New York conservatory installs DiGiCo D5T

USA - The Juilliard School is an internationally renowned performing arts conservatory located at Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in New York City. In 2008, the school identified a number of areas to be built or renovated as part of a redevelopment project. One of those newly created spaces included the Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theatre, a multi-use performance and event space. A DiGiCo D5T will serve as the central hub of the control room, connecting the theatre with the Music Technology Programme's new recording room.

Juilliard's Chief Audio Engineer and veteran audio professional, Marc Waithe, specified a DiGiCo D5T system for the theatre. In his 17-year tenure at the school, Waithe designed all of the main performance audio systems, as well as systems for The Museum of Modern Art and The School of American Ballet as a freelance consultant.

Altel Systems, based in New York State, engineered the electroacoustic systems for the new spaces at Juilliard, and installed all the equipment including the D5T. JaffeHolden Acoustics provided the wiring infrastructure and acoustic design. "The DiGiCo D5T package is a significant part of the owner-specified equipment that we are installing," says Altel's project engineer Tom Young, "which also includes a large number of speakers, microphones, processing, portable racks, personal mixing systems, portable cabling and miscellaneous hardware."

(Jim Evans)