College Of Saint Rose Picotte Recital Hall
The Massry Center for the Arts is a showcase for music and visual arts at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. The Kathleen McManus Picotte Recital Hall has a volume of 126,000 cf. Design for acoustics, audio, lighting, and visual systems for the Picotte Recital Hall was provided by AVL Designs, Inc. For this project, the music department expressed the desire for a space that could accommodate small and large ensembles with excellent sound in all seats. The space design for the building included a sloping floor, making this task more difficult. The varying air space over the seating area led us to work with a design for an almost entirely diffusive environment. The results exceeded our expectations, with consistent warm response through the seating area, and excellent envelopment throughout. To make concurrent use of orchestra and choral rehearsal rooms – located directly above the recital hall – possible, AVL designed an STC 95 and IIC 82 separation between the spaces. Field tests indicate this separation meets the specified level of performance. A high performance digital audio system integrated with Pro Tools recording was integrated into the room to record everything from solo recitals to concerts. Testimonial “The acoustics of the recital hall … are incredible! When people have complimented me on how well my Saint Rose Jazz Ensemble has sounded on past performances, I have always thought to myself ‘you should hear how great they sound from where I stand on-stage, directly in front of the band.’ In our former auditorium, there was a marked loss of clarity the further you were from the stage. In the Picotte Recital Hall, it sounds the same whether you are on the stage, in the front row, or in the back row. The sound is basically the same everywhere in the hall. It is as good an acoustic environment as we could ever have hoped for. Everyone who attends a performance in there is completely blown away with the acoustics. In addition to the acoustics, the hall is drop-dead gorgeous! The sight of wood flooring on the stage and the wood wall and ceiling panels is absolutely stunning. To say that everyone who sees it is very impressed would be quite an understatement.” Paul Evoskevich, Professor of Music, Music Department Chair, The College of Saint Rose
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College Of Saint Rose Picotte Recital Hall
The Massry Center for the Arts is a showcase for music and visual arts at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. The Kathleen McManus Picotte Recital Hall has a volume of 126,000 cf. Design for acoustics, audio, lighting, and visual systems for the Picotte Recital Hall was provided by AVL Designs, Inc. For this project, the music department expressed the desire for a space that could accommodate small and large ensembles with excellent sound in all seats. The space design for the building included a sloping floor, making this task more difficult. The varying air space over the seating area led us to work with a design for an almost entirely diffusive environment. The results exceeded our expectations, with consistent warm response through the seating area, and excellent envelopment throughout. To make concurrent use of orchestra and choral rehearsal rooms – located directly above the recital hall – possible, AVL designed an STC 95 and IIC 82 separation between the spaces. Field tests indicate this separation meets the specified level of performance. A high performance digital audio system integrated with Pro Tools recording was integrated into the room to record everything from solo recitals to concerts. Testimonial “The acoustics of the recital hall … are incredible! When people have complimented me on how well my Saint Rose Jazz Ensemble has sounded on past performances, I have always thought to myself ‘you should hear how great they sound from where I stand on-stage, directly in front of the band.’ In our former auditorium, there was a marked loss of clarity the further you were from the stage. In the Picotte Recital Hall, it sounds the same whether you are on the stage, in the front row, or in the back row. The sound is basically the same everywhere in the hall. It is as good an acoustic environment as we could ever have hoped for. Everyone who attends a performance in there is completely blown away with the acoustics. In addition to the acoustics, the hall is drop-dead gorgeous! The sight of wood flooring on the stage and the wood wall and ceiling panels is absolutely stunning. To say that everyone who sees it is very impressed would be quite an understatement.” Paul Evoskevich, Professor of Music, Music Department Chair, The College of Saint Rose