LAS VEGAS – And the 2010 winners of the Parnelli Awards for best FOH mixer, Monitor Mixer, Sound Company, System Tech and Hometown Hero Sound Company are…yet to be determined, by YOU, the reader. The individuals and companies that YOU nominate and vote for will be honored Oct. 22 in Las Vegas at the annual ceremony.
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OSHKOSH, WI – The 15th annual Country USA music festival drew more than 150,000 to the 300-acre Ford Festival Park for five days of performances – rain or shine, with top country artists heard over nearly 80 L-Acoustics V-DOSC enclosures.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Church has been outfitted with a new sound reinforcement system headed by Tannoy Qflex Series self-powered, digitally-steerable column array loudspeakers working with Tannoy CMS Series ceiling loudspeakers.
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HANGZHOU, Zhejiang Province, China – Running for 10 days from May 28 through June 6, the 2010 West Lake (Xihu) Music Festival took place at several venues throughout the city and concluded with a two-day outdoor concert series at the West Lake Tiandi, where the stage setup included D.A.S. Audio's Aero Series 2 loudspeakers.
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LONDON – Imogen Heap, a classically trained musician, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose music ranges from rock and pop to electronica and avant-garde, is using two Avid VENUE systems-and her fans-to help in her latest charity efforts on her current Ellipse world tour.
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ELKHART, Indiana – Eric Friedlander, pictured here, and Daniel Saenz have joined Crown Audio's Tour Sound and Installed Sound divisions, respectively, as business developer and market manager.
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BRESCIA, Italy – Nicola Piovani, who composed the score of the Roberto Benigni film Life is Beautiful, which won an Oscar as best music and was also nominated for a Grammy Award, performed his "Concerto in Quintetto" on July 1.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC – The winning bidder for Washington Post Co.'s Newsweek, it turns out, is the 91-year-old founder of Harman International, Sidney Harman.
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McPHERSON, KS – The McPherson Opera House, saved from destruction in 1986, had been home to everything from Vaudeville shows and films from the golden age of cinema through to political rallies and suffrage meetings, and through it all, it had been known for superb acoustics.
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MONROVIA, Liberia – Home Front Technology has been appointed VMB's exclusive distributor for Nigeria. The company will be distributing both lifts and audio gear, and has taken stock of various models of VMB lifters, ADP Series Cabinets and Lynx Line Array products. One of Home Front Technology's first jobs was to welcome Nigeria's new president, Goodluck Johnson, on a visit to the Liberian state of Akwa Ibom.
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MONTREAL – L-Acoustics announced that Solotech, which has supported productions for Cirque du Soleil and tours for Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Leonard Cohen, Andre Rieu, Michael Buble, Diana Krall and Rush, pictured here, has become the first Canadian company to join the manufacturer's K1/KUDO Pilot Program.
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AGOURA HILLS, CA – Allen & Heath has launched iLive Tweak, its first iPhone app, to provide real time mobile control of the iLive digital mixing range. The release adds yet another option to iLive's array of remote control possibilities, which includes laptops and touch tablets running iLive Editor control software, and the PL Series of controllers.
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