2010 Concerts ______________ Capital Jazz Supercruise ~ October 2009 MHA Audio provided sound systems for the third year for the Capital Jazz Supercruise aboard the Royal Carribean ship, Grandeur of Seas, departing out of the Port of Baltimore. Passengers were entertained all day and all night with acts performing on The Pool Deck, in the Paladium Theatre and the South Pacific Lounge. Acts enjoyed this year were Najee, Joe Sample, Chuck Brown, KEM, Brian Culbertson, David Sanborn, Patti Austin, Jonathan Butler, Rick Braun, Candy Dulfer and War. ______________ Virgin Mobile Festival 2009 The Virgin Mobile Festival moved to Merriweather Post Pavilion this year and admission was Free! For the third year MHA Audio provided multiple sound systems for the event. A complete Martin Longbow system, with a pair of PM5D's and a pair of Midas analog consoles, was provided for the West Stage. We added a pair of PM5Ds and a monitor system to the Blink 182 rig for all support acts on the Pavilion Stage. A Martin W8LC / WSX rig was provided for the Dance Stage. Acts included Weezer, Girl Talk, Franz Ferdinand and Pete Tong. ______________ Artscape Festival ~ July 2009 Baltimore, MD ~ This free festival is one of America's largest art celebrations, featuring arts, crafts, the funkiness of the Art Cars and dozens of natioanl and local musical acts. The three stages of entertainment featured Dionne Warwick, The Cheaters, Robin Thicke, Robert Randolf, April Sampe, Dave Tieff Band, Basshound, Tim Warfield and Jason Dove. For more info on Artscape, visit www.artscape.org ______________ MSO " Salute to Independence" ~ July 2009 For over 20 years MHA Audio has supplied the sound system for the Maryland Symphony Orchestra's annual Independence Day concert on the hallowed grounds of the Antietam National Battlefield. The annual event attracts over 40,000 visitors. The distributed sound system uses Lectrosonics UHF wireless receivers to send the audio signal to the twelve delay positions.
The independence celebration program "Vintage Americana" was conducted by music director, Elizabeth Schulze. Traditional numbers included, "The Star Spangled Banner", "Maryland, My Maryland" and Sousa marches. The 65 piece orchestra performed Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" and featured a salute to American Big Band sounds. The concert ended with the crowd pleasing "1812 Overture" by Tchaikovsky, fireworks and cannons firing on cue. ______________ Capital Jazz Festival ~ June 2009 Merriweather Post Pavilion ~ This year's 17th annual festival showcased contemporary jazz and R & B on 2 big stages. Performers included Fourplay, Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, George Duke, Raheem DeVaughn, The Underground Divas, Peabo Bryson, En Vogue, Al Jarreau and Kirk Whalum. ______________ Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Ball ~ January 2009 National Harbor, MD ~ The two-story purple cowboy boot, at the entrance of the Gaylord Convention Center, set the tone for the this mega sized event presented by the Texas State Society of Washington, DC. Every room, hallway and alcove on 3 floors of the Gaylord featured different country music favorites performing on elaborate sets. The five different stages showcased Jack Ingram, Neal McCoy, Tracy Byrd, Asleep at the Wheel, Dale Watson and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. ______________ Virgin Mobile Festival 2008~ Baltimore Now in its 2nd year, IMP brought the Virgin Mobile Festival to Pimlico Race Course this year with a broad range of acts for a 2-Day event. For the last 3 years, MHA Audio has supplied the sound systems for the South Stage and the DJ Dance Tent. The artists' line up, which included more than 40 acts, featured KT Tunstall, Bob Dylan, Go!Team, Andrew Bird, the Offspring, The Silver Beats, Chuck Berry, The Foo Fighters and Kanye West. The Sound System for the South Stage consisted of 24 Martin W8L Longbow, 16 Martin W8LS subs, 20 d&b B2 subs and 4 Martin W8LM.
In the DJ Dance Tent system comprised of, (16) Martin W8LC's and (24) Martin WSX subs.
______________ Artscape Festival ~ July 2008 Baltimore, MD ~ This free festival is one of America's largest art celebrations, featuring arts, crafts, the funkiness of the Art Cars and dozens of musical acts. The four stages of entertainment featured Roberta Flack, Rusted Root, Local R&B sensation Mario, Mike Doughty, SOJA, Stupid Hero, The Oranges, trio Back Door Slam, Caleb Stine & The Brakeman, Dru Hill with Sisqo, Joan Jett & The Black Hearts, Gary B & The Notions and The Thrushes.
The festival also includes the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition and focuses on performing arts, street theatre, dance, literary arts, the artists' market, family activities and of course, great food.
______________ Capital Jazz Festival ~ June 2008 Merriweather Post Pavilion ~ This year's 16th annual festival showcased contemporary jazz and R & B on 2 big stages. Some of the performers included Boney James, Patti Austin, Roberta Flack, Maysa, Kim Waters, Wayman Tisdale, Dianne Reeves, Chris Botti and Jeffrey Osborne.
The festival also offers fans arts and crafts, great food and artist workshops. ______________ Virgin Festival ~ August 4 & 5, 2007 For the second year in a row, Virgin Mobile brought its acclaimed music festival to the U.S. at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. MHA Audio supplied sound systems for two stages. For the South Stage, we supplied a Martin Audio W8L Longbow speaker system, W8LS subs, Midas XL4 and Yamaha PM5DRH mixing consoles. The artists' line up included Modest Mouse, 311, Wu-Tang Clan, Velvet Revolver and Matisyahu.
In the 100' x 250' DJ tent, we used (16) W8LC's and (24) WSX subs.
Special thanks to the owners and staff of IMP and the 9:30 Club for bringing the festival to Maryland, and including MHA Audio in this event. ______________ Artscape Festival ~ July 2007 Baltimore, MD ~ For the fourth year MHA Audio and owner, Michael Scarfe, provided sound and production for one of the country's largest free, outdoor music events. The festival provided four music stages with continuous entertainment. Top artists for the main stage included The Isley Brothers, Lupe Fiasco, Keyshia Cole, Ryan Shaw and Burning Spear
The Festival Stage featured Martin Sexton, Los Lonely Boys, The Old 97's and Sam Bush.
The Local Artist's stage showcased June Star, Santa Mamba and Fools and Horses.
DJ Culture and Fashion rounded out the entertainment.
The festival also focuses on the performing arts, street theatre, dance, literary arts, the artists' market, family activities and of course, great food.
The festival also features the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition with congratulations going to Georgene Fontain of Germantown, MD.
______________ African American Heritage Festival ~ July 2007 In its sixth year, this annual event held at Camden Yards in Baltimore is a family celebration of the history, culture, heritage and arts of African Americans. For the fourth year, MHA Audio provided (24) Martin W8L Longbow, (16) Martin W8LS Flown Subs, (12) Martin WSX for the main stage, and (16) W8LC and (8) W8LS for the secondary stage, along with production management for the event. Over 100,000 attended the three day festival to hear musical acts Musiq Soulchild, Patti Labelle, Temptations and Charlie Wilson. ______________ Capital Jazz Festival ~ Merriweather Post Pavilion / May 30 - June 3, 2007 Each June, the DC metro area treats thousands of devoted jazz fans to fantastic music at the Capital Jazz Festival. This was the 15th year for the festival and MHA Audio has been there every year! The festival opened Wednesday evening with perfomances by George Benson and Al Jarreau, and Thursday evening featured Herbie Hancock. The weekend line up included Patti Austin, Bob James, Earl Klugh, David Sanborn, Diane Schuur, Vivian Green, Isaac Hayes, Dave Koz and Take Six. ______________ Operation CeaseFire Concert ~ Washington, DC ~ September 24, 2005 Operation Ceasefire is a coalition of concerned musicians who oppose war. The anti-war rally and free concert took place on the Washington Monument grounds. International recording artists Thievery Corporation brought together musical acts such as Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Le Tigre, Bouncing Souls, country artisit Steve Earle, socially conscious hip hop groups like The Coup, the rock 'n soul group The Bellrays, along with progressive performers Head-Roc, Jello Biafra, Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and legendary performer and activist Joan Baez. Over 100,000 attended the 11 hour protest. Speakers such as Julian Bond, Reverend Al Sharpton, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright and Rose Gentle urged lawmakers to bring our troops home. The concert was part of three days of massive anti-war activities planned in Washington, DC by United for Peace and Justice. MHA Audio provided all the audio needs for the concert on the mall. For more info please visit www.unitedforpeace.org ______________ White House Easter Egg Roll ~ March 28, 2005 Thousands braved the heavy rain to hunt for more than 10,000 brightly decorated Easter eggs at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The egg roll dates back to the 19th century and is held annually on the Monday after Easter. Secretary Margaret Spellings, and Department of Education and Secretary, Michael Leavitt hosted this year's event. Children were greeted with warm hugs by the Easter Bunny and friends and enjoyed eight stages of entertainment and the traditional egg race on the South Lawn. Entertainers included Bear in the Big Blue House, Animal Planet and Raggs Kids Club. There was also face painting, music, magicians and storytelling by various authors and Bush administration officials. For the first time, MHA Audio provided the sound systems for all eight stages. ______________ A Celebration of Freedom ~ January 2005 Photos of "A Celebration of Freedom"
See story below.
Photos Courtesy of Bruce Nelms ______________ A Celebration of Freedom ~ January 19, 2005 With fresh snow blanketing the Ellipse just outside the south lawn of the White House, and temperatures in the teens, engineers, technicians, news media, and countless volunteers readied the site for the President, friends and guests for the opening celebration of the 2005 Inauguration. Ryan Seacrest emceed the musical extravaganza and salute to freedom to a large crowd, who braved the cold to hear President Bush's address and view the spectacular fireworks display by Grucci, Inc.
With Presidential party seated outdoors on a heated stage, American Idol winner, Ruben Studdard sang the National Anthem. Gary Sinise introduced the salute to America's space program and the Apollo astronauts, with memories spoken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Musical artists included the Gatlin Brothers, Kenny Chesney, Patti LaBelle, Yolanda Adams with the Eastern High School Choir of Washington, DC and opera singer, Andrea Bocelli.
After President Bush and Vice President Cheney addressed the audience, fireworks sparkled above the White House and the Washington Monument.
MHA Audio owner, Michael Scarfe, designed the audio system and worked as production manager for this event in conjunction with Blayne Candy and Ajay Patil, owners of Showcall, Inc. Showcall was responsible for overall technical direction and production management and George Schlatter Productions were the event producers.
The sound system was designed for an audience on the ellipse of 65,000 and consisted of a full complement of Martin Audio Line Array technology with 40 W8L in the main L/R hang and 24 W8LC distributed in four groups of six for the delays. 9 Martin Audio WSX horn loaded subs were deployed each side of the stage and were used to great effect during the video segment saluting the Apollo astronauts. In addition, two Martin W8C enclosures were used for front fill.
All the speakers were driven by Martin MA4.2 power amplifiers and controlled using XTA DP226 processors via XTA Audiocore. The delays received their signal via Lectrosonics Digital 400 Series wideband UHF systems. A Midas XL4 was the main music console with a Yamaha PM4000 being used for all other production inputs, and a Midas Venice 320 was used to distribute the press feed to over 540 channels of press mult. The monitor system centered around a Yamaha PM4000M and TC Electronics EQ station. Monitor speakers were either Martin Audio LE700 or LE12J, all Crown driven.
FOH engineers were Trueman Montfort, Jr. and Charlie Emmons. Monitor engineers were Bruce Nelms and David Colella. Robert Bowers, Keith Suffecool and Chuck Wells were the stage crew.
Photos for this event are courtesy of photographer, William Gray of Gray Pictures LLC.
For more information, please visit these web sites:
www.showcallusa.com
www.whitehouse.gov/inaugual/photoessay3/
www.graypictures.com
______________ Presidential Campaign Tour ~ Fall 2004 The Presidential race of 2004 was a fast paced campaign requiring efficiency, reliability and high quality equipment. Working with Showcall, Inc. who provided a touring package of sound, lights and staging to the RNC for the Bush re-election campaign, MHA Audio provided the professional sound systems for four teams.
Utilizing the Martin Audio W8LC line array and Midas consoles, four teams traveled across the U.S. providing support for the RNC. Each audio system was configured to cover venues ranging from town halls, city parks, airfields, arenas and football stadiums.
We are proud of all the engineers and crew who worked tirelessly to make this touring campaign a great success. The sound teams included Trueman Montfort Jr., Keith Suffecool, Charlie Emmons, Jim Sticha, Howie Linderman, Matthew Fox, Peter Franco and Tim Van Ness.
For more info visit:
www.showcallusa.com
www.prweb.com ______________ Election Night ~ November 2, 2004 The Will Gravitt Band, Darrell Worley, Mark Wills and Billy Cervana rocked the stage in the five-story atrium of the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center on election night for the Republican National Committee celebration. The event hosted 5,000 guests and went on until 6 AM with no victory declared. Working on no sleep and well into the 24 hour mark, the sound crew readied for the next afternoon's acceptance speech by President Bush, while guests slept on the floor.
Having worked in the Reagan building many times, MHA Audio owner and sound designer, Mike Scarfe, was able to configure the perfect sound for this victory party. A Martin Audio W8L line array was flown from a 20 ft. truss either side of the stage. The horn loaded W8L speaker system provided exceptional pattern control, which is necessary in a building with so many flat surfaces.
The FOH engineer was Robert Bowers and the monitor engineer was David Colella. Keith Suffecool worked as patch master on stage. Bruce Nelms engineered the audio for the video mix. Lighting was provided by BSL Productions, and Showcall, Inc. was responsible for overall technical direction and production management.
Photos courtesy of Mel Lukens.
For more information on this event, please visit these web sites:
www.showcallusa.com
www.bslproductions.com
www.plsn.com
______________ Chris Rock HBO Special The new Chris Rock HBO Special, "Never Scared", was recorded at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC and MHA Audio was chosen to provide the sound. Martin Audio W8LC line array were deployed in this acoustically challenging venue. |
