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Time is fast running out to buy a Wenger Conductor’s Upper Podium complete with a safety handrail at our special discounted end of term price. But hurry. This offer must close at the end of July.

Stable, stylish and sturdy the Conductor’s Upper Podium is ideally suited for use in an auditorium or performance venue and is equally at home in the rehearsal room. Designed for use with a companion base podium to which it locks securely it includes a detachable safety rail finished with black, scratch resistant powder coated paint. The platform surface enjoys the benefit of a hard wearing but stylish grey carpet, while the one-piece steel framework provides strength and rigidity. Rubber pads ensure stability and thanks to in-built wheels mobility when moving the podium from one location to another is made easy.



Take a look at the video demonstration on the Black Cat Music YouTube channel or go straight to our online offer page

For limitless configuration flexibility and multi-level staging, it’s all about the legs. That’s the StageTek story from Wenger. Staging that redefines the standard for strength, durability, ease of use, safety and flexibility.

Based on over fifty years of developing staging for events, performance and music and arts education, Wenger has developed StagTek which can be configured to different shapes and heights to suit the application and venue. By making the legs, ‘plug and play’, intuitive to install and affordable, a variety of heights and configurations are possible that folding stage systems simply cannot do.

Decks are lighter and faster to set up too, easy to lift and handle and what’s more significantly exceed the industry standards for loadings and stability. Lighter and safer to lift and carry StageTek is also easy to move on carts and store away when not in used. All this and the best warranty on the market today. Take a look at the video.

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A ‘Call for Papers’ by Music Education Expo Conference organizer, Rhinegold anticipates high a response. The conference which takes place from 12th to 13th March 2015 at the Barbican in London, runs alongside an associated exhibition. Black Cat Music and sister-company MusicPracticeRooms.com are both Platinum Sponsors and will be participating in the associated conference as well as exhibiting their product range.

Educators wanting to participate in a conference session are reminded that the ‘Call for Papers’ is now open and will close 18th September. So now is the time to be putting forward ideas for papers that will be reviewed for possible inclusion in the Conference Programme. The organisers are looking for papers that are “engaging, insightful and inspiring.” Proposals of no more than 250 words should be sent by email to head of content, Thomas Lydon thomas.lydon@rhinegold.co.uk but due to the expected high level of response don’t expect a reply from Tom just yet!

You can keep in touch with news and announcements for Music Education Expo on all the Black Cat Music and MusicPracticeRooms.com news feeds and social media channels, or visit musiceducationexpo.co.uk -

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Thanks to Tunable Acoustic Panels from Black Cat Music, a simple but effective means of creating a suitable acoustical environment within your rehearsal space can be provided.

Whether it is a choral or an instrumental ensemble, a manual adjustment can tweak the reverberation time to optimise the rehearsal space to suit either choral or instrumental preference, thereby allowing the rehearsal space to be used most efficiently. Recommended reverberation times for choral rehearsal spaces are up to 1.3 seconds, whereas for band or orchestra rehearsal, 0.8 to 1.0 second is preferred. This is where the Wenger Tunable Acoustic Panel comes into play allowing an adjustment of reverberation time of up to 0.8 seconds. By the turn of a handle, an internal diaphragm expands or contracts, thus controlling absorption and diffusion. Installation of the panel requires a frame to be attached to the wall , before popping in a perforated panel and finally applying a fabric covering - and that’s all there is to it. Take a look at the video to see how it works.

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When Haileybury College asked for their new sound isolating room to be installed on the top floor, suppliers MusicPracticeRooms.com were quick to rise to the challenge.

Marketing Manager, Alice Dagger quipped, “there are no lengths, or should I say heights, that we will go to, to meet our customers’ requirements and we are delighted to have met Haileybury’s request.”

Founded in 1862 Haileybury is an independent co-educational boarding school located between London and Cambridge in rural Hertfordshire. Sound Isolating Rooms are designed to create an ideal rehearsal space with a climate controlled interior environment for the comfort of the musicians, or singers, in which they can practice without their music causing disturbance to other classes in the college. The balanced acoustics within the room create a quality space, which is also suitable for recording purposes. The modular design allows for a wide range of sizes to be constructed, from accommodating a solo singer to a choir or a band. As needs and space allocations change, the sound isolating rooms can simply be re-located when required.

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