Welcome to GilderSound Recording

This is the home of GilderSound Recording, an audio recording studio in Forest Lake, Minnesota. GilderSound is owned and operated by Randy Gildersleeve.

You may contact Randy by phone at 651-982-0838 or by e-mail at randy@gildersound.com to book studio time, arrange to have a live event recorded or book a live performance by one of Randy's and his wife Sandy's groups or ensembles.

More information about GilderSound's services, gear, clients and history is available in the right-hand menu selections. For video clips of the recording process in action, check out the Inside the Studio section. MP3s of recordings made in the studio are also available in the Audio Samples section.

News and Events

Composer Mike Croswell and the string quartet ETHEL were in town for performances at the Southern Theater in October. The event, called "Dancin' with ETHEL" featured the Arena Dances troupe and the world premiere of a four movement work by Croswell. The NYC based Ethel came to the studio to record Mike's composition. Photographed from left to right: Cornelius Dufallo, Mary Rowell, Dorothy Lawson, Ralph Farris and Mike Croswell.

For more information, visit: ethelcentral.org, southerntheater.org and pkfmusic.com