As the weekend approaches, there's still all day Friday to get yourself in gear for a day of online courses and an evening screening of CATS! The Musical, so get ready for The Jellicle Ball. Plus a look at CalArts Virtual Expo, and an archived webcast about Royal Albert Hall's sound system design, not to mention ETC's great history of moving lights presentation and the second Tech Table hosted by KC Wilkerson. There's never a dull moment online. Here are Live Design's suggestions for improvement and enjoyment on Friday, May 15 and over the weekend.
Training:
• 2pm Central HARMAN Professional Solutions presents The Learning Sessions in conjunction with HARMAN Professional University, featuring lighting or audio experts who have extensive industry knowledge and experience working with various touring acts—The Art of Making Productions Look Larger with Robert Groble: Clients often want big looks on a shoestring budget. Learn how to get closer to the goal by considering equipment selection, fixture placement and the scope of the project. Register Here.
• 6pm Central: TroikaTronix Isadora—Guru Session #14: Intro To Projection Mapping: Isadora's creator Mark Coniglio will introduce you to IzzyMap, Isadora's built-in projection mapping tool. During this session, designed for novice users and above, Mark will guide you through the entire projection mapping workflow: starting from the stage design, he'll show you how to prepare your video materials, to build the projection mapping "slices" in IzzyMap, and how to map those images onto a small model which you too can prepare. Details and links are in the TroikaTronix forum.
Over The Weekend:
Sunday, 7pm Eastern: The new 4Wall Sunday Roundtable series on Facebook Live hosted by 4Wall’s Drew Quinones and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jeff Croiter. Guests on May 17: Eleven-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Barnhart, Tony Award-winner Ken Billington, Knight of Illumination Award-winner Al Crawford, and lighting designer/director Emmanuelle Gigi Pedron. Watch Here.
Ongoing Training:
• Group One/Certified SSL Live Training:These popular training sessions provide hands-on training across the SSL Live console range and the unique features and workflow set ups of these amazing sounding consoles. All you need is to download the offline SOLSA software, send your details for one of our weekly online courses. Register Here. Full Training Schedule. Avolites YouTube Channel.
• Bill Sapsis: social distancing compliant rigging training program: Bill brings his 45+ years of experience to your video screen for live discussions issues that address your specific concerns and the needs of your operation. On Zoom or Webex; 60 – 90 minutes long; you identify the topics to be discussed; you provide the attendees; organizations, theatre companies, service companies, IA Locals, colleges & universities; 1 ETCP Renewal credit for each hour of training; Free (for now). Contact: [email protected]
• ETC Study Hall: ETC's curated and new content, including tailored articles and videos as well as links to helpful content. Sign In Here. Includes ETC's History of Moving Lights with Tom Littrell and Matt Stoner. Watch Here.
For Your Viewing—And Listening— Pleasure:
• CATS! The Musical: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Shows Must Go On! series continues this weekend with the stage production of Cats! starring Elaine Page and John Mills. Sets and costumes by John Napier. Lighting by David Hersey. Starting at 2pm Eastern 4/15 (available for 48 hours online). Watch Here.
• Friday, May 15: Opera Philadelphia—The Barber Of Seville. Part of their digital opera festival. A 2014 production with lighting design by Driscoll Otto, sets by Shoko Kambara. Watch Here. Online thru 6/29.
• Saturday, May 16, 8pm Eastern: Tech Table, the newest offering from Projects with Jason, presents a talk with Aaron Rhyne, video and projection designer, hosted by KC Wilkerson, principal lighting designer for Disney Parks Live Entertainment (Anaheim). Watch Here.
• Sunday May 17, 6pm Eastern: The Shed—Passing Notes: by Artists Troy Anthony and Jerome Ellis, a Virtual Live Music-Ritual for Public Mourning, Communion, and Healing. Free Tickets Here.
• USITT TECHnically Speaking Podcast: A conversation with 2020 Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award winner Jeff Sherwood. Listen Here.
• Dante: Designing and Managing the World’s Largest Single-Room Speaker System at the Royal Albert Hall (webcast): The manufacturers, solution designers, integrators and the Royal Albert Hall head of production address the audio challenges in light of a recent make-over of acoustics, reinforcement and infrastructure, leading the way for live events in to the 21st century. Watch Here.
• Metropolitan Opera Nightly Stream
• New York City Ballet Digital Spring Season
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