Speaker(s): Richard Talaske, President and Principal Acoustics Consultant, Talaske; Brian Lynch, Fine Arts Director, North Central College
DIRECTIONS:
Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center
171 E. Chicago Avenue
Naperville, IL 60540
Please click HERE for detailed directions.
Parking:
Street parking is available around North Central College and there are 3 parking garages in downtown Naperville within walking distance of all of our venues. Please observe all municipal street signs.
DESCRIPTION:
Richard Talaske will be presenting the design of Wentz Concert Hall, a 650-700-seat recital hall for acoustic and amplified music presentations. The Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center also includes a flexible black box theatre with 150 to 200 seats; instrumental and choral rehearsal halls; a dance studio; art gallery; and numerous practice rooms and classrooms.
Topics he will cover:
THE PRESENTERS:
Richard Talaske, President and Principal Acoustics Consultant, Talaske
Rick Talaske relishes great soundscapes.The engineer-turned-scientist-turned-acoustician routinely explores the world’s great concert halls and theatres. Surveying a hall’s soaring spaces and elegant architectural expressions, his mind translates a room’s geometry, the character of its surfaces, its materials, and spatial dimensions into acoustic possibilities. Analysis, investigation and reverence converge to plumb the space’s possibilities—to take away whatever secrets and lessons it might reveal.Talaske is someone who is never satisfied with what he already knows.
Talaske’s rigorous technical and scientific education resulted in exacting methodology and specific design standards. He is cheerily unapologetic about what might be experienced as “obsession with sound.” People don’t hire a world-class acoustician to achieve only fair results.What surprises some people is his passionate and enthusiastic advocacy for both performers and audience members. As an avid lover of live performance, he strives to create spaces that enhance live events.Talaske serves as project principal and directs all of the work in the office.
Brian Lynch, Fine Arts Director, North Central College - TBA
Other Business: DINNER: Dinner (optional, but please RSVP) will begin at 6:30pm. Contact Giles Davis ([email protected]) by Tuesday, March 5th if you would like to join us. Pizza and salad from Lou Malnati's will be provided. Please let Giles know if you have a preference for vegetarian, gluten-free, etc. Price is $10 for non-members and $8 for members and students (please bring cash).
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019
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