Media Shower Productions’ video of Grammy-Award winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman has just been released.  The video is a digital extra included on the CD New American Works for Clarinet, Vol. II, produced by the classical label MMC Recordings.  In the video, Stoltzman plays his clarinet and discusses his experiences recording for MMC and working with living composers.  Click here to watch.

Gretchen Siegchrist recently published an article on producing promotional web videos on About.com Desktop Video.  It’s a must-read for anyone interested in using web video to promote a business, product or service.

We’ve posted a short highlight video from the Wrentham Duathlon on April 20, 2008.  The full video is available for purchase, and other My Triathlon DVD productions are upcoming this summer.

Media Shower Productions is pleased to introduce My Triathlon DVDs to commemorate your triathlon experience on high resolution digital video. Each video includes personal scenes of individual athletes woven into a video including the best race highlights, pre and post race coverage, crowd reactions as well as music, narration and graphics. You will see yourself on your DVD – guaranteed!
Media Shower uses multiple camera operators along the race course to create a beautiful, cinematic record of the race and your accomplishments. Dramatic race footage is recorded with professional mini-dv and high-definition video cameras.

My Triathlon DVDs include chapter menus allowing viewers to pause, play, repeat or skip to any point in the video. Each 30-45 minute DVD is custom imprinted with the race, location and date and is packaged and shipped in an attractive book-style DVD case.

Ensure that your race is timelessly preserved, for only $29.95 (plus $3 shipping and handling). Order your DVD today through Active.com.

Media Shower was recently featured in two articles in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The first, which ran Monday, April 7, featured a profile of Media Shower president Gretchen Siegchrist and the development of her career in video production.

The second article, from Wednesday April 9, explored the overall growth of internet video and demonstrated ways in which businesses are using video on their web sites to increase traffic and sales.

Note:  The Gazette requires a paid subscription to read online articles.

Media Shower recently completed a series of pet care how-to videos for the New York Times About.com. The videos feature tips on purchasing and caring for birds as well as salt and fresh water fish. Many thanks to Dave and the entire staff of Dave’s Soda and Pet City who starred in the videos. Look for them to be uploaded soon on videos.about.com.

Media Shower Productions was proud to be part of a recent Daily Hampshire Gazette feature about the Northampton Association of Young Professionals. NAYP, which is affiliated with the Northampton Chamber of Commerce, was founded in the spring of 2007. It’s a membership-based organization devoted to enhancing networking and professional opportunities for young business leaders in the Pioneer Valley. Media Shower was one of the first local businesses to join NAYP, and Media Shower’s president Gretchen Siegchrist currently serves on NAYP’s leadership board. If you are under 40 and doing business in the Pioneer Valley, take a look at NAYPs website to learn more about the terrific benefits of joining.

Media Shower has teamed up with FIRM Race Management to provide exclusive videotaping services at nearly 30 triathlons throughout New England. Every year, FIRM works with nonprofit partners to plan and execute races that raise funds and allow amateur and elite athletes to compete. This year, athletes will have the chance to commemorate their accomplishment with a customized DVD from Media Shower.

We’re excited to be working with FIRM, and we can’t wait to capture the feats of some amazing athletes on video!

At Media Shower, we do a lot of work with Smith College. Recently, we were able to videotape a special ceremony awarding an honorary degree to Smith English Professor Eric Reeves.

While Reeves is surely an excellent teacher, he was actually being recognized for another accomplishment: his fight to end the atrocities being committed in the Sudan. At the event, Reeves was honored by colleagues, and then he moderated a panel of journalists and activists talking about the Sudan situation.

The event left me more inspired and more depressed than I’d ever felt at once. It also left me feeling grateful for the health, happiness and success that I’ve had in my life. One of the things I’m most grateful for is my career, which allows me to attend events like this and hear stories from all over the world.

You can watch highlights from the presentation here.

Media Shower was featured in a recent special business edition of the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Local business leaders were asked to write a brief statement about their business philosophy for the Gazette’s “business school” edition. Media Shower, President Gretchen Siegchrist wrote about the need to maintain a creative, and client-centered outlook. “My business, like most, is based on providing the highest level of service I can to my clients…I best serve my clients by being creative,” she explained.