- Spivey Hall
Spivey Hall was built in
1991 on the campus ofClayton State University inMorrow, Georgia , not far fromAtlanta, Georgia . Itsseating capacity is 400, and has presented the best injazz and classical music to the metroAtlanta area. Its renowned Concert Series receives regular national and international attention as one of America’s finest, and the hall’s acoustics and design are routinely lauded by patrons, pundits and performers.“Spivey is the best of the newer small halls in America,” says concert pianist
Steven Blier , while jazz pianistEllis Marsalis believes “Spivey Hall is the most fantastic little performance hall I have played – ever!”In addition to a world-renowned concert series, Spivey Hall has an innovative approach to education-outreach, which has resulted in the formation of the award-winning Spivey Hall Children’s Choir and the newer Spivey Hall Young Artists. The Children’s Concert Series, sponsored in part by
Delta Air Lines , won the prestigiousAbby Award for arts education in Atlanta in1998 .The visual centerpiece of Spivey’s breathtaking design is the
Albert Schweitzer Memorialpipe organ , a 79-rank, 3-manual, 4,413-pipe organ, built and installed byFratelli Ruffatti ofPadua, Italy . The creation of this organ was the subject of a PBS special.Thanks to frequent appearances on
National Public Radio ’s “Performance Today ,” the hall has earned a national reputation while also reaching an international audience through artist word-of-mouth and exposure in such publications asBBC Music Magazine andInternational Arts Manager .ee also
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