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  New Haven CT Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall
The Neighborhood Music School's original recital hall, built in 1968, had become inadequate for the growing school's needs for recitals and other events. The planned 50% expansion in area provided an opportunity to make other needed improvements including acoustics, flexibility, and appearance. The new space has a flexible "black box" type ceiling grid with theatrical style track lighting. A focus of the room is a 24 foot long operable glass wall which provides a natural backdrop to the performers and, in good weather, folds open to create a proscenium stage for outdoor concerts in the park behind the school.