Photo above: Edmond North High School’s new DiGiCo SD9T console at FOH
Bright Star, by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, and Mamma Mia! are just a couple of the hit musicals that have shared the stages of both Broadway and the Theater Arts Departments of the Edmond, Oklahoma Public Schools District. Edmond is one of the fastest-growing districts in Oklahoma, serving more than 26,200 students with 19 elementary schools, six middle schools, three high schools: Edmond North High School, Edmond Memorial High School, and Santa Fe High School, each with its own Performing Arts Center. And each of those auditoriums share something else with Broadway—DiGiCo SD-Range consoles in the form of SD9T audio consoles at front of house, all fitted with DiGiCo’s theater software package.
Anthony Risi, the technical director at Edmond Memorial High School and a veteran theater-audio engineer and supervisor himself, has for years helped the schools make do with their previous set of audio consoles, all...
