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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 Noise
& Vibration Control consulting. Architect for this renovation
project was Byron
Bell of Bell Larson Raucher Architects.
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