Sound Division continues school run
Following The Sound Division Group’s recent sound and lighting installation at the American Community School in Egham in Surrey, Sound Division continues to build upon its reputation in the educational market with the completion of another comprehensive sound and lighting installation at Islington Green school in North London.
Islington Green is a large county comprehensive facility that educates over 1000 girls and boys in the heart of one of the most culturally diverse areas of London. Sound Division’s brief was to provide a system for the main hall that was capable of handling everything from speech reinforcement to live and pre-recorded music in a variety of situations from awards ceremonies, assemblies and drama productions.
Sound Division specified and installed a Crown-driven ElectroVoice sound system based on EV Sx300 loudspeakers supplemented by Sx100A powered monitors with a Behringer DSP 1124P feedback destroyer. A number of Sennheiser EW112/22 lavalier radio microphone systems were also supplied plus a pair of E664 overhead ambience mics and a further K6-P and ME66 ambience mic, also from Sennheiser. Finally on the audio side, Sound Division supplied a Soundcraft FX8 16-channel mixing console which is ideal for both stage and studio use, and particularly suitable for live recording, and therefore a very flexible option for the school.
The lighting system installed consisted of a selection of Selecon Fresnels and Zoom Spots and two Selecon stage Follow Spots all controlled through a Zero 88 Alcora mixing desk.
According to Sound Division’s David Graham, the installation went very smoothly. “We’ve always made a point of being prioritising local business because we feel it’s important to be on hand for service and back-up and instils a level of confidence in the customer that might not necessarily exist if we were further away. In this case, the school is just ten minutes drive away, so if anything should be required in a hurry, we can be there with no problem.”
Head of Drama for the school, Mike Harpham agreed. "Sound Division had been recommended to us by a number of people, and the fact that they already have experience of the educational market and are so close to hand really made our decision very straightforward. I’m delighted with the system they’ve put in for us. It’s a vast improvement over what we did have, and so far has proved itself admirably."
April 2003