BHS Performing Arts Center

Bismarck High School remained the only high school in the Bismarck Public District without a performing arts/theatre venue attached to the school.  With continued growth in the district the time arrived for BPS to expand the oldest school in the district and build a new performing arts center.  The project was engineered by Prairie Engineering with design assistance provided by Tricorne Audio with the end result providing Bismarck High School performing arts groups a place to finally call their own.

Solution: The end result of this 2.5-year build project is a state-of-the-art Left-Center-Right audio system comprised of EAW QX series speakers.  Powered by QSC amplifiers and utilizing QSC QSys for all system processing the end result is a wonderful example of utilizing EASE acoustical modeling to provide the optimum speakers for a venue.  The system includes (18) Shure QLXD digital wireless systems, QSC K8.2 portable monitor and effects speakers and a host of wired microphones from Shure.  The lecture system provides a simple user interface for the day to day activities and control of the video projection and video capture systems.  The heart of the performance system is an Allen & Heath DLive mixer, currently configured for 70 inputs the DLive provides 96kHz processing and less than 2ms latency for all inputs to any output.  The theatre includes a new black box theatre, dressing rooms, scene shop and pre-function areas with audio and video system extensions of the theatre.  Production intercom, HD video projection and recording round out the key features of the new system.