A Room for Music

 

The 1,600-seat Hall, is designed primarily for music, though it's flexible enough to host other events such as speeches, company functions and multi-media shows.

 

The predominant colours are a bluish green and sandstone with for a light a relaxed feel with wood accents and a wood floor.  A wood screen lends a feeling of intimacy and enclosure in what can be, with the reverberation chamber doors open,  quite a large acoustic volume.

 

With operable concrete walls fronting one of the largest reverberation chambers Artec's Russell Johnson has specified to date, a very large three part acoustic canopy and sound absorbent curtains that can be retracted or drawn out as desired, this is one of the more flexible venues in the world.  Indeed, the options are so extensive that it would be hard not to find a setting that would be adequate for any given style of music.

 

It has Hall has of the facilities, a stage that can accommodate orchestra risers or simply present a large flat stage.  The chorus seats behind the stage, which provide an additional 200 seats in the absence of a chorus, are also removable.