As Director of Digital Content for the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center, Trent Casey produces just about everything, from live stream broadcasts to a radio series with listeners from around the world. Long before any of that, Casey was an opera singer. Benefitting from his many talents, the Chamber Music Society has been able to realize the full potential of video to connect with audiences through the power of music.
Unlike some performing arts organizations, the Chamber Music Society has been live streaming performances since well before 2020. “I produced our very first live stream in 2010 with one single camera plugged into a laptop in our small 100-seat hall. That’s now grown to producing 25 to 30 live streams, along with recording and post-producing an additional 40 concerts, each season,” says Casey. “We were already heavily invested in streaming, but this past year, streaming has been a lifeline.”
Coincidentally enough, Casey was scheduled to produce a live stream concert on …