AT Collections – Concert Hall Acoustics
Concert halls are complex structures that have to have excellent acoustics for a wide variety of sounds from a single instrument to a symphony orchestra to a grand opera to a solo singer. Thus, their design requires a great deal of effort. Articles in Acoustics Today cover a wide range of topics with regard to concert halls, from discussions of the contributions of individual architects to the most modern computational methods that enable prediction of acoustics even before the hall is built.
In addition to articles from AT, the Acoustical Society of America has a growing list of podcasts, based on interesting articles in its various publications, that discuss a wide range of topics. Here is one on Preferred dimension ratios of small rectangular rooms.
David Geffen Hall and the Evolution of Acoustics at Lincoln Center – Paul H. Scarbrough
Teaching Architectural Acoustics to Students of Various Disciplines – Daniel Butko
Archaeoacoustics: Re-Sounding Material Culture – Miriam A. Kolar
CLARITY, COCKTAILS, AND CONCERTS- LISTENING IN CONCERT HALLS – David Griesinger
HOW DO OUR PARAMETERS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES CONSTRAIN APPROACHES TO CONCERT HALL DESIGN? – Larry Kirkegaard and Tim Gulsrud
Leo Beranek and Concert Hall Acoustics – Benjamin Markham
Leo Beranek: Technology, Business, and Civic Visionary – David Walden
MUSIC, ROOMS AND LISTENERS SCIENCE IN THE CREATION AND DELIVERY OF AUDIO ART – Floyd E. Toole
Objective Bayesian Analysis in Acoustics – Ning Xiang and Cameron Fackler
Simulation-Based Auralization of Room Acoustics – Lauri Savioja and Ning Xiang
The Art of Concert Hall Acoustics: Current Trends and Questions in Research and Design – Kelsey A. Hochgraf
UP IN KNUDSEN’S ATTIC- SOME PRIVATE PAPERS OF VERN O. KNUDSEN – Neil A. Shaw
