William & Mary’s Fine and Performing Arts Complex Unveiled

WILLIAMSBURG — William & Mary hosted a push preview tour of its renovated Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Corridor and new new music setting up on Aug. 28.
Both are opening for the present academic 12 months.
Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Corridor will home both of those the theatre and dance departments at the university for the initial time in the university’s historical past.

Renovation highlights for PBK Memorial Hall involve:
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- A 492-seat renovated Proscenium Theatre

 - A New 250-seat Studio Theatre

 - A 100-seat renovated Lab Theatre
- A 60-seat new Dance Recital Theatre
- Areas for recital, rehearsal and dance
- Scenic style and construction lab spaces
- Costume building and conservation spots
- Media and style labs
- Dressing rooms
- Performing labs, lecture rooms and seminar rooms
- School workplaces
- A departmental library












“We are thrilled for the opportunities that these beautiful new areas manage our college students and faculty,” stated Suzanne Raitt, dean of the school of Arts & Sciences. “The impact of the arts at William & Mary is evident in all areas of campus existence, seamlessly woven into the cloth of our finding out and actions.”

The new new music building’s highlights contain:
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- A 450-seat Live performance Corridor
- A 125-seat Recital Corridor
- Choral rehearsal house
- A recording studio
- An digital audio lab, keyboard lab and electronic assignments lab
- Room for instrumental rehearsal
- Specialised percussion studio
- Historic keyboards
- A new pipe organ
- Instrument and rating storage
- College studios
- Lecture rooms
- Practice areas













The inaugural display for the new structures will be a general performance of “Nine” by a team of dancers from the Leah Glenn Dance Theatre and selected W&M learners on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The function serves as the delicate opening of PBK Memorial Hall and will be totally free and open to the general public. A dedication and open residence will just take put Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. at PBK as element of Homecoming & Reunion Weekend.
“I’m seriously excited about sharing what we do and have to offer you with the community, not just the William & Mary local community but the greater Williamsburg neighborhood of Hampton Roadways,” reported Leah Glenn, Yr of the Arts Professor of Dance.
For additional facts about the new developing and William & Mary’s ongoing get the job done on the Arts Quarter, check out the official webpage.
