SPARS Legacy Award
The 33 year history of SPARS is the history of the recording studio, music and professional recording evolution in America. The two cannot be separated. Those early pioneers of recording and sound founded SPARS and were some of the industry’s most committed supporters. There have been so many talented and dedicated professionals who were there when it all started and who were an integral part of the growth and success of the recording industry.
For that reason, the SPARS Board of Directors has established a new annual award, the SPARS Legacy Award, to be given each year to an industry luminary who historically demonstrated outstanding leadership, vision and commitment to the recording studio movement in America and the professional recording craft in general.
The SPARS Board of Directors is honored to establish the SPARS Legacy Award, which is given each year in recognition of the significant contributions of those named below.
Congratulations to these awe-inspiring legends. All are true-life SPARS Legacies…
By Paul Christensen, on October 28, 2012
Award given as part of the 133rd AES Convention in San Francisco On Saturday, October 27, 2012 during the AES / SPARS Joint Student Section party, the SPARS Board of Directors bestowed its highest honor, the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award, … Continue reading →
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By Paul Christensen, on September 30, 2012
The SPARS Board of Directors is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award, industry pioneer, recording icon and founder of the legendary Record Plant Studios, Christopher Stone. The award will be formally given to Stone at … Continue reading →
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By Paul Christensen, on October 22, 2011
Last night, October 21, 2011, Philadelphia native and recording studio impresario Joe Tarsia received the SPARS Legacy Award before a packed house of industry peers at New York’s newest hip event space the Four-o-Four. The Mix@AES was part of the … Continue reading →
By Paul Christensen, on October 13, 2011
This year marks a very special moment in the 32 year history of SPARS. The SPARS Board of Directors will award the first annual SPARS Legacy Award to one of the founders of SPARS, the group’s first President, Philadelphia native … Continue reading →
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By Paul Christensen, on September 22, 2011
SPARS recently announced the establishment of a new annual award, the SPARS Legacy Award, to be given each year to an industry luminary who historically has demonstrated outstanding leadership, vision and commitment to the recording studio movement in America and … Continue reading →
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