A multidisciplinary music and visual arts center at Earlham College

Abstract

The Center for Visual and Performing Arts is a new construction on the campus of Earlham College, conceived as the new performance and rehearsal home for the Earlham Music department. It hosts a broad spectrum of ensemble types, including dedicated rehearsal spaces for jazz, percussion, and Javanese gamelan, and a full teaching studio and practice room suite. The flexible 260-seat Lingle Recital Hall hosts performances of small- to medium-sized ensembles; seating retracts to provide a flat floor rehearsal space for full orchestra and other large ensembles. An acoustically diffusive basket-weave wooden slat treatment around the lower perimeter of the room as well as variable acoustic systems spread throughout the hall allow a wide range of interior acoustic flexibility. The building also hosts a black box studio theater programmed by the Theater Arts department, and painting, textile, ceramics, and metalworking space for the Art department. Due to the building’s compact footprint, and the high sound levels produced by the ensembles and art workspaces, extensive structural and architectural acoustic isolation measures are utilized. A centrally located recording suite with connectivity to the major performance and rehearsal spaces also functions as a teaching space for the recording arts.

Development Path of Teaching Method Innovation in Art Colleges and Universities under the Background of Internet

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