Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 03/05/2024 – 9:09pm – Calkins Dance Studio.
2. Sounds farthest away from me: the wind outside of an open window, the buzz of the overhead lighting, the occasional sink/toilet outside of the room.
3. Sounds at medium range: the door occasionally opening and closing, quiet side conversations, the occasional bang of a foot or a phone, people sniffling/moving around.
4. Sounds closest to me: contemporary music playing, my fingers tapping on my phone, the occasional buzz of my phone, the choreographers teaching/counting to the music.
5. The general sound level is a little above average at most times, but back to average/quiet when the music/dancing is paused. The amount of sound activity is mostly sporadic, but constant and usually unchanging when the music/dancing is happening.
6. Description word: active.
7. Essential sounds: movement, counting, and contemporary music.

2/24 4:54PM; my bedroom

sound that feels farthest away from me: either a party or a sports event happening down the street

medium range: plane flying overhead

sound closest to me: my strangely loud breathing; the sound of me typing; my housemate rustling around on the other side of our shared wall

sound level: it’s quiet in the sense that nothing is happening around me but loud because of what’s going on down the street

one word: awake

essential sounds: my housemate, the party, my breathing

2/24/24

Place: my room

Sound closest to me: keyboard clacking, my music playing

Sound in medium distance: water running, cat meowing halfheartedly

Sound in distance: cars driving by, the door opening downstairs

Sound level: low

One word: soft

Essential Sounds: my music, water running, cat meowing

Hofstra Fitness Center 8:07 PM Friday

sounds closest to me: Weights slamming, chattering, sounds of metal banging together

medium distance: pop music playing from the radio, more weights

Furthest from me: cars from outside driving by

sound level: it is pretty loud, as the weights are slamming constantly and people are talking loudly. It is pretty busy.

one word: Rough

essential sounds: the weights slamming, the music playing, the people talking to show that it is crowded

2/23/24 – 11:00 – My Room

2 (Farthest sound) : Distant chatter from roommates, distant footsteps, Sound of kitches appliances

3  (Medium sound) : Footsteps from stairs, Creaks from doors

4 (Closest) : Ringing in ears, sound of creaks in my desk and bed, sound of wind from outside

5 (General Activity) : Not any sound that are of notice except the voices being heard, otherwise it would be a rather quiest house with only the nature to give it any noise

6 (One word description) : Hubub

7 : Voices/Laughter, banging of feet, Refrigerator doors

2/23/2024, 10:17 PM ET, Hempstead Turnpike/California Avenue

The sound furthest away from me is the rumble of cars much further down the road, just loud enough to be noticeable, getting louder as they come towards the red light.

A sound a bit closer to me is the incessant chirping of the birds that sit in the trees and on the powerlines en masse above California Avenue. It’s a fast, high-pitched trilling that verges on being scary.

The sound closest to me is that of a car passing by about 2 feet to my right. It’s a quiet car, not one with a loud engine, so most of the sound comes from the soft rumble of its tires on the ground and the woosh of the wind as it passes me.

The sound level isn’t extremely loud, there not being many cars at this very moment while the cars going straight on the highway have the red light.

The word I would use to describe the sound environment is puttering.

Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sound of a car braking, the high-pitched screech of a bird, and wind wooshing.

February 23rd, 8:55 pm, Roti on the Run (Trini restaurant)

The closest sound to me is the woman making the food (the sound of the metal spoon hitting the metal tray) and the sounds of people talking.

The furthest sounds are the cars outside and the train passing overhead.

The medium sounds are the soca music and the fans in the place.

The level of sounds is high consistently with overlapping sounds throughout.

One Word: Home. Three sounds important to the environment is the clanking of Metal, the sounds of people talking, and Soca Music.

1. Spiegel Theater, Friday February 23. 11:56 am
2. Furthest away from me- distant fan in the Spiegel, Caitlyn and Katie’s scripts crinkling/ pages turning, Caitlyn and Katie sharing their lines, Omar speaking
3. Medium Range- pens from my classmates clicking, occasional coughing, Jess’s keyboard tapping
4. Closest to me- my own breath, my chair creaking
5. Sound level- l0w. There aren’t lots of overlapping sounds
6. One word description- Academic
7. Essential sounds- Spiegel fan, Omar’s voice, pages turning

February 22, 1:40. Psibrary.

The sounds that are furthest away from me: Voices from classrooms nearby, drumming from a dance class
The sounds that are a medium distance from me: Sniffling and quiet chatter from the drounge, door opening and closing
The sounds that are closest to me: My computer fan, the hum of the building (maybe the heater?)
The sound level of the space: Low, with occasional louder moments.
One word description: Cozy
Three sounds that are most important to the environment: Drumming, chatter, and the heater humming.

2/22/24 – 12:51PM – The Student Center

Sounds farthest from me: People talking at different volumes across the Student Center, the workers making drinks, kitchen noises from other food places.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The music playing from the speakers, chairs moving, wrappers crinkling.

Closest to me: My friends’ conversation, keyboard clacking, my friend’s jewelry clanking as she writes.

Sound level: The sound level is medium to high – there is a lot of high volume volumes happening around. There are a lot of people at the Student Center at common hour all talking loudly. The metal dishes at Starbucks are loud as well.

Sound activity: There is a lot of sound activity. There is a lot of people talking and a lot of general physical activity happening that creates a lot of noise.

One work description for the sound environment: Noisy

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: Starbucks noises, my friends talking, music playing in Starbucks.