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Born and raised in Leeds, England, Prof. Cawood relocated to the USA at the age of 20 to attend the prestigious College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati. Currently, Prof. Cawood is an Assistant Professor of New Media within the E-Media Division of the College-Conservatory of Music. During graduate school, Cawood created the large-scale digital photography installation Inner Self | Outer World, developed various interactive CD-ROM projects and many web design projects. As a new media and photography specialist, Prof. Cawood is currently focused on the creation of large-scale motion graphic design for projection during theatrical performances both in the US and Europe, and the DVD authoring aspects of new media.

During his early tenure at the College-Conservator of Music Prof. Cawood developed large scale motion graphics used as projection design in the CCM productions of the world premiere of The Memory Game as part of the Opera Studio series, and the Ezra Pound interpretation of Elektra. During the summer of 2004 Prof. Cawood worked with Cincinnati Opera Artistic  Director Nic Muni on the creation of large-scale digital projections used in the 2004 Cincinnati Opera productions of Viktor Ullmann's "The Emperor of  Atlantis" and Peter Bengtson's "The Maids." More recently Prof.Cawood has produced a 60 minute animatic for the world premiere production of La Conquista performed at the National Theatre in Prague, and large scale theatrical digital projections for Showboat performed at the Stadttheater in Bern, Switzerland.

Cawood's largest (50' x 26') projection and motion graphic design production to date took place during the summer of 2005 with the creation of massive projection pieces for the College-Conservatory of Music's Main Stage production of The Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe. Cawood is president of 2ndthought - a new media boutique specializing in Web Design, DVD Authoring, Interactive CD-ROM Development and Motion Graphic Design elements for web, stage and screen. Current projects include CD-ROM and web-based production for educational publisher Prentice Hall.

Cawood is a member of the Broadcast Education Association and recently won a national Award of Excellence for the creation of the new E-Media Division website.

For more information on Prof. Cawood please visit: www.richardcawood.com