Spivey Hall
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Spivey Hall was built in 1991 on the campus of Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia, not far from Atlanta, Georgia. It's seating capacity is 400, and has presented the best in jazz and classical music to the metro Atlanta 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 pianist Ellis 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 prestigious Abby Award for arts education in Atlanta in 1998.
The visual centerpiece of Spivey’s breathtaking design is the Albert Schweitzer Memorial pipe organ, a 79-rank, 3-manual, 4,413-pipe organ, built and installed by Fratelli Ruffatti of Padua, 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 as BBC Music Magazine and International Arts Manager.
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