DESIGN GUIDE: MUSIC AND DRAMA CENTERS
DG 1110.3.120
CHAPTER 3: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USES
JANUARY 1981
F I G U R E 3-7.3
THE MULTI-USE STAGE
house, higher production cost, fewer per-
and appropriate Room acoustics, possibly
formance units.
an orchestra pit.
Conclude larger Room desirable if sub-
Multiple, high quality followspots.
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stantial amount of Musical Drama is
High-rake house seating preferable, with
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anticipated.
short view.
c. Orchestral:
Reverberant decay depends on music
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source; 1.0-1.2 seconds for electronic sys-
Music shell may be necessary in
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tem. Suggests slightly live (reverberant)
stagehouse.
initial design.
Greater volume needed rules out large
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b. Musical Drama:
groups.
Stage configuration similar to Dance.
Small groups (dance band and chamber
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ensemble) require acoustic consideration
Extra stage depth essential for scenery.
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of Room shape and volume, or electronic
Wingspace essential for scenery and cast
adjustment.
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entry.
Dance band with sound system requires
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Pit for musicians essential.* Pit space will
1.0-1.2 seconds, may be compatible.
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consume a part of prime audience seats.
Classical chamber music requires 1.4-1.7
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Proper reverberant decay 1.2-1.4 seconds
seconds, needs help.
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= about 86-100,000 cu. ft. = avg. 36 foot
ceiling. Room must have sufficient vol-
d. Choral:
ume for music (over-large for 300 seat
Small choral group concerns are similar
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drama) or electro-acoustic enhancement.
to Orchestral, but Room volume not as
Typically large "market" implies larger
great a problem. 1.2-1.6 seconds prefer-
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