John Gzowski
Stratford: Composer and sound designer of Macbeth; sound designer of Serving Elizabeth and Alice Through the Looking-Glass; composer and sound designer of The Front Page. Elsewhere: Hamlet (Ex Machina/Côté Dance); Mahabharata, Sherlock and the Mystery of the Human Heart, Dracula, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Shaw Festival); Three Sisters, Jesus Hopped the A Train, La Bête (Soulpepper); The Children, Helen Lawrence, Cruel and Tender (Canadian Stage); It’s a Wonderful Life (MTC, Canadian Stage, YPT—live Foley); Twelfth Night (NAC, Theatre Calgary); Post Democracy, Theory, Other People’s Children (Tarragon); The War of the Worlds (Art of Time); Gziganes (Dancemakers). Recordings: Matador (Patricia O’Callaghan), Frey (Lenka Lichtenberg), Alchemy (Tasa). Awards: Six Dora Mavor Moore Awards for sound design, Juno nomination for Maza Meze. Online: johngzowski.com. As a musician and composer, John has performed at most of Canada’s jazz and folk festivals.
