MUSIC FACILITIES
Sebring-Lewis Hall | Classrooms | Rehearsal Rooms | Technology Labs
SEBRING-LEWIS HALL
Sebring-Lewis Hall, opened in 1999, seats 338 people in a 4,050 square-foot space.
It is the home of most music department performances and numerous
guest artist events. One of the first ensembles to perform in the
hall, the American String Quartet, described it as "one of
the two or three best halls in the country for chamber music."
The rich colors and cherry wood details in the hall make it as beautiful
aesthetically as it is acoustically. Electrically adjustable curtains
in the upper back of the hall allow for a tunable acoustic. A well-equipped
control room and numerous computer data and sound connection points
within the hall itself allow Sebring-Lewis to accommodate experimental
computer music as well as chamber and ensemble performances.
1. Requests to reserve Sebring-Lewis Hall for public events must be made
by the event supervisor more than one week prior to the date of the event.
2. All arrangements for events in Sebring-Lewis are to be made by faculty
or staff supervisors who must be present for the event and will be the contact
for any problems in the use of the space. This is in accord with the policy
that Music Department facilities may be used only for faculty- and staff-supervised
activities. Paul Nelson (nelsonp@grinnell.edu) is the contact for logistical
arrangements and Pam Poynter (POYNTERP@GRINNELL.EDU) for scheduling and
other arrangements.
3. To avoid sound interference, events in Sebring-Lewis should not be
scheduled against rehearsal times in FA103 unless the volume can be kept
to a moderate level or lower. Users of Sebring-Lewis who schedule events
simultaneous with rehearsals in FA103 should know that there may be sound
interference between the two rooms. Unfortunately, the sound-proofing is
inadequate to prevent this.
4. All uses of Sebring-Lewis should be compatible with the polished cherry
wood stage floor. No uses involving high impact dance, tap shoes, sharp-edged
stage sets, hammering and nailing, etc. are permitted.
5. Non-music-department users will directly contact, hire, and pay our
approved student staff for managing and recording (if desired) any event
in Sebring-Lewis. Contact Paul Nelson for a list of student workers.
6. Provided they are not in use for music lesson instruction, two green
rooms are available for use by those who reserve Sebring-Lewis Hall. Large
groups needing more space for warm-ups, instrument case storage, etc., may
inquire about the availability of one of the music rehearsal rooms. In the
case such a room is used, the group will be responsible for contacting,
hiring, and paying a Music Department student staff member to monitor the
room while it is occupied.
7. Spaces will be left as clean and well cared for as they were before
the event.
8. There will be no last minute requests. All equipment and logistical
needs must be communicated to Paul Nelson as early as possible and no later
than one week before the event.
9. Any publicity, programs, or tickets for outside uses of Sebring-Lewis
will be the responsibility of the user rather than the Bucksbaum Center
for the Arts office staff.
