Click here for an article in Sound and Video Contractor regarding the nearly complete Arena Stage project in Washington DC. Opening set for fall 2010. (more…)

Playhouse on the Square’s new facility is almost complete and opens January 29 featuring the Tony award winning ‘Pippin’.  Congrats to all involved!   It’s been a fun project, and we can’t wait to see the curtain open. (more…)

This year, like every other, we are gathered at the National Association of Schools of Music conference to discuss the advances and changes in music education at the collegiate level. (more…)

As a Chicago area resident I am fiercely proud of our Shakespearean theater company Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Led by artistic director Barbara Gaines, CST presents exceptionally high quality work. (more…)

In the acoustic design of buildings, we usually make great efforts to remove the possibility that vibration and noise will enter the structure. Vibration re-radiates as unwanted noise and causes annoying and fatiguing spaces. In his sound installation, Playing the Building, David Byrne (more…)

The element of surprise has always been important in battle, and humans have long invented ways to detect their enemies’ arrival. In the pre-satellite and radar era, tracking invaders’ movements was primarily done by listening (more…)

Here at “Sound Thoughts” we are not ones to plug products you can purchase. But every once in a while we find something that is intriguing enough in its form and use that we want to share it with you. One item that has come to our attention recently is the “Object of Sound” series by NOCC. (more…)

We seek out performances that take us to another place and time. Through a visual setting and realistic sound effects, a theatrical performance can do just that. (more…)

On Thursday, July 30, 2009 the National Symphony Orchestra will take another step towards the holy grail of audience engagement by live tweeting program notes during a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6. (more…)

In his blog post entitled “Who Doesn’t Like Timeliness and Big Audiences” arts consultant and Chicago-area resident Drew McManus related his experience during the rare opportunity to listen to a recent concert at the Pritzker Pavilion seated in the choral terrace. (more…)