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Normally those of us who work on Outfront stay behind scenes. After all, our job is to help you tell your story. This week, we’re making an exception. We’re turning the spotlight on Laurence Stevenson, one of the founding producers of Outfront. After 11 years on the show, and a career at CBC that spans 30 years, he’s retiring.

You probably don’t know Laurence, but you’ve probably heard his work. His specialty is sound design. Walk into his office, and you see a man surrounded by audio paraphernalia(패러퍼닐/~리아: 장비,잡동사니) – synthesizers, keyboards, mixers, perhaps a mandolin, and always one his beloved violins.

In 1998, Laurence created our opening and closing theme music – the iconic whoosh. He's produced hundreds of Outfront episodes. His fingerprints are all over programs that have won the Prix Italia, the Gabriel Awards, and awards at the New York Festivals. Outside of CBC, his passion is the fiddle. He’s played with Friends of Fiddlers Green, Ritmo Flaminco, and Waleed Kuch.

Laurence has never heard a sound he can’t find a way of twisting into something magical and transporting. He's known as something of a wizard around here. We wanted you to know about it, because he'll be sorely missed.