Valley Performing Arts Center. Granada Theatre Restoration. Cal State Northridge Northridge, CA

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1 Valley Performing Arts Center Cal State Northridge Northridge, CA CSUN's new Valley Performing Arts Center is rapidly becoming one of the top three destinations in Southern California for symphony, opera, pops and Broadway performances. The venue comprises a multipurpose, variable acoustics, professional performance hall serving everything from cinema to Tchaikovsky, a black box theatre, a 230 seat lecture room as well as lab, rehearsal, recording and their requisite support spaces. It is also houses nationally-recognized KCSN-FM. MCH provided full-scope acoustical and AV systems design seat variable acoustics hall (cinema & lecture to symphonic) 175-seat Black Box Theater, Rehearsal spaces, etc. KCSN-FM Radio Station $125M for 166,000sf Architect: HGA Opened: January 2011 "The acoustical design is attractively intimate in its clarity. In an all-purpose hall, this is an admirable accomplishment. The bass is terrific and every cello pizzicato had just the right presence. The lower middlerange instruments, usually hard to hear, displayed a fine presence. The violas, so interestingly used by Berlioz but rarely heard, made themselves wonderfully known." - Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic Granada Theatre Restoration Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Santa Barbara, CA MCH helped renovate this Historic Theatre as an anchoring component of Santa Barbara s theater district. The Granada serves as a year-round venue for theater, dance, orchestra, recitals, opera and musicals. Of prime importance is its role as the new home of the Santa Barbara Symphony. Work included full re-do of interior shaping, noise control design for new HVAC and exterior noise control in an urban environment, computer modeling, design of a custom orchestra shell, variable acoustics and full audio and & video recording and projection systems. The venue is a favorite performance venue of pianist phenom Lang Lang seat Historic Restoration with Custom Orchestra Shell Variable acoustics for multiple uses Expanded performer support spaces & new HVAC CATT-Acoustic Computer Modeling $45M total cost Architect: PMSM Architects Completion: 2008 "Lang Lang was reportedly so taken with the acoustics of the space... that he chose to come here in order to practice for a European tour in which he will be playing these two concertos back-to-back with the world s top orchestras." - Santa Barbara Independent June 19, 2009

2 Mesa Arts Center Mesa, AZ This regional facility consuming a large city block, became both a major cornerstone and revitalization project in downtown Mesa as it raised the bar for quality of performance venues in the entire state. Four performance venues are linked with a common, 3-story service spine while the separate education, administration and gallery arm provides education in both visual and performing arts covering sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, painting, acting, drama, music and dance. MCH provided full scope acoustical and audiovisual design services. Ikeda Theater (1600 seat, variable acoustics) Piper Theater (500 seat, fixed/variable acoustics) Playhouse Theater (200 seat) Studio Theater (99 seat) 178,530 SF complex $96M Total Project Cost Architect: BOORA (design) with DWL Architects Completion: 2005 Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts University of California Davis, CA The facility serves the greater Sacramento region as well as the immediate UCD community of students and faculty. Included are two variable acoustics halls: the 1800seat Jackson Hall (reverberation time 1.4s-2.4s), orchestra pit, custom orchestra shell and two balconies and a 300seat Studio Theater with flat floor, movable seating and outdoor access. MCH provided fullscope acoustical and audiovisual consulting services including accommodating a major freight line that runs within 400ft of the complex seat Multipurpose Auditorium 300 seat Studio Theater 106,000 GSF $46M Construction Cost Architect: BOORA Architects Completion: 2002 "Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts... is a stunning facility, and ranks among the finest performing arts facilities in the world. [The] Jackson Hall... is an 1,800-seat concert venue with acoustics that are a dream come true for both performers and audience members alike." -Jeffrey Thomas, Conductor of the American Bach Soloist. Quote from the liner notes of Handel: Messiah

3 Marie DeBartolo Center for Performing Arts University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN Five unique performance venues serve four departments within Gothic-nouveau architecture. The two variable acoustics spaces are the highly acclaimed Leighton Concert Hall and the Organ/Choral Recital Hall. More popular media spaces include the Regis Philbin Studio Theater, the only THX TM -certified cinema in Indiana plus labs, classrooms, rehearsal spaces and studios for Film and Television. MCH provided full scope acoustical consulting and audiovisual design services. 900 seat Concert Hall 350 seat MainStage Theater 200 seat THX TM Cinema 100 seat Studio Theater 100 seat Organ and Choral Recital Hall $64M Construction Cost Architect: Pfeiffer Partners Completion: 2004 Royce Hall Renovation University of California Los Angeles, CA Royce Hall was one of the three original buildings of UCLA, erected in Its large auditorium began as a lecture hall with one balcony and an after-thought stagehouse. A major renovation to serve classical music and dance was completed in 1984 by MCH Principals. Acoustics, appearance, sightlines and theatrical function were improved greatly and Royce became a celebrated venue with symphonic acoustics among the best in the world. While Andre Previn conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, it was the only venue in which he would record his orchestra. The 1994 Northridge earthquake stimulated making the hall better yet for both symphony and speech via variable acoustics. Royce reopened in May 1998 with all design goals accomplished. MCH designed all acoustics and AV systems. The hall now serves increasingly eclectic fare seat Concert Hall (variable acoustics) $85M Construction Cost Architect: Barton Phelps, FAIA with Anshen + Allen Completion: 2006

4 Stephens Performing Arts Center Idaho State University Pocatello, ID The Jensen Grand Concert Hall is unique in its growing acoustical reputation and the means by which its acoustics morph to suit the performance. It is home to the local symphony, chorus, concert band and jazz groups. MCH provided full-scope acoustical and audiovisual consulting throughout. Extensive modeling "dialed-in" acoustic parameters averaging those of the 5 finest halls in the world. The Bistline features a tension grid over the thrust stage, plus catwalks over the audience and careful wall shaping and ceiling reflectors to yield speech articulation uncommon to thrust stage theaters seat Jensen Hall (variable acoustics) 450 seat Bistline Theater (tension & catwalks) 250 seat Black Box Theater (full tension grid) 122,500 GSF $35M Construction Cost Architect: Hummel Architects Completion: 2005 Colburn School for Performing Arts Los Angeles, CA MCH provided full scope acoustical and sound system consulting for this prestigious private school in downtown Los Angeles. Included are a 400 seat variable acoustics recital hall (Zipper Concert Hall), a 100 seat fixed acoustics "Master Class" rehearsal and recital hall, an orchestra rehearsal room, dance studios, music teaching studios and practice rooms plus a variety of classrooms. Also included is the relocated Jasha Heifetz recording studio designed by Lloyd Wright. 400 seat Variable Acoustics Concert Hall 100 seat Fixed Acoustics Recital Hall Orchestra Rehearsal Room Two Dance Studios Faculty Studios and Music Practice Rooms $16.5M Construction Cost for 75,000 GSF Architect: HHPA Completion: 1998

5 Granoff Music Center Tufts University Medford, MA The Granoff Music Center opened in February 2007 to an extremely enthusiastic faculty and student body as the new home of the entire Music Department at Tufts University. The centerpiece is The Distler Performance Hall, designed for luxuriant and enveloping reverberation for natural unamplified music, without any interruption from extraneous or audible background noise. It is acclaimed for both performance and recording. Performers and audiences celebrate the unique thrill of great sound without any need for electronic enhancement or reinforcement. Distler Performance Hall (300 seats, natural acoustics) Three acoustically sealed classrooms 20 faculty offices A multimedia lab with computers Practice rooms (many designed specifically for use by percussion and other loud instruments) Rehearsal rooms, seminar rooms, ensemble spaces, and faculty offices Lilly Music Library Small Performance Hall with variable acoustics World Music Room Project by MCH Principal, K. Anthony Hoover, FASA while Principal Acoustical Consultant at CTA in Sudbury, MA Popejoy Hall & Keller Recital Hall University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Popejoy Hall serves UNM's needs, the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the City as their prime roadshow venue. MCH designed a major renovation resulting in improved audience access, easier stage operations, and most importantly, amazingly versatile acoustics with reverberation extending from 1.2 to 2.2 seconds. The Hall works beautifully for unamplified poetry readings from stage, full orchestra and everything between. Popejoy is now among the finest halls of its size. Keller Recital Hall, hosting 150 concerts annually, including the Composers Symposium, a week of concerts and lectures by national and international composers was modified to extend its reverberation time range. In 2007, UNM retained MCH again to assist in selecting all new seating for the venue, to ensure that its fine acoustical signature would be retained. 1,985 seats, adding variable acoustics 330 seats renovated variable acoustics Architect: BOORA Virtual Tour of Popejoy Hall Completion: 1996 (1 st ) and 2007 (2 nd )