Will Howie is an award-winning Music Producer, Sound Engineer, Educator, and Researcher. His professional audio production experience covers myriad genres, from chamber music all the way to indie punk rock, working with a range of artists including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes, Steven Page, Toshiyuki Honda, Tafelmusik, Angela Hewitt, Chucho Valdés, Measha Brueggergosman, Angélique Kidjo, Tanya Tagaq, and Jane Coop. He is also a long-time recording engineer for CBC/Radio-Canada. Will holds a Ph.D. in Sound Recording from McGill University, and was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Tokyo University of the Arts, developing courses in music and audio production at both these institutions. He also received a Masters of Music from McGill, and a Bachelors of Music from the University of British Columbia.

Will’s collaborative, interdisciplinary research in areas such as recording and mixing techniques for immersive audio, perception of 3D sound environments, and training and selection of listening test participants has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and presented at numerous academic conferences and industry lectures. An innovator in music production and arranging techniques for multichannel audio, Will has recorded and mixed content in the studio and live for many immersive music formats, including 22.2 Multichannel Sound, Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, octophonic surround sound, and various binaural mediums.