Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Date: 3/3/20 – Time: 7:00pm – Location: Emily Lowe Hall Room 106 (Summer and Smoke Rehearsal)
2. The farthest sound from me is the sound of a door opening and closing.
3. In the medium range of sound, I can hear people talking and laughing at each other.
4. The closest sound from me is the sound of me exhaling and my bones cracking while I am stretching.
5. The general sound level is medium and the amount of sound activity is pretty wide-ranging since there are a group of people in one small circle.
6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is active.
7. 3 things that are essential to the “sound environment” is a door opening and closing, people talking and laughing, and me exhaling and cracking my bones while I am stretching.

1. 2/20/2020, 8:05PM, Monroe Hall 205 (Acapella group rehearsal)
2. Footsteps walking down hallway, & voices in hallway.
3. Classroom door opening/closing & footsteps walking towards front of classroom.
4. Water bottles opening, sheet music shuffling, piano, singing warm-ups, & people talking.
5. The sound level is pretty high since I was right next to the piano and our singing voices were amplified from the acoustics of the room.  Despite a few sounds other than singing, the amount of sound activity was low since we were all singing the same thing. 
6. Unified.
7. Singing, sheet music shuffling, & the piano.

1- 2/20/18-12:09-Lowe 106
2- airconditioner, squeaky dog
3- talking and pages turning, footsteps, Sam growling, Illona talking, Scott talking,
4- whispering, a drum, humming, laughter

5- ringing loud, yet instructional voice so a medium level
6- inflecting

7- drum, growling, and Illona talking

Time/Location: 2-24-15, 8:30pm, Complete Works Rehearsal break time

Far sounds: people talking in drounge, Lowe main door closing

Medium sounds: Ali and Lisa talking, Tunisia and Heidi talking, Caitlin walking around

Close sounds: me eating my apple, my nose sniffling because I’m sick

Overall sound level: medium

Sound description: upbeat

3 essential sounds: people talking in drounge, cast members talking, Lowe door closing

Location: Spiegel Theatre, April 21st 2016

Farthest: Lights buzzing, keys clicking on computer

Medium: Trunks being moved, loud thuds

Closest: Actors talking, piano being played

Sound Level: Loud

One Word: Frantic

Three sounds: Actors, Piano, Thuds

1. Lowe 106, during a break at Peer Gynt rehearsals
2. People talking about classes and doing exercises

1. Location: Lowe 106 before rehearsal for Peer Gynt, 3/3/16, 6:30 PM
2. Farthest: People talking in the hall
3. Medium: Tia sweeping, Jack and Claire running lines
4. Closest: Noah typing, chairs and table being set up
5. Sound Level: Low
6. One Word: Preparation
7. Three Words: Lines, typing, chairs and table being set up

1. 3/2/2016, 10:45pm, Lowe 106
2. Farthest: Music being played in 108 for dance practice, stomping and jumping from 108
3. Medium: the whispers of the actors sitting on the other side of the room from me, them eating their snacks, the typing on their computers
4. Closest: my own typing, the low hum of the heater behind me, Maggie whispering
5. Level: Low
6. One Word: Quiet
7. 3 sounds: Muted music, whispering, heater humming