CLASSROOMS AND LECTURE RECITAL HALLS

Alice Pratt Brown Hall has seven classrooms. Room 1131 seats 44 in fixed theatre seats with both fluorescent and adjustable level lighting. There is a 4'x16' chalkboard, a small grand piano and audio playback equipment. Rooms 1401, 1402, 1403, and 1404 seat 30 in movable desk/chairs. The flat wooden floor in these rooms allows a variety of rehearsal configurations. These classrooms accommodate chamber music coachings, classes, lectures and receptions.

Alice Pratt Brown Hall Room 1133

Room 1133 seats 66 in fixed theatre seats.   An acoustically contoured ceiling, theatrical lighting, and a stage wall with adjustable absorption make it well-suited for recitals, as does its warm color scheme and wood accents reminiscent of the larger performance halls.  A complete audio playback and video projection system support larger classes and lectures.   Finale software and a MIDI keyboard allow for real-time demonstration in classes.

Room 1133 has transformed itself in the summer of 2007.   A new color scheme and wall sconces recall our other performance spaces, and a generous use of wood adds warmth and acoustical reflection.   A totally new system allows theatrical-style lighting for recitals and provides brighter, energy-efficient overhead lighting for classes.   A redesign of the entire platform area includes a new, acoustically contoured "shell" ceiling, a wood stage wall with an acoustically transparent scrim to cover the chalkboard for concerts, a motorized projection screen, a lighted chalkboard, and a newly refinished hardwood floor.   A new wood floor replaces the old gray carpet in the seating area and makes the room sound much more live.  The final touch still to come is a set of wood-finished acoustical diffuser panels on the back wall, expected to be in place for the spring semester.

Room 1705 is a conference room with a large table and seating for twelve. All classrooms have a small grand piano, chalkboards, and audio playback equipment.