HANOVER, MD — The Church of Philippi, founded here in 1993, moved to a new, larger facility in 2009. The church leadership recently opted to upgrade their sound system and installed Lab.gruppen C Series amplifiers to drive the church’s main PA and monitors for the five worship services that take place every Sunday.
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UK — Music Group added Paul O’Farrell-Stevens (pictured left) and Graeme Taylor (right) to the marketing department for their recently-formed Professional Products Division, which includes the company’s Midas, Klark Teknik and Turbosound branded products.
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LAS VEGAS — FRONT of HOUSE readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2013 Hometown Hero Award competition. These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will automatically be entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. FOH readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Sound Company of 2013.
Read More »NASHVILLE, TN – One Systems named Tom Lee Engineering as its new distributor in China. Tom Lee will be responsible for distribution and service of the full line of One Systems and On Point Audio products throughout China. Bardy Hayes and Alex Schloesser of Global Market Management oversee sales management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic performed two large shows on Central Park’s Great Lawn during the summer 2013 season supported by a Meyer Sound LEO sound system from Sound Associates. Crew members working with the symphony’s Larry Rock included Robert Hanlon, Robert Gorton, Josh Marks and David Bullard.
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BATON ROUGE, LA — David Hebert of GHA Architects, which was tasked with an ambitious renovation project at St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church here, turned to Technical Services Group (TSG) for an assist with a new sound system. The upgrade includes the use of Lectrosonics’ Aspen processing and Digital Hybrid Wireless technology. TSG AV engineer Jason Martin, pictured here, handled the Aspen system programming.
Read More »MANCHESTER, NH — Heightened concerns over party drug risks have led to the cancellation of concerts here and in the Boston area. The Barstool Blackout Tour concert set for Verizon Wireless Arena here Sept. 28 has been canceled, and the Electric Adventure concert at Six Flags New England the same night has been postponed. The Ocean Club in Quincy, MA also voluntarily canceled a concert set for Sept. 20. The “Return to Fantazia” EDM concert planned at UMass Amherst Sept. 21 was also canceled.
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Allen & Heath’s ICE-16D is an alternative version of the ICE-16 multi-track recorder launched last year. Both units are 16 In/16 Out audio interfaces, allowing performers and audio engineers to easily capture multi-track recordings direct to a USB drive or interface to a computer.
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Alcons’ CRS8 high-fidelity pro-ribbon surround system is a 2-way passive-filtered full range loudspeaker that promises to combine clarity and intelligibility with low distortion and high dynamic range. The CRS8 system configuration consists of one RBN401 pro-ribbon driver for MHF and a vented reference quality 8” mid-bass for LF reproduction.
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LONDON — Working with theatre consultants Theatreplan, Stage Electrics supplied and installed the audio, video and Ethernet infrastructure along with the lighting control systems for the newly-built Caryl Churchill Theatre at Royal Holloway University here, including more than 5000m of audio cabling and 3000m video cabling. Along with custom communications racks, the project included relocating patch panels for loudspeakers and microphones and a new paging system including an RCF amplifier and Penton paging speakers.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications, based here, will participate in the AVB@IBC Conference set for Sept. 15 in conjunction with IBC2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. — Adlib, based here, once again provided an array of sound gear to support the Creamfields dance festival in Daresbury, Cheshire, U.K., which took place over the U.K.’s summer bank holiday weekend in late August. Adlib again worked closely with creative and technical production specialists LarMac LIVE on the event.
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