Michele Darling

Michele Darling is an accomplished sound designer, composer, recording engineer, and educator. Her work—always rooted in the possibilities of sound—aligns futuristic thinking with music production and sound design. From national television shows and video games to electronic toys and music software, Darling shares her expertise across a range of media types and platforms. Working with Sesame Workshop, Warner Bros., Discovery, and 4Kids Entertainment, as well as Hasbro, Ableton, and iZotope, Darling’s work can be heard among Emmy-winning entertainment, on the top 100 most influential toys list, and throughout multi-genre music productions worldwide.

Darling is devoted to the future of music technology education and is the chair of the Electronic Production and Design (EPD) Department at Berklee College of Music. She leads the EPD department, educating students in electronic music production, sound design, sound for immersive platforms, such as video games and mixed reality, new musical instrument design, and electronic music performance.

• Contributed for a decade as part of the interactive production team at Sesame Workshop in New York City, engaging in projects that earned Emmy recognition
• ​Collaborations with 4Kids Entertainment (of Pokémon, Sonic, and Yu-Gi-Oh fame), HBO Family, The Learning Channel, Toca Boca, Hasbro, Morton Subotnick, The Criterion Collection, and iZotope, working across various media, including national television shows, video games, online platforms, and electronic toys ​
• Former member of the Ableton sound design team, creating presets for the widely used music production software, impacting multi-genre music producers worldwide
• Member of experimental electronic music group, Aerostatic
• Director of education at Dubspot, an innovative electronic music production and DJ school in New York City
• Actively involved in initiatives promoting gender and racial equality in the music and technology industries, aiming to create supportive communities in these fields

• Emmy Award for Sesame Workshop, digital media