Marlboro Music Reich Hall

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[["i"]],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Inspired by the humble Cape Cod\ncottage, the new Jerome and Celia Bertin Reich Rehearsal Building and Music\nLibrary offers the celebrated Marlboro Music program upgraded practice facilities\nfor its musicians. Driven by the overarching desire to best serve today\u2019s\nmusicians and music itself, the hall\u2019s design stays true to the spirit of\nSouthern Vermont, where the program is held each summer, while providing\nmuch-needed modern rehearsal spaces, a music library, and staff offices. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Dubbed the \u201cclassical world\u2019s most\ncoveted retreat\u201d by "],[0,[0],1,"The New Yorker"],[0,[],0,", Marlboro Music has gathered many of\nthe world\u2019s most talented classical musicians for a seven-week festival focused\non collaboration and away from the pressures of performance since 1951. The\nprogram is held on the campus of Marlboro College, which recently closed due to\nlow enrollment but is still maintained by Marlboro Music. It also promotes a\ncommunal way of living, with the musicians, staff, and their families sharing\nmeals and chores while also engaging in other social events. But after more\nthan 70 years, the campus\u2019 aging farm buildings proved to be less than ideal\nenvironments for rehearsal and storing Marlboro\u2019s renowned chamber music\narchive, which contains more than 10,000 scores. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Reich Hall draws on the 400-year-old typology\nderived from the dwellings of 17th-century English settlers. Arising from an\naesthetic of restraint, the cottage\u2019s simple gabled form is intrinsically\nlinked to the campus\u2019 identity, and the hall\u2019s small footprint and compact\nvolumes help reinforce the program\u2019s place among the Green Mountains\u2019 rolling\nhills. For both the program and the design team, the primary goal was to create\na new sustainable building, fully integrated into the steeply sloped terrain\nwith minimal site disturbance. Its four pitched-roof forms step down the\nlandscape\u2019s natural slope, while its upper and lower floors are organized\naround south-facing outdoor rooms for community gatherings."]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Inside, the lobby\u2019s humble ceiling\nheight allows the full volumes of the library and rehearsal rooms to soar. With\ntheir simple wood surfaces, the rehearsal rooms evoke instruments themselves.\nRippling wood grain and knots of varied sizes coalesce with locally sourced\nwhite pine slats to support an acoustically \u201cdry\u201d space in which musicians can\nhear their instruments and voices with no ambient interruptions. All of the\nbuilding\u2019s systems are integrated in ways that render them nearly invisible, spotlighting\nthe building\u2019s beauty and the surrounding landscape. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"With the completion of\nReich Hall, Marlboro Music now has world-class rehearsal spaces that reflect\nthe immense talent the program draws each year. For several weeks each summer,\nit offers a concert series for the public, drawing scores of visitors from\nnearby Brattleboro and the greater Northeast region. Visitors can experience\nperformances featuring established musicians alongside young artists on the\ncusp of their careers, true to Marlboro Music\u2019s egalitarian spirit and legacy."]]]]}