Internet2/New World Symphony Performance and Master Class Production Workshop
   The Internet2/New World Symphony Performance and Master Class Production 
Workshop January 14-15 in Miami Beach, FL will provide attendees with an in-depth 
look at the elements needed to do everything from simple one-on-one interactions 
to large-scale stage productions via Internet2 advanced networks. Participants 
in this hands-on audio/video production workshop will learn how to connect in 
real-time with remote sites, set up live collaborations involving incoming and 
outgoing video/audio, handle a multi-camera shoot, place lighting and projectors, 
and troubleshoot and operate codecs. 
   The New World Symphony's Lincoln Theater is 
a state-of-the-art facility that has a control booth with robotically-controlled 
cameras, codecs, and other production equipment all in one place. The workshop 
will begin with a series of overview presentations, after which participants 
will break into small groups for tours of the control booth followed by hands-on 
mini-workshops for lighting, videostreaming, and audio techniques. 
    During the 
lighting session, Clyde Scott, Video Production Manager at New World Symphony, 
will demonstrate the do's and dont's of effective lighting for video transmission 
by showing participants how to place lights around a subject. Jonathan Tyman, 
Internet2 Manager for Digital Video, will assist remotely from the Internet2 
office in Ann Arbor, MI, providing critiques of the workshop participants 
lighting techniques. A mini-workshop on video streaming will feature a side-by-side 
comparison of several codec models. Columbia University will serve as the remote 
site workshop participants will connect to using the various codecs, with Alan 
Crosswell, Director for Networks and Computing Systems at Columbia, providing 
support remotely. 
   An audio mini-workshop will be hosted by Brian Shepard, 
Coordinator of Music Technology Programs at the University of Oklahoma School of 
Music. Dr. Shepard a pioneer in the use of Internet2 to conduct master classes 
and performances with remote collaborators will guide workshop participants 
through microphone selection, microphone placement, and other audio techniques. 
On the second day of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to 
pull together all these elements: lighting, audio, and codecs and set up 
their own simulated live event. 
    According to Shepard, "The explosion of artistic 
and performance collaborations that are possible as a result of Internet2 advanced 
networks has created a huge need for people skilled in the creative uses of 
audio and video as well as networking technologies. By bringing together audio 
and video specialists as well as network engineers, this workshop goes a long 
way towards filling that need."