With a 14,000-plus-member congregation, The Woodlands Methodist Church is one of the largest in Texas. Back in 2001, when it moved into its new 2,200-seat main worship campus in The Woodlands, a suburb just north of Houston, the sound system was designed by...
New Media Film Festival® is all about honoring stories worth telling. The Church (in all denominations!) is all about telling the Greatest Story Ever Told. Match made in heaven? You bet! Technologies for Worship Magazine is honored to be sponsoring New Media Film...
PreSonus has released a major update to its PreSonus Sphere™ membership plan, which already includes licenses for award-winning Studio One® Professional, Notion®, and more. PreSonus Sphere’s new Community feature allows members to connect so they can discuss their favorite audio topics with other enthusiasts; share new mixes to get feedback, get advice on the concept art for their next digital release, and more; and even find other PreSonus Sphere members and share a Workspace with them to begin collaborating.
The Community is completely optional for PreSonus Sphere members. Any member who participates in the Community begins by creating a public profile that only PreSonus Sphere members can see. Community members can add a photo,unique cover art, and audio examples of your productions. The public profile also includes a selection of Skills you wish to highlight, such as Arranging, Audio Editing, Composition, Mastering, Mixing, instruments you play, and more. The Skills define default Channels and help other members connect. For example, if you’re looking for feedback on a new mix, you probably want to post in the Mix Channel, where all the mix engineers are hanging out. You can tag multiple Channels for your post as well.
Cavlo trade show selects Music City for its third edition of its regional event. cavlo has evolved to bring together converging needs for the AVL industry: manufacturers of professional audio, video and lighting equipment looking for a cost-effective way to engage with the professionals who specify, install, and use their products and those same individuals looking to connect with those manufacturers without the expense and lost productivity of a cross-country trip.
“Nashville was a natural choice for our next regional show. It’s an entertainment mecca and major metropolitan area with more than 52 million people living within a 5-hour radius. Residents are primarily in the fields of education, healthcare, hospitality and retail with major office headquarters in proximity,” says Managing Director, Mike Brown-Cestero. “I’m proud that cavlo has proven to be a must-attend and exhibit show. Exhibitors also benefit from it being a regional show as they won’t get lost in the back of a large hall. We’ve also managed to be very cost-effective for manufacturers with all-inclusive booth pricing packages. And what our manufacturers like most is the ROI. No need to waste time scanning badges. They can be relaxed and spend quality time with attendees. cavlo is the show for AVL pros to ideate, integrate, and operate with a mix of specifiers, integrators, production folks and end users attending. Our successful shows in Vegas and Dallas proved to be a great combination of education, networking, and trade show exhibits.”
Leading full-service lighting, video, and rigging company 4Wall Entertainment has added a number of Elation lighting products to its rental inventory across its US locations, acquisitions that included Elation’s award-winning Artiste™, Proteus™ and Smarty™ series luminaires, as well as other products.
“Elation continues to impress us with consistent quality and a robust feature set of their products," said Senior VP of Operations & Product Strategy, Brett Puwalski. “The Artiste series will be a workhorse for our clients and adding the Proteus Lucius was a natural fit next to the IP65-rated Proteus Maximus and Hybrid fixtures that have been very successful for us over the past few years."
For the 12th consecutive year, Sound Productions (SoundPro) is offering a scholarship to one graduating high school senior in pursuit of a technical audiovisual degree. As part of SoundPro’s goal of building a better future for the Audio, Video, and Lighting industry, the Jeff Humphrey Technical Scholarship contributes to educating the next generation of AV professionals.
SoundPro CEO Joshua Curlett established the annual scholarship in 2010. In 2020, the scholarship was renamed in memory of SoundPro’s Executive Vice President, Jeff Humphrey, a talented Front of House engineer who also spent over twenty years with SoundPro. “Jeff was such an advocate for education,” said Curlett. “We are thrilled to continue to honor him through this scholarship, and he’d be proud of the opportunities we’ve given to students interested in pursuing audiovisual degrees. It’s our way to honor Jeff, serve the industry, and help kids pay for school.”
The annual scholarship is awarded to one student in pursuit of a technical audiovisual degree in the amount of $2,500 and is open to students across the United States. The submission deadline is April 1, 2022, with scholarship selection to be made by May 2, 2022. To learn more about the scholarship or to apply, please visit www.soundpro.com/cares for details.
SDVI, the leading platform provider for cloud-native media supply chains, today congratulates Hilary Roschke, vice president of strategic operations, for being named head of Americas and chair of board for Rise North America. In this new role for the Rise organization, Roschke will help build relationships and drive North American membership and program expansion.
"We share in the commitment to bringing more diversity to our industry, and we can think of no one better than Hilary to help lead Rise's initiatives in North America," said Larry Kaplan, president and CEO of SDVI. "We are happy to see Hilary take on this additional role with the Rise North American chapter and will provide all the support she needs to help the organization expand its reach with women in our industry."
Riedel Communications today announced that Liverpool Philharmonic has deployed the company's Bolero wireless intercom system in a standalone configuration to enhance communications at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. In the Hall's Art Deco auditorium and smaller Music Room, the Bolero system is replacing an existing wired communications solution to manage and cue concerts, live events, recording activities, and filming work.
Each year, over 350,000 people attend over 400 concerts and events presented at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. These include performances by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra — the oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra in the U.K. — and a diverse lineup of world-class artists, from classical and pop to comedy, film, and spoken word. In addition, Liverpool Philharmonic owns the largest collection of church bells of any U.K. orchestra — 14 in all — which allowed the Orchestra to be the U.K.'s first to perform Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and others with the correct low bells, as originally specified by the composer.
LynTec, a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting (AVL) systems, is delivering proper lighting and video wall power control for Alaska's News Source broadcast studios. Installed by Alaska Universal Productions (AUP), two LynTec RPCR Automated Relay Panels provide 32 circuits of automated power control, enabling fast and efficient lighting presets to support the broadcaster's busy network schedule, reducing cable runs and ensuring the lighting and video walls operate as efficiently as possible.
"Broadcasters like Alaska's New Source are tasked with delivering the news and can't afford for their systems to go down in the middle of a segment," said Jonathan Huff, CEO and president of AUP. "I knew I needed a power control product that wouldn't fail. LynTec is super simple and reliable."
Even in the midst of the long, cold days of the pandemic, the spirit of hope and renewal glowed brightly. One such example can be seen quite vividly at the 183-year old Connection Pointe Christian Church outside Indianapolis, where a refurbished lighting rig and a...
