COMPILATION: Great Acoustic Spaces for Choral Music - U.S. and Canada
(December 2, 2000)

Thanks to the many, many people who contributed to this compilation. And
for your many ideas about the future development of this as a resource.
Several of us have envisioned this as an on-going resource, evolving
into a searchable database, with much more extensive information on each
venue: seating capacity, stage size, parking, handicap access, organ
availability, rental fees, web site, contact information, etc.

For now, I will continue to collect and assemble the basic information
as presented here. In this first installment, I'm including only U.S.
and Canadian venues; I'll continue to gather others from around the
world and post them in an updated compilation in the near future, if
there is interest.

Good luck with all of your December concerts. We send you holiday
greetings from beautiful Colorado.
tom

Thomas Edward Morgan
Ars Nova Singers
Boulder, Colorado
tommorgan(a)peakpeak.com


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Original Request:

Friends,

Where are the VERY BEST places to sing in your state or region? I'm
planning to assemble a list of "great acoustic spaces" for choral music,
organized by geographic location. I have discussed this request with
David Topping (Choralist manager), and I'm hoping that the list will be
an available resource for all. This list might be particularly useful
for those who assemble concert tours. If you go to the trouble of
touring with an ensemble, it is certainly more enjoyable and rewarding
to perform in a great acoustic rather than a dead, dry hall.

In your touring and concert-going experiences, I'm sure that you all
have come across spaces that are particularly excellent for choirs. Not
just "pretty good" - I'd like to list just the very best spaces in each
region. I realize that this is a rather subjective analysis, and of
course, such spaces may be better for different ensembles or different
repertoires.

If you can take a few moments, please submit to me (privately):

Name (and Address, if possible) of Venue
City and State of Venue

I will compile and post the results.

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CALIFORNIA
First Presbyterian Church
1705 17th St., Bakersfield

First Christian Church
"S" Street, Bakersfield

"Little" Bridges auditorium
on the campus of Pomona College

Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena

Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena

St. Andrews Presbyterian, Newport Beach

Herrick Chapel, Occidental College
Los Angeles

All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena

St. Luke's Episcopal, Monrovia

Memorial Church, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

St. Paul's Cathedral (Episcopal)
2728 Sixth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103

Founders' Chapel
University of San Diego (a Roman Catholic Univ.)
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110

COLORADO
Church of the Annunciation (Catholic), Denver

St. Dominic, Denver

St. Elizabeth’s Church
Auraria Campus, Denver

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Pueblo

Bethany Lutheran Church
4500 E. Hampden Ave.
Englewood, CO 80110
303-758-2820

St. John's (in the Wilderness) Episcopal Cathedral
1313 Clarkson St.
Denver, CO 80218
303-831-7115

Air Force Chapel
Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs

GEORGIA
Spivey Hall, Clayton State College
Morrow, GA
770-961-3483
http://www.spiveyhall.org/

Concert Hall, University of Georgia
Athens, GA

IDAHO
Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Boise State University, Boise

ILLINOIS
Foellinger Great Hal, Krannert Center
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign

INDIANA
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral,
1347 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis

St. Joan of Arc
4217 N. Central Street, Indianapolis

IOWA
Wartburg College Chapel
Waverly

Center for Faith, Life and Hope
Luther College
Decorah

KANSAS
Bales Recital Hall
Lawrence, KS

LOUISIANA
St. Joseph's Abbey, Covington


MARYLAND
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
California, MD 20619
build in 1676

MASSACHUSETTS
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music
290 Huntington Ave., Boston

Ozawa Hall
Tanglewood Music Center

MICHIGAN
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
Michigan Tech, in the Upper Peninsula

The National Shrine of the Little Flower
Woodward Avenue at Twelve Mile Road
2123 Roseland Avenue (mailing address)
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
(248) 541-4122, ext 40 (music office)

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Detroit.

U.C.C. Sanctuary, Olivet

Recital Hall, Upton Conservatory of Music
Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan

MINNESOTA
Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Benson Great Hall
on the campus of Bethel College
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
www.bethel.edu

MISSOURI
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 W. 15th St.
Kansas City, MO

New Hampshire
Claremont Opera House, Claremont
LaSallette Shrine, Shaker Village, Enfield

NEW JERSEY
Princeton University Chapel
Princeton, NJ

New Concert Hall in the music building
Trenton State College
Trenton, NJ

Auditorium
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Ocean Grove, NJ.
732-775-0035
www.oceangrovenj.com/tour/auditorium_and_stuff.htm

NEW MEXICO
Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe

Santa Fe Cathedral, Santa Fe


NEW YORK
Christ Church, Bronxville, NY

St. Ignatius Loyola, NYC

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, State and Second,
Troy, (near Albany) 518/273-0038.

Cathedral of All Saints (Episcopal),
South Swan at Washington, Albany.

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception (Catholic),
Madison Ave at Eagle,
Albany - cavernous, 5 second reverb.

Hitchcock Presbyterian Church
6 Greenacres Avenue
Scarsdale, NY

Crouse College, Syracuse University
Syracuse

Ford Hall Auditorium, Ithaca College

NORTH CAROLINA
Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem

Duke Chapel, Duke University
Durham, NC

St. Thomas Church
Bath, NC

Organ Recital Hall
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

OREGON
St. Phillip Neri RC Church
Portland

PENNSYLVANIA
Holy Trinity Church
Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA

St. Stephen's Pro-cathedral
35 S. Franklin St.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

TEXAS
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
2301 Flora Street
Dallas, Tx 75201

Church of the Holy Cross
Dallas

VERMONT
Chandler Music Hall, Randolph
Bethany United Church of Christ, Randolph
Santa Montica's Catholic Church, Barre
Unitarian Church, Montpelier
Stowe Congregational Church, Stowe
Congregational Church, Warren
St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington

VIRGINIA
Shenandoah University Chapel
1460 University Drive
Winchester VA, 22601

WASHINGTON
St. Mark's (Episcopal) Cathedral, Seattle

St. James (RC) Cathedral, Seattle

Lagerquist Concert Hall, Pacific Lutheran U.
Tacoma

Holy Rosary RC Church, Tacoma

Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma

WISCONSIN
St. Peter Claver Church
1444 South 11th Street
Sheboygan, WI 53081.

Lawrence University chapel, Appleton

Recital hall at Ripon College, Ripon


CANADA

ALBERTA
Francis Windspear Centre
Edmonton, Alberta.
A large hall in the city centre that is absolutely fabulous. Incredible
choir/audience loft.

NEW BRUNSWICK
The chapel at Fortress Louisbourg, Louisbourg, Cape Breton

ONTARIO
Grace Church-on-the-Hill
Lonsdale Road
Toronto, Ontario

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Patrick St.
Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts,
Yonge St.
Toronto, Ontario

Recital Hall
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts
North York (Toronto), Ontario