CSU Sonoma, Green Music Center

The Donald and Maureen Green Music Center, on the campus of Sonoma State University in Sonoma wine country, will offer artists, audiences, educators and students of all ages one of the world’s finest venues in which to share their passion for music, arts and ideas.

The centerpiece will be the magnificent 1,400 seat Concert Hall. The hall has been designed to replicate the outstanding acoustics and intimacy of two of the best concert halls in the world, the historic Grosser Musikvereinsaal in Vienna, and the ten-year-old Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in western Massachusetts, the summer home of the Boston Symphony.

Like the highly-regarded Ozawa Hall, the back door of the Concert Hall will slide open, allowing outdoor audiences of up to 10,000 to picnic and enjoy live performances under an evening sky. Complementing the Concert Hall will be the intimate 300-seat Recital Hall, featuring the soaring spaces and acoustics of 17th century European cathedrals, ideally suited to choral music, recitals and all forms of chamber music.

"Wherever you are in the Hall, you get the same quality. The building automatically improves the sound of an orchestra."-Bruno Ferrandis
Symphony Conductor, Green Music Center

Additional features include a 1,000 square-foot Founders Room; 7,000 square-foot exterior courtyard; appropriate "back-of-the-house" infrastructure including backstage, loading dock, dressing rooms (conductor/soloists/musicians), warm-up space, and instrument storage; two 5,000 square-foot Rehearsal Halls; two 60-workstation classrooms; three ensemble rooms; three practice studios and 4 practice rooms; faculty offices; and, departmental suites for Green Music Center staff, Music Department, and Theater Arts Department.

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