New York, NY (April 24, 2023)—Leslie Ann Jones of Skywalker Sound will current the keynote handle on the AES International Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation and Restoration, going down June 1–3, 2023, on the U.S. Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia.
Jones’ Keynote speech is titled “Why It Matters: Reflections on Creating, Preserving and Valuing Music.” Reinforcing the mission and objectives of the Conference, Jones states, “Our recorded historical past is our future. Whether an indie artist’s first report or the magnificent Star Wars soundtracks, audio belongings are belongings and all have worth.”
Jones will be a part of different high audio engineers and archiving professionals to current the newest applied sciences and handle challenges within the area, providing methods and insights to attendees on preserving the world’s wealthy audio heritage.
The U.S. Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is among the world’s premier energetic archives of audio-visual historical past. During the AAPR convention, workshops, shows and discussions will handle essential preservation points, together with immersive audio belongings, and give attention to methods to help and encourage collaboration and interoperability inside the preservation, restoration and archiving group, and between that group and people holding mental property belongings to protect and monetize.
To spherical off the three-day program, the Conference will shut with a buffet-style open-grill barbecue dinner the place attendees can socialize and luxuriate in dwell music, out of doors projected silent motion pictures and a few glasses of wine within the bucolic farm setting of the Mountain Run Winery, positioned 5 minutes from downtown Culpeper.