Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts facts for kids
The Donna & Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts is a special building at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It's a place where students learn and perform different arts. These include dance, music, and theater.
The center opened in 2003. It's about 90,000 square feet big. The most important part of the center is the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall. This hall has 825 seats. It also has a huge pipe organ with 3,605 pipes! Experts helped design the hall to make the sound perfect.
Building Design
The Schwartz Center is in an important spot on Emory's campus. It's at the corner of North Decatur Road and Clifton Road. The building's look and materials match other buildings nearby. For example, it uses stucco and a special Portuguese limestone.
The architects who designed the center looked at famous concert halls. They studied places like Symphony Hall in Boston and the Musikverein in Vienna. They wanted to make the Schwartz Center just as good.
Concert Hall and Performance Spaces
The main hall is the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall. It's tall and narrow, like a shoebox. This shape helps the sound travel well. The hall has windows high up to let in light. Its lobby faces the road, welcoming people from outside the university.
The center also has two main spaces for theater and dance. The dance studio has 109 seats. It has a special Harlequin floor, which is the only one like it in Atlanta. This studio is only used for dance.
The theater lab is a flexible space. It can be set up in many ways for different shows. It can seat about 70 people. There's also a special "observatory" above the theater lab. Students can watch performances from here and discuss them.
Rehearsal and Learning Areas
The Tharp Rehearsal Hall is used for big group practices. It's designed to feel like a real concert hall stage. This helps students get ready for actual performances.
Downstairs, there are "smart" classrooms. These rooms have special equipment. They are used for multimedia presentations and other learning activities.
