For throwback Thursday, let's take a look at a 2013 production of Berlioz's Les Troyens. It's part of The Metropolitan Opera's nightly digital streaming series, now in week 11. And as far as online training and webcasts, it's a banner day with myriad options to explore. Our suggestions for May 28, 2020 are as follows:
Training and Webcasts:
• 11am Eastern: City Theatrical Multiverse Wireless DMX Webinar Series: Multiverse Transmitter: A deeper look at the Multiverse Transmitter, which contains four different radios and can broadcast as many as 10 universes from one transmitter. This webinar will also include how to set up complex multiple universe broadcasts. Led by Harrison Hohnholt. Register Here.
• 11am Eastern: IPTV & Video Streaming by SpinetiX Elementi Software: A special focus on how to create a simple yet impactful streaming project. Register Here.
• 12pm Eastern: Harman Professional Live Workshop Series: Lighting Truss Rigging for Lighting Technicians with Sarah O’Brien. Go from an empty stage to a functional lighting rig with these basic rigging techniques for small to medium festival stages. Topics will include an overview of truss and rigging, hoist functionality and safety, labeling for efficiency and more. Featuring Sarah O'Brien, Tony Schweinberg, Brad Schiller, Heather Busch, Zach Boswell. Register Here.
• 12pm Eastern Ultratec Facebook Live EZ Kleen Fluid Maintenance Demo: Tony Wikner, senior service technician, demonstrates how to use EZ Kleen Fluid to reduce blockages in your fog machine. Watch the live demo and send in your questions. Watch Here.
• 12pm Eastern: Entertainment Technical Training Center, Rigging Design for Aerial Performance, Webinar Part 2, led by Eric Rouse. Watch on Facebook Live.
• 1pm Eastern: Onyx At Your Service: Obsidian Control Systems presents a webinar focused on lighting control and programming for Houses of Worship. Obsidian Control Systems product manager Matthias Hinrichs will lead a two-hour discussion with experienced ONYX programmers and lighting designers Chris Eguizabal of Riverside, California, and Joseph Wolff of Calgary, Alberta. Get insight into their workflow and programming styles and understand the components needed to put together small and large ONYX systems for churches and other HoW venues. Register Here.
• 1pm Eastern: Dante Domain Manager Deep Dive: Clocking: Dante Domain Manager opens up new synchronization possibilities for your Dante Network. This course will review the basics of Dante clocking, walk through how clocking works in a system with Dante Domain Manager, how to use external (GPS) clocks to sync your Dante devices, and how Dante clocking works in AES67 and SMPTE2110 interoperability modes. Register Here.
• 4pm Eastern: Ask ACT Anything: Brad Nelms welcomes world-renowned club and EDM designer Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting for the latest edition of Ask ACT Anything Designer Series @actlighting
• 5pm Eastern: The Future of Lighting Design for Concert Venues: Creating Harmony Between Venue Lighting and Artist Productions: Join IALD Southern California for a conversation with lighting designers Michael Mahlum and Zach Matusow. Lighting design for concert venues should be distinctive, bold and dynamic. In this webinar, two prestigious lighting designers, one from the stage and one from architecture, share their experiences and discuss approaches to developing exciting and memorable lighting concert experiences for both artists and audiences. Then, explore what the future holds for the design of concert venues as advances in technology allow for more seamless integration between architectural and production lighting. Register Here.
• 8pm Eastern: Wingspace Virtual Salon #8, Parent Designers In Conversation: Join Wingspace as designer parents discuss being designer parents. We’ll talk about parenting while in quarantine/lockdown/stay-at-home for the last few months, challenges getting pregnant, designing while expecting, designing with a newborn, a toddler, an elementary-aged child, more than one child. Hopefully, we’ll laugh a little while being honest and real about how hard (and how awesome) parenting and designing can be. Featuring Valérie Therese Bart, Aaron Copp, Jenny Mannis, and Sherrice Mojgani in conversation. Facilitated by Porsche McGovern. Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 826 4013 7757
Password: 161466
For Your Viewing Pleasure:
• 7:30pm: Metropolitan Opera: Berlioz's Les Troyens, production: Francesca Zambello, set designer: Maria Bjørnson, costume designer: Anita Yavich, lighting designer: James F. Ingalls. Watch Here.
• New York City Ballet: Final Week of their Digital Spring Season. Watch Here.
• Opera America – live streams.
Listen or Watch Anytime:
• ETC On Headset: The Billington Files
• EDC 2020 Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon: Insomniac has posted videos from this year’s virtual event. Watch Here.
Special Event:
• National Design Portfolio Review—Virtual Event (thru May 29): The National Design Portfolio Review is an annual event, usually held in New York City to introduce talented theatrical designers graduating from the country's top MFA programs, including the University of Washington, to industry professionals. This year, the graduating MFA designers Chanté Hamann (costume design), Adair MacCormack (scenic design), Chun Yen Huang (lighting design), Trevor Cushman (lighting design), and Em Allen (scenic design) will be part of a virtual event. If you are an industry professional and you would like to request an invitation to NDPR, please contact event coordinator Katie Danner at 816-813-3476 or [email protected]. More information here.
Industry Resources: