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Frank Arts
Center Music Rehearsal Facility |
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Location: |
Sheperd College, Shepherdstown, West
Virginia. |
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Program: |
New 200-seat music rehearsal room and eight
small practice rooms. |
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Budget: |
$4,500,000.00. |
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Schedule: |
Design completed 2002. Construction
completed 2004. |
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Acoustical Design Collaborative, Ltd
provided room acoustics, sound isolation,
and HVAC noise control design for a large
music rehearsal room and eight small
practice rooms. The large rehearsal room was
designed for performing groups ranging from
marching band to small chamber music
ensembles. Heavy velour draperies vary the
reverberation time between 0.6 to 2.0
seconds while wall and ceiling shaping
provides a highly diffuse acoustic to
promote musician ensemble conditions. The
ceiling panels are at varying heights and
comprise sound absorbing, diffusive, and
specular reflecting materials. The quiet
building site reduced costly exterior sound
isolation, however the exposed interior
ceiling was designed to limit rain noise
transmission. Interior sound isolation
included double CMU partitions and
independently isolated floor slabs and
footings. HVAC noise was controlled by
prudent placement of the air-handler units
and custom elbow sound attenuators. The
small practice rooms were designed for
individual practice, small instrumental
groups, and percussion ensembles. Half of
the practice rooms have electronic
reverberation enhancement systems to vary
the room acoustic response. The Frank Arts
Center provides a needed addition to this
liberal arts college and meets National
Association Schools of Music (NASM)
standards. |
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