The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, showcased an amazing collection of musical performances and tributes and utilized the latest in technology to provide television viewers worldwide with a cutting-edge, high-definition/5.1 surround sound event.

The GRAMMY Awards’ technical staff consists of audio pioneers who continually strive to employ the latest in HDTV and 5.1 technology to enhance the show. The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing® member Hank Neuberger again supervised the broadcast audio, while fellow P&E Wing member Leslie Ann Jones supervised the house audio.

Caption: Only minutes before the start of the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, several members of the 2013 audio team gathered for a photo. Pictured L-R: top row: Audio Coordinator Michael Abbott, System Designer Jeff Peterson of ATK Audiotek; second row from top: Monitor Engineer Mike Parker, System Engineer Andrew Fletcher, FOH Music Mixer Ron Reaves; second row from bottom: Academy Consulting Engineer Doug Mountain, GRAMMY Award Telecast Sound Supervisor Hank Neuberger, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer John Harris, FOH Production Mixer Mikael Stewart; bottom row: P&E Wing Senior Executive Director Maureen Droney, Co-Broadcast Music Mixer Eric Schilling, GRAMMY Award Telecast Sound Supervisor Leslie Ann Jones, and Recording Academy Secretary/Treasurer Glenn Lorbecki. Photograph courtesy of The Recording Academy®/Wireimage.com/Kevin Winter. © 2013. Photograph by Kevin Winter.