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One recent story that has come to light is how Dante audio networking

helped London’s renowned Guildhall School of Music and Drama to

reimagine its annual award for The Gold Medal, a performance competition
that is a key part of the school’s curriculum, and has taken place every year

since its inception in 1915.

Scheduled to take place in May, the 2020 iteration of the annual

performance was postponed as all teaching moved online for the summer
term. “Because of Covid we needed to be swift in our response to ensure

things like The Gold Medal could occur and, very importantly, that in-

person classes could still take place with full scale participation,” said Julian

Hepple, head of recording and audio visual at Guildhall School. “To make
that happen we quickly turned to Dante and Dante Domain Manager. And,

in September, as we returned to in-person teaching, we were able to hold

The Gold Medal and broadcast the performance online.”

Audinate’s Dante distributes hundreds of uncompressed, multi-channel

digital audio channels via standard Ethernet networks, with near-zero
latency, and allows audio, control, and all other data to coexist effectively

on the same network. In addition to the live performances, the school was

also able to employ Dante to help with its virtual learning environment.

©Clive Totman 2020