V.com weekend vote: Do you like your local symphony hall?

September 14, 2025, 1:13 PM · Acoustics, aesthetics, accessibility - a great concert hall can make all the difference, when it comes to experiencing symphonic music. Based on everything you've ever experienced in a concert hall, what would you want, in the ideal concert hall?

One of the reasons this is on my mind is that the Colburn School is in the process of building a new concert hall (Terri and Jerry Kohl Hall) which will be the new home for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, which has been a bit of a roving band, playing at halls throughout the city.

Imagine, a new concert hall!

Symphony Halls: Clockwise from upper left: Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall, Chicago's Symphony Hall, New York's David Geffen Hall, London's Barbican Centre.

I thought this would make a good idea for a vote - are you happy with your symphony's current hall? Do you like its acoustics? The way it looks, inside and out? The way it feels to be there? The parking and/or transportation situation? Do you like its location, and is it close to restaurants or other amenities? If you play there, do you like the backstage areas?

For the vote, just choose the hall that is closest to your life - it can be where you play, or where you most frequently attend concerts, etc. And after voting, please tell us in the comments all about your local symphony hall, what you like and what you would change to make it the "ideal."

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Stephen Symchych

September 14, 2025 at 05:31 PM · We are fortunate in Boston to have at least three world-class halls.

Theo M

September 14, 2025 at 06:58 PM · I know brutalisim gets a lot of hate, but I love my local Christchurch Town Hall. Not the best acoustically, but it has a place in my heart.

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V.com weekend vote: Do you like your local symphony hall?

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