The
Country Day School
An A/V Update for Performing
Arts
With
a hundred acre campus north of
Richmond Hill, the Country Day School provides university-preparatory
education for boys and girls from Junior Kindergarten to Grade
12.
This exceptional campus also boasts a state-of-the-art
Performing Arts Centre, opened in 2002.
As the school website explains: “At CDS, the Arts are
considered to be as much a part of a child's development and
success as reading, writing, and arithmetic.”
(www.cds.on.ca)
Project
The Country
Day School
chose Videoscope to handle the A/V upgrades for the Centre, as
well as other areas of the campus.
The Performing Arts Centre was designed with an excellent audio
and lighting system. The
acoustics are so good that it is rented out for professional
sound recording for classical music CDs. Originally however,
there was no video component.
Scope
To
add video recording for performances and presentations,
Videoscope installed three Sony BRC-300 cameras with remote
control and monitors. The
cameras are all mounted at the 2nd floor level: one just outside
the Control Room and one on each side closer to the stage. Pan,
tilt and zoom are handled by a joy stick panel in the control
room. The switcher sends the camera feeds directly to a DVD recorder along with the
audio. This way,
events are ready for immediate distribution. Future
plans include webcasting as well.
Videoscope had already installed
a large venue Sanyo LCD projector with a custom long-throw lens.
To this we added a 20-foot diagonal
motorized Da-Lite screen for special events.
For
theatre event audio, Videoscope supplied an 8-channel Sennheiser
wireless microphone system.
Students perform in many ambitious school productions,
such as Romeo and Juliet, Aladdin and Fiddler on the Roof, all
crewed technically by Performing Arts Centre students.
Videoscope Engineering Project Manager,
Lee
Burke, discovered their enthusiasm when a group of six students
showed up for his summer training session on camera operation.
Meeting
the Challenge
CDS Technical Director, Kim
Marchessault says: “Since
all our productions are run by students (including our Junior
School
show) we needed equipment that was of high quality but simple
enough for youngsters to operate. Videoscope was very receptive
to this.”
Videscope Sales Consultant Lorne Feld comments:
“Kim Marchessault’s technical direction always challenges Videoscope to
create solutions that are up to the high standards of the
Performing Arts Centre. At
Videoscope, we always look forward to meeting that challenge.
We are proud to be involved with this exceptional
educational facility.”
Contact
us toll-free at 1.877.387.2673 or email us at sales@videoscope.com
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Control
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Wall-mounted Camera
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