Specialist installations
St. John's College Chapel
About Sound has recently completed an installation at St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge for webcasting evensong services. Servoreelers provide the hitherto unavailable ability to remotely deploy and retract hard-wired microphones. Suspended microphones are often the best audio solution for a microphone placement but can become a visual distraction. more »
Choral Evensong At New College Oxford
New College Choir is one of the glories of our musical heritage. William of Wykeham, who also founded Winchester College and rebuilt Windsor Castle for Edward III, was responsible for its creation, College and Choir. He provided for sixteen choristers and a dozen clerks to sing the daily office in his magnificent mediaeval chapel. more »
St Dominic’s Sixth Form College Chapel
St Dominic’s Sixth Form College in Harrow is fortunate to have a beautiful chapel, acting as a central focus for the ethos of the school as a whole. The chapel recently underwent a significant refurbishment, part of which was to replace the sound system to cater for a wide range of activities from Mass and school assemblies to concerts and even weddings. more »
St Bene’t’s Church
Take the oldest Saxon building in arguably the UK’s most famous medieval city, and the task of equipping it sensitively with a 21st century sound reinforcement system may sound like the contract from hell. Add to the fact that the current vicar happens to be Revd Angela Tilby, well known for her regular appearances on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’. more »
Philharmonic Hall Liverpool
The stunning Art Demo Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool is home to the equally stunning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra who are currently winning awards left, right and centre with their 2010 Brit Award Winning Male Artist of the Year conductor Vasily Petrenko. About Sound were asked to install Servoreeler to capture performances, avoiding technicians venturing into the hazardous roof space.
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Trinity College Chapel
Trinity is the latest heritage building to benefit from the discreet installation of Servoreeler retractable microphone winches for recording choral services and concert performances by resident and visiting ensembles.
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