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The Basics of Saxophone Acoustics: When Work Meets Play
I have been playing the saxophone since the age of 9 and it has remained a pretty serious hobby of mine ever since, perhaps only ever…
April 5, 2017
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The Nutcracker: A Case for The Arts
As the end of the year approached, I, like many around the world, rushed once again to the theater, to see one of the most popular…
March 29, 2017
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Best Seat in the House
As you might guess, Acentech is full of lovers of music and theater, and many a Monday morning conversation in the office kitchen recaps, praises, and…
March 15, 2017
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Travel Tips from a Sound System Designer
We all know that online meetings are commonplace. I would even go so far as to say that for many people, they are preferred for a…
February 14, 2017
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Houston’s Acoustical Oddity: The Buffalo Bayou Cistern
“Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in east Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex, money and violence. It’s a…
Houston Chronicle
January 16, 2017
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Bob Wolff On: Progress in design of school performance & assembly facilities
My first theatrical activity, in 1949, was as curtain puller in the 6th grade musical, Kathleen, the Maid of Killarney, at Brookdale Elementary School (Bloomfield, NJ). …
August 24, 2016
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Beethoven: Revisited.
I often find myself in conversations with my colleagues at Acentech about favorite composers, pieces of music, and of course, performance halls. I began studying the…
June 29, 2016
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So How Does That Sound? A Listening Tour of Boston’s Best Venues
As a concertgoer, amateur musician, and acoustics consultant, I’ve had the opportunity to know a number of music rooms as both consultant and listener, and sometimes…
June 10, 2016
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Groupmuse: Giving Classical Music a Millennial Makeover One Event at a Time
by John Lloyd “Classical audiences are old, classical music is older, and both are dying.” If you follow classical music, or even if you don’t, you’ve…
April 4, 2016
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