On Friday, May 4, RIT and Auralex present eminent acoustic designer Russ Berger in a special seminar on "Surround Monitoring in Acoustically Small Spaces". Berger is president of Russ Berger Design Group, an acoustical and architectural design firm in Dallas, Texas that has established itself as one of the industry’s premier studio/facility design firms. The recipient of eight TEC awards for acoustics and facility design, Russ has more than 2,500 projects to his credit, including recording, video, post production, radio, and television broadcast studios, creative production spaces, home theaters and critical listening environments. Projects include NFL Films, National Public Radio, Sony Music Entertainment, World Wrestling Entertainment, RadioShack, Lakewood Church, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, NBC, ABC and CBS. He has provided studio design for Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey, Steve Miller, Don Henley, and John Fogerty as well as countless recording studios across the United States. His past experience in the studio as musician, engineer, and owner gives him unique insight as a consultant for all aspects and phases of technical facility design.