAN
IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES OF THE SPECIAL EUROPEAN GAMES
DUBLIN MILLENNIUM CONCERT
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL
1991
CUSTOMS HOUSE RE-OPENING
HANDEL'S WATER MUSIC ON THE RIVER LIFFEY, DUBLIN
FEILE FESTIVAL
SLOUGH FESTIVAL
NEW MUSIC SEMINAR - NYC
CJM SEMINAR - NYC
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
1992
FEILE FESTIVAL
READING FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE
1993
FEILE FESTIVAL
READING FESTIVAL
PHOENIX FESTIVAL
SLANE CASTLE
NEW MUSIC SEMINAR - NYC
CJM SEMINAR - NYC
L'ORIENT FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
1994
FEILE FESTIVAL
L'ORIENT FESTIVAL
RTE/BANK OF IRELAND PROMS
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE
1995
WILTSHIRE FESTIVAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
HIGHCLERE CASTLE (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
CMBRAN FESTIVAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE AND ASIA
1996
WILTSHIRE FESTIVAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
HIGHCLERE CASTLE (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
MILLSTREET FESTIVAL
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA
1997
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (Consultant)
MILLSTREET FESTIVAL
IRISH FAMINE COMMEMORATION
ROSE OF TRALEE FESTIVAL
STOCKHOLM WATER FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER WORLD TOURING
1998
R.A.F. CLASSICAL AT LYNAM (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
WILTSHIRE FESTIVAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
MIDTFYNS FESTIVAL
THE BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE SEA
LISSARD '98,
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL
UNESCO GALA CONCERT
BELFAST FESTIVAL
VARIOUS ARTISTS ENGINEER TOURING
1999
CELTIC CONNECTIONS, GLASGOW
WOMAD, SOUTH AFRICA
CHILDLINE '99
R.A.F. CLASSICAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
WILTSHIRE FESTIVAL (Sound Engineer & Production Company)
PBS TV SPECIAL, SOUTH AFRICA
SARAH BRIGHTMAN, EDEN WORLD TOUR
2000
DANCING ON DANGEROUS GROUND
PBS TV SPECIAL - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE
JORDAN F1 LAUNCH - LONDON
KENNEDY CENTRE PBS TV GALA, WASHINGTON
PLACIDO DOMINGO, SARAH BRIGHTMAN, TOKYO
SARAH BRIGHTMAN LA LUNA WORLD TOUR
LA LUNA PBS TV SPECIAL
2001
SARAH BRIGHTMAN LA LUNA WORLD TOUR
IBM SCIENTIFIC AWARDS, FLORIDA
MILTON KEYNES CLASSICAL SPECTACULAR
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE SEA, PORTSMOUTH
ICH LIEBE DICH, DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL
SARAH BRIGHTMAN & JOSE CARRERAS, JAPAN / RUSSIA
CHARLOTTE CHURCH PBS TV SPECIAL, CARDIFF
RUSSELL WATSON, ROYAL ALBERT HALL / MANCHESTER
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT, OSLO
2002
RUSSELL WATSON PBS TV SPECIAL, AUKLAND
RUSSELL WATSON UK SPRING TOUR
MILTON KEYNES CLASSICAL SPECTACULAR
ULTIMATE FIGHT CHALLENGE, ROYAL ALBERT HALL
SOUND ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
SARAH BRIGHTMAN, ISTANBUL
HUTCHISON 3G UK LAUNCH
RUSSELL WATSON UK XMAS TOUR
2003
SECRET GARDEN IRISH TOUR (PRODUCTION COMPANY)
SCLUB UNITED UK TOUR
SEARCH FOR A SUPERSTAR (GERMAN POP IDOL)
T IN THE PARK
SARAH BRIGHTMAN, KYOTO and MONACO
GSK - RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW - EURODISNEY
CONCERT OF HOPE - ROYAL ALBERT HALL
2004
SARAH BRIGHTMAN HAREM WORLD TOUR
2005
B&Q CONFERENCE
KATHERINE JENKINS UK SPRING TOUR
WORLD EXPO, NAGOYA, JAPAN
'THE FEEL CONCERTS' TOUR OF JAPAN
ARGOS CONFERENCE FOR CAPITAL SOUND
CELTIC WOMAN NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 1 & 2
PET SHOP BOYS - BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN GERMAN TOUR
SARAH BRIGHTMAN - MOSCOW
SARAH BRIGHTMAN NEW YEAR CONCERT - BEIJING
2006
PET SHOP BOYS - BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - NEWCASTLE
SARAH BRIGHTMAN - THAILAND
PET SHOP BOYS - BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - DRESDEN
PET SHOP BOYS - BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN - MADRID
VANESSA MAE - SWITZERLAND
MARK RONSON AT HI-FI FESTIVAL - IRELAND
LIAM LAWTON, DVD, PBS -IRELAND
CELTIC WOMAN, DVD, PBS - IRELAND
THE GREGORIANS, DVD, PBS - AUSTRIA
PET SHOP BOYS FESTIVALS - EUROPE
THE RYDER CUP OPENING CEREMONY AND CONCERT - IRELAND
PET SHOP BOYS TOUR – CANADA, USA & MEXICO
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – RUSSIA AND CHINA
2007
‘JUST THE TWO OF US’ – BBC TV - LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN - GOTHENBORG
SARAH BRIGHTMAN - ISTANBUL
PET SHOP BOYS – SOUTH AMERICA, NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA
PET SHOP BOYS – EUROPEAN TOUR
FA CUP FINAL – WEMBLEY STADIUM - LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – LIVE EARTH - SHANGHAI
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – DIANA MEMORIAL CONCERT - LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN & JOSE CARRERAS – YALTA, UKRAINE
IAAF OPENING CEREMONY – OSAKA - JAPAN
PET SHOP BOYS – ASIA
PET SHOP BOYS – “WARCHILD” – LONDON
PET SHOP BOYS – BUCHAREST
FASHION ON ICE – ATLANTIC CITY
MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE – NEW YORK
BAMBI AWARDS – DUSSELDORF
OPENING MGM GRAND HOTEL - MACAU
2008
PET SHOP BOYS – BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN – BARBICAN – LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – ‘SYMPHONY’ DVD, PBS – VIENNA
‘STARS IN THEIR EYES’ – DUBLIN
PET SHOP BOYS – HEAVEN –LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – CLASSICAL BRITS
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – DALLAS
NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT – WASHINGTON
THE HIGH KINGS TOUR - IRELAND
OXEGEN FESTIVAL – IRELAND
GUIDO’S ORCHESTRA – HOLLAND
PRINCE’S RAINFOREST TRUST – LONDON
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – SYMPHONY WORLD TOUR
MGM NEW YEARS EVE GALA – LAS VEGAS
2009
SARAH BRIGHTMAN – SYMPHONY WORLD TOUR
GUIDO’S ORCHESTRA DVD, PBS – HOLLAND
DUC TUAN ON BROADWAY - VIETNAM
TOMMY FLEMING - TOURING
SARAH BRIGHTMAN - CONCERT TOUR SOUTH AMERICA
2010
TOMMY FLEMING - TOURING
ARTIST ENGINEER/
SYSTEM TECHNICIAN/ PRODUCTION MANAGER
TOURS AND ONE OFFS.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
ASLAN, BLUR, SARAH BRIGHTMAN, ELVIS COSTELLO, THE POGUES,
MEATLOAF, TRAFFIC, T BONE BURNETT, RICKY SCAGGS, THE JUDDS, THE
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, THE CHIEFTAINS, THE STUTTGART
RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, EAT, MAKEM AND CLANCY, THE BLUE
AEROPLANES, THE JENNIFERS, NEIL YOUNG, MOVING HEARTS, DIZZY
GILLESPIE, NIRVANA, HOT HOUSE FLOWERS, THE WATERBOYS, THE FALL
THE DAMNED, THE ENGLISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, LIGHT A
BIG FIRE, WILLIE NELSON, DONAL LUNNY & COOLFIN, THE WAILERS,
MARY COUGHLAN, THE MANFREDS, PETER ANDRE, MICHELLE GAYLE, POP
MECHANICS, DR.FEELGOOD, DAVY SPILLANE, SLEEPER, THE
SAWDOCTORS, DELORES KEANE, VAN MORRISON, OCEAN COLOUR SCENE,
JACK JONES & SAMMY CAHN, VANESSA WILLIAMS, BURT BACHARACH,
THE WONDERSTUFF, JAMES, BRIAN KENNEDY, BLACK UHURU, STARS OF
THE COMMITTMENTS, A HOUSE, BIG COUNTRY, GEORGIA SATELLITES,
BLACKFOOT, MAN O' WAR, THE RAMONES, TAJ MAHAL, RONAN KEATING,
LOUDEN WAINWRIGHT III, MICHAEL BALL, THE ULSTER ORCHESTRA,
RADIOHEAD, HERBIE HANCOCK, BILLY CONNOLLY JOHN LEE HOOKER, B B
KING, FRANK BLACK, BUDDY GUY, LENNY HENRY, STRANGELOVE, TOM
JONES, RUN DMC, GLENN CAMPBELL, RITA COOLIDGE, SAM MOORE, THE
ROYAL MARINES ORCHESTRA, LOU REED, PLACIDO DOMINGO, ANDREA
BOCELLI, EMMYLOU HARRIS, HOT CHOCOLATE, JOSE CARRERAS,
CHARLOTTE CHURCH, GAVIN FRIDAY, RUSSELL WATSON, SCLUB
UNITED, KATHERINE JENKINS, RONAN TYNAN, PATRIZIO BUENNA, PET
SHOP BOYS, CELTIC WOMAN etc…etc…etc…!!!!!
ALSO SINCE 1984 HAS HAD A PARALLELL CAREER IN RECORDING
AND HAS RECORDED AND MIXED SEVERAL ALBUMS, SINGLES,
AND T.V. SHOWS.
ARTISTS INCLUDE, DAVY SPILLANE, MAIRE BRENNAN, STEVE
WINWOOD, SINEAD O'CONNOR, SARAH BRIGHTMAN, STARS OF THE
COMMITTMENTS, SEAN TYRELL, RONNIE DREW, JOSEPHINE MARSH BAND,
ICH LIEBE DICH - GAVIN FRIDAY & MAURICE SEEZER, CEEC, ASLAN,
A HOUSE, VIVA 8, FREDDIE WHITE ETC…..
FILM SOUNDTRACKS INCLUDE:
THE COURIER
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FINBAR
15 - THE PHILIP KNIGHT STORY
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