Brad Sayles is a musician whose talents extend to both sides of the microphone. As both an active composer and recording engineer, he has fused his love of technology with his passion to make music. Brad has been the recipient of the Aurora Gold Award, Silver Telly Award, and the Communicator Award for Excellence for his scores for his feature film, video, and audio projects.
In 2003 he was the recipient of the Louisa Stude Sarofim Prize for his chamber composition, New England Journey. Charles Ward of the Houston Chronicle says of Brads orchestral premiere, "Sayles offered well-crafted music..." In 2005 he received the Gold Special Jury Award from the Houston Worldfest Film Festival for his score to the feature film Echoes of Innocence." Bill Wright (www.godsofmusic.com) praises Brads score for the New World Pictures production for its twentieth century meets romantic feel that creates a poignant, lingering impression on the ear.
On the technical side, Brad serves as chief recording engineer for the National Public Radio affiliate, KUHF in Houston. His recent engineering credit for the Houston Symphonys CD on the KOCH label was hailed by Gramophone Magazine as One of the best recordings from North America. In 2004 he received the Silver Axiom Award for his engineering of the 90th Anniversary of the Houston Symphony live broadcast from Jones Hall.
Brad is equally at home editing sound for film, prompting Academy Award nominated sound editor Allen Robert Murray to hail Brads expertise as incredible for his work on the movie Space Cowboys.
While completing Masters studies at the Moores School of Music, he has held a teaching fellowship in the theory department, as well as produced, engineered, and edited four Moores School recordings for the Albany label. His undergraduate studies were completed at Michigan State University.
