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NEW YORK — Masque Sound provided a custom audio equipment package for the latest production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie. The production is currently playing on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. It officially opens on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, and its 17-week run is slated to conclude on Jan.  5, 2014.

NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, DC –– Martin Audio will be demonstrating its MLA Compact loudspeaker system in New York Oct. 21-22 and in Washington, DC on Oct. 24. The NYC demos will take place in the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center (311 West 34th Street). The DC demo is set for the Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, pictured here.

LOS ANGELES – FOH engineer Greg Price is back out on a lengthy world tour with Black Sabbath, with whom he has worked since the band’s first reunion tour in 1997. He’s using an sE Electronics T2 large diaphragm condenser to capture the heavy metal crunch of co-founding band member Tony Iommi’s guitar rig.

MERIDIAN, MS – On April 28, 2013, the Meridian Symphony Chorus and Orchestra recorded the Brahms’ Requiem at Highland Baptist Church in Meridian, MS. This church was chosen for its’ outstanding acoustics. The entire performance was recorded using all Earthworks High Definition Microphones as follows: 4 FW730 Flexwands on choir, 2 QTC40s on the orchestra, 1 SR30 for solo mic, 1 SR30 for room ambience, and 1 PM40 PianoMic on piano.

BUFFALO, NY — For Ciminelli Recital Hall, a 200-seat performance space within Rockwell Hall at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo, AVL Design, AV Solutions, Boynton Pro Audio, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems and engineers from Yamaha Japan all had a hand in the design and/or installation of a new sound system that centers on a Yamaha AFC (Active Field Control) system. The recital hall is optimized for small ensemble and solo performances; SUNY Buffalo’s Rockwell Hall also houses an 850 seat performing arts center for larger-scale productions.

ATLANTA – Mumford & Sons had to cancel some shows in June as bass player Ted Dwane underwent, and recovered from, emergency surgery to deal with a blood clot near his brain. The operation was a success, and the band, which has enjoyed a meteoric rise since the 2009 release of Sigh No More, was able to complete its recent “Full English” tour, in support of the band’s recent album, Babel. Solotech provided an L-Acoustics system for the tour.

LAS VEGAS — Micky Dolenz of Monkees fame will be hosting the 2013 Parnelli Awards in Las Vegas on November 23, executive producer Terry Lowe announced. “We are thrilled to have this consummate entertainer hosting our 13th annual award show,” said Lowe, also publisher of FRONT of HOUSE and PLSN magazines. “His long career as a top performer and his great sense of humor will make for a memorable night.  We’re going to have a lot of fun.”

LAS VEGAS — Nominations are pouring in for both the 2013 Parnelli Awards and Indispensable Technology (“IT”) Awards. The nomination forms for both awards categories will be open through late September. If you haven’t done so already, now’s the time to choose the people, companies and products that will appear on the final 2013 Parnelli ballot. That ballot will be posted online for voting throughout the month of October. Be sure to also reserve your spot (or table) at this year’s event, set for Nov. 23, 2013. It’s expected to be a sellout like last year, but tickets are still available.

WATERLOO, ON — James King, Martin Audio’s marketing director, joined Jason Baird, the company’s R&D director, Simon Bull, director of sales, and Anthony Taylor, managing director, in a discussion of the company’s marketing message.

PORT PERRY, Ontario – Concert Systems Production Group, located in Pensacola, Florida, recently added 28 Adamson M212 stage monitors to their live event production inventory.