Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, USA

Greenfield Hall, formerly known as Hubbard Hall, was renovated and renamed in 2002. Originally built in 1910 for the Institute of Musical Art of the City of New York, the historic hall is currently part of Manhattan School of Music.

With seating for 281, Greenfield Hall provides an intimate space, well-suited for chamber music concerts, solo recitals, classes, and practice activities, to be used by the education community and outside musicians. Greenfield provides the students of one of the world's premier music education institutions with a first-class recital venue on the site of their New York City campus.

Special attention was paid to improving the room's acoustics, while preserving and highlighting the room's original style and architectural details. The restored interior is painted in shades of blue with white trim, echoing the hall's original design; moldings from around the ceiling are exact replicas, recast from the originals. The auditorium now contains a new air-conditioning and heating system, improved audio-visual equipment, and an extended performance platform with additional theatrical lighting. A newly integrated audio system provides for enhanced speech intelligibility for master class settings, remote recording, and stereo playback. The hall is also equipped with videoconferencing capabilities in support of institutional distance learning activities. All of these mechanical improvements were designed so that they would not hamper the room's acoustics.

Artec provided Design and Planning services covering Auditorium Acoustics Design and Background Noise and Vibration Control consulting. Architect for this renovation project was Byron Bell of Bell Larson Raucher Architects.