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Recital
Hall
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Multimedia Room is the smaller hall within McGill
University's new Faculty
of Music Building, which opened in 2005. McGill is the home
of Canada's largest comprehensive music school and provides both
undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition to the normal teaching
disciplines usually found in a music department, the McGill program
includes an extensive and unique program in music recording technologies
and multi-media research.
This expansion of the existing music facility,
the historic Strathcona Music Building, consists of six levels,
which feature new rehearsal spaces, world-class research and production
facilities for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music
Media and Technology, and the Marvin
Duchow Music Library. Three major performance areas: Recital
Hall, Multimedia Room, and Opera Workshop; have been placed on the
lower levels, well underground, to provide a starting point for
maximum isolation of noise and vibration.
The 200-seat Multimedia Hall has the shape of
a "shoebox", which has historically been associated with
exceptional room acoustics. It is thoroughly modern, however, in
its equipment similarities to a large sound stage or television
studio; the Hall is fully equipped with overhead catwalks, adjustable
rigging, and lighting. A system of adjustable acoustics allows the
widest possible variety of acoustic treatment - from absorptive
to diffuse, to highly reflective - by means of individual acoustic
elements, which may be repositioned as desired. This room is also
able to accommodate a studio audience, and/or a full orchestra or
chorus.
Artec provided Design and Planning services covering
Auditorium
Design, Facility
Planning, Specialized
Performance Equipment Systems Design and Noise
& Vibration Control consulting for this new facility. Architects
for this project are Menkès
Shooner Dagenais / Saucier+Perrotte.
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