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Bailey Performance Center
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

Client: Kennesaw State University
Project type: New Construction
Seat Count: 700
Complete: 2007
Architects: Stevens & Wilkinson Stang &
Newdow
AD Scope: Acoustics, Auditorium Design,
Audio, Video, Lighting

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Kennesaw State University’s new concert hall is designed to accommodate a wide range of programming, including large orchestras, ensembles, and choirs - in addition to jazz, amplified music performances, and lectures. Tremendous adjustability in the acoustics is provided by a series of doors around the performance platform that control how much sound can enter into the large volume that wraps around and above the performance platform and seating area. There are also many retractable curtains around the room, allowing the auditorium to be to appropriately scaled and tuned for the needs of each particular performance.

The greatest design challenge for Kennesaw State University’s new concert hall related the goal to create an acoustical environment to accommodate large wind ensembles and a full orchestra in a room with seating for only 700 people. To add to this challenge was a very limited construction budget. We accomplished this goal by using precast concrete exterior panel construction which provides a very effective barrier to outside noise, and provides an excellent acoustical boundary to support a rich reverberant sound inside the hall with excellent warmth of tone. The visual boundaries of the room are created with a wood grille that hides more than half of the total room volume from view.

The initial design concept featured a main, single side entry at the back of the concert hall. This inspired AD’s asymmetrical design concept for the room.

THEATRES

'62 Center for Theatre & Dance
Alabama School of Fine Arts
Alley Arts and Conference Center
American River College
American River College Expansion
The Artrix
Asia Society
City Tech Academic Project
Courtyard Theatre
Creative Performing and Media Arts Middle School
Cyprus National Theatre
Dance Theatre Workshop
El Dorado Showroom
The Gatehouse
Grayson County College
The Grove Theatre
Hillsong Theatre
Juanita K. Hammons Hall - SMSU
Lawrenceville School
Ledbetter Auditorium
Lincoln Theatre
Lucille Little Theatre
Mahaiwe Theatre
Mattin Center for Arts - Johns Hopkins
Museum of Tolerance, Israel
The Midland Theatre
Napa Valley College
New England Center for the Performing Arts
New Mexico State University Arts Complex
Norden Farm Arts Centre
Park Square Theater
Playbox Theatre
Pullo Centre
Regent Theatre
Roschel Performing Arts Center
Roundhouse
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Shepherd University
Sight & Sound Theatre
St. Martin's School Drama Studio
Towson University Center for the Arts
University of Wyoming - Fine Arts Building
VISUAL and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

CONCERT HALLS, RECITAL HALLS & MUSIC VENUES

The Bailey Performance Center at Kennesaw State University
Benson Hall - Bethel College
Benedicta Arts Center
Binghamton University
Birmingham Town Hall
Bramall Music Building - University of Birmingham
Butterworth Hall - The University of Warwick
Chancellor's Court Concert Hall
David Rubenstein Atrium
Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
Gallagher-Bluedorn Davis Recital Hall
Gallagher-Bluedorn Jebe Organ Hall
Grand Ole Opry
Hard Rock Live! Orlando
Illinois State University Performing Arts Center
Jarvis Conservatory
Kleinhans Music Hall
Great Concert Hall of the Tatarstan Republic, Kazan, Russia
Lou & Jack Finney Concert Hall - Texas A&M Commerce
MacPhail Center for the Arts
Manhattan School of Music
Manitoba Centennial Centre
Mercersburg Performing & Visual Arts Center
Messiah College School of Arts
Meyerson Symphony Center
Minnesota Shubert Art & Education Center
Monterey Peninsula College
Morgan Auditorium - University of La Verne
Music Hall at Fair Park
New World Symphony
Ocean Music Venue
Omsk Philharmonic Concert Hall
Peabody Conservatory
Pearl Stable
Performance Space for the 21st Century
Powell Hall, St. Louis Symphony
Russell Hall Music Building
Royal Opera House Muscat
Ryman Auditorium
South Dakota State University Performing Arts
Steel Stacks Performing Arts Center
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Recital Hall
Ted Mann Concert Hall - University of Minnesota
University of Baltimore Student Center
University of California Davis - Music Building
University of Tennessee - Music Building
University of Wisconsin Parkside - Communication Arts Building
Victoria Concert Hall
Woodward Opera House
Yuba Community College

MUSEUMS

American Folk Art Museum
Center of Science & Industry (COSI)
Crow Collection of Asian Art
Guggenheim Museum NYC Board Room
MASSART-Bakalar and Paine Galleries
Museum of Tolerance, Israel
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
US Marine Corps Museum
VISUAL and the GBS Theatre
Wellin Museum of Art

OUTDOOR

Challenge America Amphitheatre
Moonlight Amphitheatre
Performance Steps Tallahassee
PNC Bank Arts Center
PromiseLand West Amphitheater
Savill Building
Starlight Theatre

HISTORIC RENOVATIONS

Birmingham Town Hall
Butterworth Hall - The University of Warwick

Jarvis Conservatory

Lincoln Theatre
Loews Metropolitan for Brooklyn Tabernacle
Mahaiwe Theatre
Manitoba Centennial Centre
Ohio Theatre
Peabody Conservatory
Regent Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Ryman Auditorium
Southern Theatre
Stanley Theatre of Utica
Victoria Concert Hall
Woodward Opera House

UNIVERSITY & EDUCATIONAL

Alabama School of Fine Arts
American River College
American River College Expansion
Bethel College - Benson Hall
Blair Academy - Armstrong Hipkins Center
Binghamton University
Brairwood High School - Barker Auditorium
Brown Center - Maryland Institute College of Art
Calvary Christian Academy
College of Saint Benedict - Benedicta Arts Center
Columbia State Community College - Ledbetter Auditorium
Creative Performing and Media Arts Middle School
East Asian Library
Francis Parker School
Franklin and Marshall College - Roschel Performing Arts Center
Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
Heath High School Auditorium
Horace Mann School - The Gross Theatre
llinois State University Performing Arts Center
Jarvis Conservatory
Juanita K. Hammons Hall - SMSU
John's Hopkins University - Mattin Center
Kennesaw State University
Knight High School
King Edward VI Music School
LaJoya Performing Arts Center
Lawrenceville School
Maryland Institute College of Art
Monterey Peninsula College
Napa Valley College
New Mexico State University Arts Complex
Peabody Conservatory
Russell Hall Music Building
Shepherd University
South Dakota State University Performing Arts
St. Georges School - Madiera Hall
St. Martin's School Drama Studio
Taunton School
Texas A&M Commerce - Finney Concert Hall
Texas High School - Sullivan Theater
Towson University Center for the Arts
Transylvania University - Lucille Little Theatre
University College Worcester
University of Baltimore Student Center
University of Birmingham - Chancellor's Court Concert Hall
University of California Davis - Music Building
University of La Verne - Morgan Auditorium
University of Minnesota - Ted Mann Concert Hall
University School
University of Tennessee - Music Building
University of Warwick - Butterworth Hall
Utley Middle School
West Ranch High School
Williams College - '62 Center
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

VISUALIZATIONS

Butterworth Hall - Warwick Arts Center
Chancellor's Court Concert Hall
Room in the Round