SALT LAKE CITY – USITT announced that sound designer John Leonard (pictured here), scenic designer Anna Louizos, costume designer Joy Emery and theatre safety educator Monona Rossol will be honored with USITT Distinguished Achievement Awards at the association’s 2016 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Salt Lake City next March.
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NEW YORK — Sound Summit New York will take place just prior to the AES Show on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 from 3 to 8 p.m. at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. A collaborative presentation from DPA Microphones, Lectrosonics and Sound Devices, LLC, this is the fourth in a series of regional events throughout the U.S.
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WASHINGTON, DC – RCI Systems of Beltsville, MD, provided a Yamaha CL5 Digital Audio Console and two Rio3224-D input/output boxes positioned at two separate locations, all on a redundant Dante network, for Pope Francis mid-day prayer service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Sept. 23.
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STEAMBOAT ROCK, IA – Roberto Mataloni, FBT export manager, and Mauro Tanoni, FTB sales director, worked with Jim Martin, owner of Texas Systems Integration, to meet the audio needs of Steamboat Rock Baptist Church. Together, they provided the church with 18″ flyable subwoofers in a cardioid configuration. FBT’s new MUSE and MITUS 118FSA/FSCA subs resulted from that project and are now part of the company’s line of products.
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BOARDMAN, OH — Custom Integrated Solutions, LLC, of Youngstown, OH recently completed the second of a three-phase construction project for Boardman High School’s new 7,200-seat Spartan Stadium. It included the installation of a audio system using Community Professional R SERIES loudspeakers.
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THE NETHERLANDS – Stagelight has been expanding and recently purchased four SSL Live consoles – three SSL Live L500 consoles and one SSL Live L300 console – from Audio Electronics Mattijsen (AEM). Pictured here, from left, are Jacco van der Heijden, Managing Director, and Robert de Lorijn is Senior Project Manager Audio, and Manager Technical Operations.
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ST. LOUIS, MO — Film Otter, Inc., an AV firm focusing on installations in houses of worship, helped Faith Lutheran Church upgrade both its Oakville and Columbia, MO facilities with Roland consoles. Pictured here is the front-of-house position at Faith Lutheran Church in the Oakville area of St. Louis, MO, featuring a Roland M-5000 OHRCA Live Mixing Console.
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CORK, Ireland — Spanish tenor José Carreras and Welsh mezzo-soprano singer/songwriter Katherine Jenkins performed this summer with the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra in the city’s Independent Park (previously Musgrave Park) rugby stadium. Dublin-based EQ Audio and Events fielded an Outline rig featuring 12 Outline GTO C-12 per side for the main left and right hangs.
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — Gand Concert Sound reported that July 2015 was a banner month for the company and its NEXO gear rentals. Along with setting a high mark for business during the month, the company noted that it had 450 NEXO cabinets out supporting various festivals on a single day in mid-July.
Read More »BUENA PARK, CA — TourReady, an online service that helps concert touring freelancers find work, today announced an alliance with justabunchofroadies.org in which TourReady will donate a portion of subscription revenue to the non-profit.
Read More »FLORENCE, Italy — K-array named new distributors and representatives recently in Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Ecuador. Lou Mannarino, President of K-array America, which was established Aug. 1, noted that Daniel Huard is now K-array’s sales rep in Canada. The Italy-based company also named new reps for Cuba (Beta Music SA), Ecuador (Sonomatrix) and Mexico (Gonher).
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NEWBURY PARK, CA — American Music & Sound announced the appointment of Ken Blecher as National Sales Manager for dBTechnologies, the Bologna, Italy-based manufacturer of active speaker and digital amplifier technologies. Blecher’s role is to increase sales within the United States by providing essential marketing strategies and product training to dealers and representatives.
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