Opus chairs in Holland, and a bit of Dutch press!

Here at Amadeus we are thrilled to be able to boast the fact that our Opus Musician posture chairs have made their debut appearance in Holland. They may have put on a dubious performance in the world cup final, but the Dutch certainly understand the importance of good posture for their musicians, and have great taste in chairs!

The Codarts Theatre in Rotterdam, Holland is a prestigious Performing Arts centre that holds an eclectic and versatile mixture of performances; from national ballets to contemporary comedy, from rock bands to opera, and from serious independent theatre to out and out musical classics. Have a look at thir website:  http://www.codarts.nl/

The theatre searched the globe for a set of chairs that would look after the health and posture of their musicians. Having tried and tested numerous alternatives they eventually caught wind of the Amadeus Opus Chair. They got in touch with us, and we talked them through all the benefits of the chairs and explained how they have been ergonomically designed to support the musician through practice and performance; and outlined the fact that they are used by the BBC, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Glyndbourne Opera House, LSO St Lukes, The Barbican centre, and by many more prestigious organisations in the UK, and indeed worldwide.

After testing one of the chairs, Codarts were convinced! They immediately placed an order for 100 Opus chairs, and Amadeus had them made at three different seat heights to suit their requirements, and organised all the shipping and delivery.

It’s fair to say that the Codarts centre are thrilled with their chairs, and we have received many a thankful email from the managers and musicians at the centre expressing their gratitude and informing us of their pleasure in using the chairs.

They were so pleased in fact, that they even featured Amadeus and the Opus chairs in their monthly magazine. We were delighted to be part of it, and have now built a wonderful relationship with the Codarts centre.

Amadeus and the Opus chairs featured in the Codarts magazine:

The Amadeus Photography Competition - at Leeds College of Art

Following our highly successful modular room installation at Leeds College of Art, we decided we needed some decent photos of the rooms to show the world just how special they are.

Now, despite the array of talents we share here at Amadeus HQ, we felt that none of us quite possessed the level of photographic skill required to capture the rooms sufficiently – therefore we racked our brains thinking of who we could employ to undertake this challenging task?

Then, as if from nowhere, it came to us! We have just installed two stunning modular rooms in one of the best art colleges in the country, and what do art colleges have in abundance?... Art Students of course!  

So we thought we would give the students at Leeds College of Art the opportunity to photograph the rooms themselves by running our own competition.

The poster we displyed at Leed College of Art:

We asked students to capture the rooms both inside and out to give a sense of what the rooms were all about; how they utilized the limited space available to create an exciting, contemporary, calm and spacious environment which students and teachers could enjoy.

We had an array of amazing entries, and were thrilled by the response and quality of creative photography we received. Unfortunately, we had the arduous task of having to select only one winner, and two runners up. Below you will see two pictures from each of the competition winners:

Photography by Sarah Covington, Runner up:

Photography by Dean Schofield, Runner up:

Photography by Emily Crane, Competition Winner:

Each of the competition winners won a cash prize, and the opportunity to promote their work through Amadeus. Emily Crane (the over all winner) has also been employed by Amadeus to undertake her first comission. We will be sending her to the prestigious Black Dyke Brass Band rehearsal room to photogprah the acoustic refurbishment Amadeus recently undertook. Keep your eyes peeled for the results!

John Locke, Director of Amadeus Acoustic Solutions, went to present the competition winners with their cash prize and a certificate - photograph below:

From left to right: Dean Schofield, John Locke, Emily Crane and Sarah Covington.

If you would like any more information about our modular rooms, acoustic rooms, acoustic panels, printed acoustic panels, acoustic consultancy services or any of the other products we can supply please visit www.amadeus-equipment.co.uk or email info@amadeus-equipment.co.uk. Alternatively, please call us on + 44 (0) 1424 775867

Leeds College of Art - Modular Room Installation

The students at Leeds College of Art had a need for 2 sound-proof music rooms for practice and recording, and as a result the college decided to get in touch with Amadeus. A site survey at the beginning of 2009 identified an unused space in a very large, very high, storage cupboard. As this was located near to a stairwell and elevated corridor it was decided to form a mezzanine floor onto which 2 specially designed modular music rooms could be located. 
Two rooms erected on mezzanine floor - created by using top half of storage cupboard. Below you will see the first completed wall sections on the mezzanine floor: 

Four glass windows and air circulation system installed: 

As the newly created floor was to be located close to very large windows it was decided the entire front walls of each room should be fully glazed; this was also to include one side wall. Visibility and use of Natural Light were an important part of the brief. We also needed to ensure there was no noise transmission as one side of the new rooms is the Theatre which is in regular use. Sound management was a critical feature of the client brief. 
Commencement of second room: 

Building of rooms, from a distance: 

Completed rooms including plinth - All in only thirty hours:

As you can see, these very special acoustic rooms are highly unique and look amazing. Nonetheless, it's extremely difficult to photograph them without our professional photographer to hand! As a result Amadeus Acoustic Solutions are running an exciting competition at Leeds College of Art to give students the chance to take a set of stunningly creative photographs of the rooms to be used on Amadeus marketing material. Not only does this give the students a wonderful opportunity to expand their portfolio and work on a 'live brief', we will also be offering three cash prizes to the winners and promoting their work on our website. Below you will see a copy of the poster our design team have put together for the competition. Watch this space for news on competition winners...

If you wish to get more information on our acoustic modular music rooms, acoustic panels, acoustic consultancy, acoustic treatment, acoustics for education or any of the services & products we can offer, please visit www.amadeus-equipment.co.uk or email info@amadeus-equipment.co.uk