The University of Central Florida Performing Arts Complex serves as UCF's primary home for the Theater and Music departments. Phase I includes a full complement of music, theater and dance rehearsal rooms, teaching studios, practice rooms and administrative spaces, and…
The acoustic design challenges were a central concern when the project was designed. The wide range of uses required the design of acoustic curtains and banners to reduce reverberation and reflections and offer different acoustic Environments. At the same time,…
We were invited by the Danish architectural firm 3XN to participate in a design competition for the National Concert Hall. The project was extensive, involving a number of other performance venues as well as social, educational, and artist support spaces.…
Spring Valley Academy in the suburbs of Dayton OH is a K-12 private school affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The school has strong programs in the arts but no formal performance space. The Fritzsche Center is a new addition…
To better serve their growing student body, the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) underwent a renovation and expansion. The new building features a state of the art Theatre with orchestra pit while also housing three new Dance Studios to fill…
Valley City State University Center for the Arts is a 349-seat Performance Hall and is the primary venue for music performances and for VCSU assemblies and presentations. With a recital screen built into the upstage wall and extensively adjustable curtains…
The building offers nine dance studios, ranging in size from 1800 sf to 3600 sf including flexible 140 seat performance space along with new administration area. Ballet's size increased by more than 60% compared to their previous building. As the…
Hendrie Hall was originally built in 1895 for the Law School, and for several decades has been one of several buildings occupied by the School of Music. Kirkegaard has provided acoustics, isolation, noise control, and AV design services for a…
The Des Moines Civic Center is a unique multi-purpose performing arts hall with 2,800 seats on one strongly raked level. The inward-leaning curved pylons of the side walls are a characteristic gesture of the original acoustician, Paul Veneklasen, and more…
To better serve their growing student body, the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) underwent a renovation and expansion. The new building features a state of the art Theatre with orchestra pit while also housing three new Dance Studios to fill the needs of their ever expanding community classes and summer camps. The scope of the renovation of the 1950 Eric Medelsohn B'nai Amoona Synagogue has been created to restore the interior to more closely match the original architecture. Under the high arching roof will be a new flexible Performance Lab with retractable seating for a dance rehearsal and informal presentation/event space. The renovation also transformed the expanded congregation portion of the original sanctuary into two new dance studios. Other features of the project include a new lobby/pre-function space, office, green room and a new scene shop.
The historic Studio Towers above Carnegie Hall has undergone a full renovation to support the educational missions of the Weill Music Institute and The Academy, which is a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute's…
Acoustics, noise control, and audio/video systems design for the new 1,800-seat Robert E. Jacoby Concert Hall with organ, and renovation of the 600-seat Herman & Mary Virginia Terry Theater and 3,000-seat proscenium Jim and Jan Moran Theater.
The acoustic renovation of the Tennessee Theatre was integrated into the historic fabric of the building so carefully that most observers would be unaware that any of the work was “acoustical.” The wide oval room was challenging because it produced…
The Overture Center for the Arts created a beautiful new home for the major arts organizations of Madison. The centerpiece of the project is the 2,250-seat Overture Hall, a stunning new room for symphony, opera, dance, and musical theater. A…
The Boston Symphony Orchestra wanted a 1200-seat concert hall at Tanglewood for several purposes: A rehearsal space for the Tanglewood Music Center student orchestra; a recital space for guest artists and members of the BSO during their summer residency; a…
Damaged by an electrical fire in 2003, the newly restored Gozo’s Teatru Astra sprang into life just in time for the October 2005 Festival Mediterranea. Built in the 1960s, the theatre now boasts new backstage facilities, a modified stage and [...]
Room acoustics, mechanical noise, and audiovisual systems consulting services for the new 1300-seat proscenium theater. The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts is located at the center of Virginia Beach's new Town Center and is part of an innovative urban…
This new performing arts facility complex contains the 1,747-seat Meymandi Concert Hall, home to the North Carolina Symphony and the 604-seat A. J. Fletcher Opera Theater, a proscenium lyric theatre that also serves as an intimate chamber music and recital…
Renovation of 2,750-seat Paramount Theatre which has been rededicated the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, for the Oregon Symphony. New construction includes the 880-seat multi-use Newmark Theatre; 330-seat Dolores Winningstad Theatre, a courtyard theatre for drama, opera, recitals and receptions.
Acoustics design for full range of improvements for the 2,900-seat historic home of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The project provided backstage improvements, improved seating, a new stage floor, a new orchestra pit, and new audio…
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) and The Minnesota Opera were the two strongest sources of inspiration for the idea that became the Music Theater at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. The architect, Benjamin Thompson, was a native…
Room acoustics and sound isolation, mechanical noise and vibration control, and AV systems design for 840-seat multi-purpose auditorium theatre and flexible theatre.
The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center is an intricate puzzle of a building shoehorned onto a tight downtown site. The PAC shares a city block and some internal circulation with a high-rise office building and a retail atrium. It includes a…
Recommendations for improvement of symphonic acoustics in the 2,325-seat Southam Hall, including the installation of a reverberation enhancement system.
Renovation of historic auditorium to serve as 2,000-seat concert hall for the Portland Symphony Orchestra and multi-purpose performance facility for natural acoustic and amplified performances including work by PORTopera (formerly known as the Portland Opera Repertory Theatre).
Acoustics and AV systems design for 1,200-seat proscenium theatre to serve a variety of Hawaiian artists groups.
Acoustics consulting services for improvement of symphonic acoustics, and the installation of a reverberation enhancement system for this 2,500-seat hall. The engagement included the design of a new orchestra shell for improved onstage communication and projection to the audience.
This 2,000-seat hall is the home for the Omaha Symphony. The space serves the orchestra’s classical series and pops performances, as well as chamber music and popular events. The narrow shoebox shape of the Peter Kiewit Concert Hall creates an…
Comprehensive program of acoustics, audio and noise control recommendations including a new stage and shell design for the home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Remodeling of this original, opulent movie palace was completed in 1972 by acoustician Heinrich Keilholz.
The Collin County Center for the Arts is an innovative public-private collaboration among the cities of Allen, Frisco, and Plano, Texas - three neighbors north of Dallas. The centrally located phased development aims to create a comprehensive arts and education…
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is a multi-use performing arts venue located Northwest of downtown Atlanta serving Broadway productions, concerts, opera, ballet, family shows, and corporate meetings. The project is comprised of a 2,750-seat theatre, rehearsal rooms, and a…
Room acoustics, noise control, and audio/video system design for the home of Chicago's Lyric Opera. While extensive renovation took place backstage, work also included the creation of three large rehearsal halls and practice rooms. Renovation to the 3,600 seat house…
Acoustical Design of this multi-faceted space. The room can be re-configured to adjust from a 900-seat intimate drama theater, to a 1,500-seat lyric theater, to an 1,800+ seat European-style concert hall, to a 1,900-seat arena space. The auditorium physically adapts…
The legendary quality of Carnegie Hall's acoustics were the result of numerous progressive architectural modifications to the room, including the removal of part of the stage ceiling in a pre-1900 effort to stage opera in the space. Following a 1986…
The Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennesee contains a 350-seat multiple use theatre, planetarium, video and audio recording studio, music and dance rehearsal rooms, and classroom space. Kirkegaard's scope of work included room acoustics, sound isolation, and building systems noise control.
The Alys Robinson Stephens Center is a tribute to creativity, but not just in the way you might expect. When UAB set out to build a performing arts center to serve its arts program and present visiting artists, the initial…
Acoustical and mechanical systems noise and vibration control for this 49,000 sf, 600-seat proscenium theater and office building. The two-story structure also contains rehearsal and support spaces for the theater, and houses the Institute's office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Room acoustics, noise and vibration control, and audio/video systems design for this dynamic new facility which presents opera, popular music, Broadway musicals and is home to the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Phase 1 included a new 440-seat theatre, studio theatre, music…
This Center includes a 1,289-seat, multi-use lyric theatre serves opera, musical theater and orchestral concerts as well as a broad range of touring performances. Sidney Harman Hall, the 180-seat classroom Philips Hall, and the multi-purpose Pavilion that holds various capacities…
