SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Event Safety Alliance announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Dutch public events organization Vereniging van EvenementenMakers (VVEM).
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MIAMI — SIR Miami is branching out to offer a full-service audio production division. Pictured here, from left, are Brian Fitzpatrick and Jeff Kissinger, production coordinators at SIR Miami.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — Grundorf Corporation, parent company of loudspeaker manufacturer Grund Audio Design, added Amelia, Ohio-based JRB Associates, LLC to its expanding list of sales representatives. JRB Associates, led by Joe (President/CEO) and Lin (Operations Manager) Baumgartner (pictured here), will represent Grundorf Corporation throughout the territories of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.
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CAD Audio is shipping its StagePass IEM Stereo Wireless In Ear Monitor System which promises frequency agility, ease of operation and audio quality. The StagePass IEM Series system features 16-channel UHF frequency agile performance for exceptional connectivity in crowded RF environments. Stereo operation enables discrete signals to be transmitted to the right or left channels for enhanced monitoring capability.
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The August issue of Stage Directions magazine is now online. Stories include an examination of the costumes in Something Rotten! and Wolf Hall; Tony Award-winner Natasha Katz talking about her lighting design for An American in Paris; and how sound designers migrated The Lion King to Mexico.
Read More »URGENCH, Uzbekistan — Although the exact number of fatalities of concert attendees remains unconfirmed by official Uzbek government sources, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that at least 15 people were killed and 17 hospitalized when the railing on a narrow bridge, overcrowded with concert attendees, collapsed on Aug. 8.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, has announced the appointment of Frank Pajak as applications engineer for the East Coast of the United States. Based in Chicago, Pajak will provide support to customers using Biamp’s award-winning DSP equipment in a variety of AV applications.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — Metro Sound & Video installed a new audio processing infrastructure within Wisconsin Center that is based around 16 Symetrix SymNet Radius 12×8 DSPs. The project was done in only about a month’s time.
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LOS ANGELES — In partnership with Dutch classical recording company Pentatone, Boston-based production house Soundmirror was recently chosen to coordinate the digital recordings of composer John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, performed by the Los Angeles Opera at the LA Opera House’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Soundmirror owner John Newton and engineer Mark Donahue used DPA Microphones’ d:screet 4071 Miniature and d:dicate 4006 and 4011 Recording Microphone to record the cast and orchestra.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Sommer Cable America, the new U.S. division of Germany’s Sommer Cable, has named Pacific Radio Electronics as distributor of its extensive product line. Pictured here at Pacific Radio are, from left, Dan Guiterrez, General Manager; Martin Ucik, President/CEO of Sommer Cable America and Joe Phillips, President of Pacific Radio. Photo by David Goggin.
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards set for the Rio Hotel & Casino on Oct. 24 will begin as usual with a cocktail reception before all the envelopes are opened and winners announced, and this year the festive mood will continue after the event with the first official Parnelli After Party. The Parnelli After Party will take place in the same Rio ballroom where the show has just finished, noted Marshall Bissett, chairman of the Parnelli Board of Advisors.
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