Abstract
Designing for contemporary music performance is more involved than achieving the accepted mid-frequency reverberation time within the performance space. While accomplishing the correct degree of reverberance is essential, this alone is not a sufficient condition for creating an acoustic environment suitable for the enjoyment of jazz, blues, folk, rock, computer, world, or other non-symphonic or non-choral genres of music. Control of low-pitched sound, achieving moderate running liveliness, and creating a microphone-friendly acoustic environment are also essential design goals. As usual, the acoustic goals should be accomplished while developing a welcoming room design which offers intimacy between performers and patrons and a communal audience setting. These acoustical and societal goals are discussed in relation to completed projects such as the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in NOLA, The Sidney Harman Center in DC, and the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.
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