Masque Sound Supplies d&b, Studer Gear for “The King and I” at Lincoln Center

NEW YORK — For a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein classic musical, The King and I, at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, Tony Award-winning sound designer Scott Lehrer worked with a custom audio equipment package from Masque Sound that included d&b audiotechnik loudspeakers (C7s for the mains, T10s and E6s for the front and rear balconies, Q1s for the rear orchestra and B4 subwoofers) and a Studer Vista 5 Digital Live Console.

MONROE, LA — Lyle Centola, 59, longtime production manager, site coordinator and rigger, died April 29. A key member of the Event Safety Alliance, Centola helped organize and stage major events ranging from Super Bowl halftime shows to a Veterans Day college basketball game held on the deck of an aircraft carrier. His career in live entertainment rigging and management began in the 1970s.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — University of Utah’s Jon M. Huntsman Center, a 15,000-seat arena that serves as home to the school’s Runnin’ Utes basketball, Utes volleyball and Red Rocks gymnastic teams, recently wrapped up a massive $6M renovation project. When the dust finally settled, U of U’s largest sporting and entertainment venue featured two new grand entrances plus a new floor, drapes, LED lighting system and versatile house sound system comprised of L-Acoustics’ powerful Kara and high-directivity ARCS WiFo enclosures.

PORTLAND, OR – For the fifth consecutive year, Audinate will be hosting the all-day Dante AV Networking World conference at InfoComm 2015.  The event will be held Tuesday, June 16 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, FL. The free all-day event will feature presentations, training workshops and interactive panel discussions led by industry experts.

ASHBURN, VA — Quake Entertainment, an AV production, installation, management and communications company, recently purchased a Waveburg Pro loudspeaker system to enhance its capabilities for a wide range of events. The system includes eight LA-8 line array enclosures and four HL-118 ltr subs. The system is powered by two units Powersoft K10 DSP — one for subwoofer, one for mid-low and one unit K2 DSP for high frequency.

KANSAS CITY, MO — No Static Pro Audio of Burbank, CA designed and installed the audio and video systems for the newest Yard House restaurant/bar, which opened in Kansas City in April of 2015.

Worldwide – Ariana Grande’s 77-show “Honeymoon Tour” is the artist’s first tour to deploy a Meyer Sound LEO and LYON linear sound reinforcement system. According to FOH engineer Toby Francis (pictured here), the system has already met the challenge of delivering Grande’s voice over the sound of screaming fans in sellout arenas.