{"id":35753,"date":"2016-04-01T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=35753"},"modified":"2017-02-14T07:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:59:58","slug":"breaking-roy-thomson-hall-to-install-giant-applause-sign-to-discourage-clapping-between-movements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/04\/01\/breaking-roy-thomson-hall-to-install-giant-applause-sign-to-discourage-clapping-between-movements\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Roy Thomson Hall To Install Giant Applause Sign To Discourage Clapping Between Movements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Applause-sign\"<\/p>\n

Clapping between movements has long been a cardinal sin in the classical music world. There is a balance to be made, whereby clapping is reserved until the end of a final movement, thus allowing the audience to listen to the music undisturbed. But this convention\u00a0has been increasingly ignored by new concertgoers unfamiliar with the etiquette of clapping at a classical music concert.<\/p>\n

The solution, according to an inside source at Roy Thomson Hall, is to install an applause sign above the stage \u2014 a larger version of those used in television studios for live broadcast \u2014 which will instruct\u00a0the audience when it is time to clap.<\/p>\n

The new 20-foot long applause sign has been commissioned by Roy Thomson Hall from former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman\u2019s furniture store affiliate \u201cBig-Ass Signs,\u201d which also makes signage for Honest Ed\u2019s on Bloor St.<\/p>\n

A prototype sign\u00a0is currently being tested in the hall, and will be retrofitted to drop down from Roy Thomson Hall’s 38-ton circular canopy fitted on the ceiling above the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been running up against the unexpected problem of inappropriate clapping since attracting so many first-time symphony-goers to the concert hall this year,” Said Guy Patterson, TSO\u2019s new Applause Manager. \u201cSome in the audience are confused and unsure when to clap, so as part of the TSO\u2019s ongoing goal to be the most innovative symphony orchestra in the world, we will be implementing an applause sign technology to take the guesswork out of it for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oliver Kloushoff, a 6th<\/sup> chair trombonist with the symphony, described the new sign, which was temporarily installed last night for testing, as too big not to notice. \u201cEven patrons with poor eyesight will be able to see its red glow in the appropriate moments,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n

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Roy Thomson Hall Applause sign artist rendering (Photo Courtesy Big-Ass Signs Toronto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sign is to be unveiled for a performance of Tchaikovsky\u2019s Path\u00e9tique <\/em>by the TSO during the 2016\/17 season. \u201cIt\u2019s an apt piece to test out the new sign,\u201d said Kloushoff. \u00a0\u201cAt the end of the third movement, people always want to clap\u00a0instinctually. Even I sometimes do. Now the sign will take away that uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n

TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian was not able to respond to questions other than to say, \u201cit\u2019s about bloody time\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Roy Thomson Hall has confirmed the commissioning of a new 20-foot applause sign to be installed for the 2016\/17 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,39,60],"tags":[2881,3360,3403],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Applause-sign.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-9iF","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35753"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42901,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35753\/revisions\/42901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35753"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=35753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}