Ingénieur du son: BMiR 2026

Theresa Leonard is a highly sought-after audio professional with extensive expertise in all aspects of music production, including audio post-production and broadcast. Her impressive portfolio of work comprises hundreds of high-profile, award-winning, and nominated recording projects, with a diverse range of international artists such as the Gryphon Trio, The St. Lawrence String Quartet, The Dover String Quartet, Pacific Opera Victoria, Victoria Symphony, and The National Arts Centre Orchestra. 

Theresa has received international recognition for her unwavering commitment to excellence in audio training and research, which she demonstrated during her tenure as Director of Audio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Through her leadership, she has provided unparalleled educational opportunities for multiple generations of audio engineers, both through the Banff mentorship program and her presidency and fellowship with the Audio Engineering Society. As a result, she has been instrumental in shaping the careers of future leaders in the field, preparing them for major positions in the music technology and audio industries. 

Theresa's expertise extends beyond production and engineering, as she continues to serve as a consultant, director, and/or faculty, with several international music festivals and academic institutions, including Royal Conservatoire of The Hague, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Verbier Festival Academy. Theresa holds a Master of Music degree in sound recording from McGill University and bachelor’s degrees in both music and education.

HOWARD BILERMAN is a GRAMMY nominated musician, sound engineer & record producer who has been recording bands for over 30 years. As co-owner & head engineer of the hotel2tango recording studio in Montreal, Bilerman has enjoyed working with some of Canada’s most talented artists, as well as others from The USA, The UK, France, Italy, Scotland, Africa, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal & Australia. These include LEONARD COHEN, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, THE ARCADE FIRE, COEUR DE PIRATE, PETER PETER, U.S. GIRLS, CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD, THE WEATHER STATION, THALIA ZEDEK, VIC CHESNUTT, A SILVER MT. ZION, BASIA BULAT, NAP EYES, MURRAY LIGHTBURN, LHASA DE SELA, BRITISH SEA POWER, BASSEKOU KOUYATE, SAM ROBERTS, PATRICK WATSON, ADAM COHEN, LOU DOILLON, THE WEBB SISTERS, THE  DEARS, WOLF PARADE, TITUS ANDRONICUS, and many more. He has been credited on over 500 records to date, including as an engineer on LEONARD COHEN’s GRAMMY winning song “ You Want It Darker” . Bilerman has been a regular faculty member at BANFF CENTRE, having helped to create their groundbreaking INDIE RESIDENCY & SINGER SONGWRITER programs. Bilerman’s recordings have received international critical praise, and the hotel2tango is seen by many as being at the center of Montreal’s independent musical community

Known for his work with Peter Jackson and Howard Shore on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Mark Willsher is equally at home as producer, engineer, mixer, and supervising music editor.  His work spans a broad array of genres, from feature films to classical, folk, and hip-hop.  Recent projects include New Line Cinema’s ‘Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim’ (Composer: Stephen Gallagher), Netflix’s animated feature ‘Ultraman: Rising’ (Composer: Scot Stafford), and the San Francisco Symphony’s recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Opera Adriana Mater (Music Director: Esa-Pekka Salonen) – for which (as mixing engineer) he won a Grammy® Award for Best Opera Recording. 

In addition to production work Mark has always been actively involved in audio education as both guest lecturer and guest faculty. He has lectured at The Peabody Institute, MIT, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and was guest audio faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada for seventeen years. Since 2023 Mark has been guest faculty at the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland. He is also on the panel of immersive audio experts for the ECHO Project: A collaborative research project on 3D microphone array techniques for orchestral recording, which has broad industry sponsorship. With a background in music performance, and a deep understanding of all technical aspects of the recording process, Mark’s guiding philosophy is always to be able to step back and be absorbed by recordings on an emotional level – to not be conscious of the speakers, microphones, editing, mixing.  His  personal studio is a fully equipped immersive mixing space with a hybrid analogue/digital workflow. Since 2016 Mark resides in North London with his wife, violinist Cecily Ward, and their two Portuguese Water Dogs – Francie & Lando. 

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Mary Mazurek is a GRAMMY-nominated recording engineer, audio educator, and author. Her book Aesthetic Noise: The Philosophy of Intentional Listening is available from Routledge.  She is currently an assistant professor of Digital Audio Arts at the University of Lethbridge.