William Staton is an audio engineer with a breadth of experience in live sound and studio engineering. He has engineered for a wide range of artists and musicians. He frequently engineers for the Reflections Concerts series–working with luminaries like Daniel Lanois, Suzanna Ciani, Laraaju, Ben Neill, Eric Calvi, and Sarah Davachi. He has also engineered projects as a freelancer, mixing and recording artists like Terry Allen and Jo Harvey Allen, Tim Robbins, Travis Scott, Pink Sliifu, Ethan Hawke, Mashell Ndegeocello, Snarky Puppy, Xenia Rubinos, Nels Cline, Miho Hatori, and Marshall Allen. Recent experiences include collaborations with choreographer Mark Morris and chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound on a staging of David T. Little's opera "What Belongs to You," mixing projects for news outlet The Intercept, live performances with The Martha Graham Dance Company, and producing a live multi-night taping of John Cameron Mitchell's "Cancellation Island" starring Holly Hunter. Most recently, Will completed a six-week North American tour with Noga Erez. Previously, Will has worked as a front-of-house engineer for tours with Julian Koster's Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air), and Virgil Moorefield. He is a native of New Baltimore, Michigan and a graduate of the University of Michigan's Performing Arts Technology Program.