Across five public performance venues, the Academy’s Recording Department generates high quality multicamera videos of orchestral and chamber events throughout the year, destined for use on its website, YouTube, and live-streaming sites. In addition, the Recording Department provides a service for students to record academic submissions, scholarship applications, competition entries, and other AV projects during term time.
The Academy recently embarked on a long-term program to upgrade and update its buildings and technical facilities. The ongoing work centers on construction of a new theatre and recital hall, as well as relocating and redesigning the associated control rooms. Transmitting live audio and video signals between buildings over distances in excess of several hundred meters has proved a fundamental challenge.
The objective is to facilitate a more efficient and comfortable centralized environment in which producers can manage the wide variety of recordings and live productions undertaken each year.