WSDG Honored by Two 2020 NAMM TEC Award Studio Design Nominations

WSDG Walters-Storyk Design Group partner/director of business development, Sergio Molho, reports that two recently completed projects have been nominated for the 2020 NAMM TEC Awards Outstanding Creative Achievement Award in the Studio Design Project Category. "We are pleased to have both Stitcher Studios and the Zhejiang Conservatory Of Music (ZJCM) nominated because they so beautifully illustrate the diversity of our client base," Molho says.

"We are especially excited about the prospects for winning our twelfth NAMM TEC Award, as we are beginning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our founding partner, John Storyk's, very first project, Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix. To date, thirty-one WSDG designed studios (including five multiple-entry nominations), have vied for TEC Awards since the event debuted in 1985. Our most recent win was the Boston Symphony Orchestra Control Room in 2017. We received the 2016 TEC for Paul Epworth's The Church Studio in London, and the 2015 TEC for the Berklee College of Music, 160 Massachusetts Avenue complex in Boston, Massachusetts."

One of the earliest, most creative, and most prolific proponents of the burgeoning Podcast production field, Stitcher's 2,000 sq. ft. studio is a key element of the firm's 20,000 sq. ft. headquarters overlooking Manhattan's Bryant Park. Stitcher provides a 360-degree suite of production, distribution, and monetization services to podcast creators, artists, entertainers, and thought leaders.

ZJCM, the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music in Hangzhou, China, is one of the largest and most ambitious projects in recent WSDG history. Set on a 100-acre campus within an ultra-modern 8,000 sq. ft. two story building, ZJCM's 3,200 sq. ft. live recording studio can host sessions of 100+ member orchestras. Its 26' high ceiling is distinguished by an iconic oval ceiling cloud which serves as both an acoustical treatment and a unique lighting element. In addition to ZJCM's primary role of instructing next-generation recording engineers, producers, and artists, the school's live room is also used to record feature film scores and professional concert performances while providing students with genuine real-world production experience.

"The fact that these two studio projects are so dissimilar in size and purpose makes our NAMM TEC Award Nominations all the sweeter," Molho says. "It speaks not only to the diversity of these particular projects, but to the incredible breadth of our industry itself. We are living in extraordinary times and we work in an amazing field. We congratulate our fellow nominees and are proud to participate in this wonderful event with them."

Ballots for the online voting period (Nov 20 -- Dec 31, 2019) will be distributed online. The 35th Annual 2020 NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards will be presented on Saturday evening, January 18, 2020 in the Pacific Ballroom at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel.