![]() So, it will really be an immersive experience when we fully open.” But at The Shell you see the beautiful San Diego Bay, and the city skyline, and feel like you are in a concert hall. Don’t get me wrong: The Hollywood Bowl and other (outdoor) venues are great. “But being right by the water is so striking that it will make The Shell a landmark. “The shape of the stage is similar to the Hollywood Bowl,” Payare said. Like The Shell itself, the L-Acoustics sound system is angled away from Coronado, where the symphony has installed offshore decibel measuring equipment to ensure volume levels at concerts are carefully controlled and residents are not disturbed. It is mounted above the stage at specific angles facing concertgoers, as well as on six audio towers - three on either side of the stage, within the seating area. ![]() A digitally based acoustic enhancement system, the Constellation utilizes an array of top-quality loudspeakers, digital processing, reverb enhancing equipment, microphones, patented algorithms and various proprietary certification techniques.Īudiences at The Shell will hear the music through a different sound system, the L-Acoustics. You actually can hear all the (different sound) balances and perform the way you would in a concert hall, not an outdoor venue.”Ĭredit for this goes to the exacting design and construction of The Shell - and to the Meyer Constellation Acoustic System installed above, at the rear, and to either side of the stage for the musicians to hear themselves with as they perform. But The Shell has a mind-blowing organic quality. I’ve performed at Tanglewood (in Massachusetts), Ravinia (near Chicago) and at the Hollywood Bowl, and the sound at each is good. “From the very first rehearsal we had at The Shell, it was fantastic. We can hear each other wonderfully and you feel like you are in one of the top-notch concert halls in the world. “It’s an amazing, spectacular outdoor venue,” said Rafael Payare, the symphony’s energetic music director. It will also feature two open-air pavilions with beers from local brew masters and food from Biga, Lola 55 and other San Diego restaurants. ![]() The $85 million venue at downtown’s Embarcadero Marina Park South will offer a stage-side gourmet kitchen headed by Del Mar-based celebrity chef Richard Blais, the winner of TV’s 2011 “Top Chef: All Stars” competition. Moreover, The Shell will be the first permanent, year-round bayside concert venue in the nation that is operated by a symphony orchestra. The Shell is likely the most ambitious new outdoor concert venue of any kind to open in Southern California, if not the state, since Coors Amphitheatre (now North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre) opened in Chula Vista in 1998. But the San Diego Symphony is in the unique position of being poised to unveil a brand new, state-of-the-art venue that this year will welcome its first audiences. Concert presenters across San Diego County and much of the nation are counting the days until coronavirus-pandemic restrictions ease sufficiently for ticketed live events to safely resume. ![]()
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