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Music Center – Dorothy Chandler Pavilion VA Scope: Acoustics + AV  Location: Los Angeles, CA Design Team: Welton Becket & Associates Completion 1964; 1994 (renovation) Cost $33.5 million The Music Center is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion has a capacity of 3,250 and is the largest of the three Music Center theatres, which also include the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre. A flexible, multi-purpose auditorium, the Pavilion hosts music and dance performances as well as the internationally renowned Los Angeles Opera. Conceived in the style of New Formalism, the design relied upon classical monumentality with arches, columns, and materials such as marble and granite. Other world-class performing arts centers built in this style include the Lincoln Center in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Veneklasen Associates provided complete acoustical design services. Unique features of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion include a moveable canopy with three positions for the orchestra; a flexible orchestra enclosure; original five channel stereophonic sound system; sculpted side walls to aid envelopment; and sculptured balcony soffits to maximize sound to seats located the balcony. |
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