There must be a tremendous duplication of effort involved in these site searches. Does anyone maintain an up-to-date database with venue information? Such a database would be in the interests of venues AND performing arts organizations.
In a perfect world, the database would include the following:
- Location
- Contact information (address, email address, web site, contact person, if any)
- Audience capacity
- Parking capacity
- Nearby public transit routes
- Cost for a performance (and length of time covered by the fee)
- Cost for a rehearsal (and length of time covered by the fee)
- Does the site have an organ? What kind of condition is it in?
- Does the site have a piano? Is it kept tuned?
- How big a chorus can be accommodated
- How much space is there for an orchestra or other instrumental ensemble?
- Whether the site has a green room and whether there's any additional cost for that
- Whether the site has rooms for soloists and whether there's any additional cost for that
- Whether the site has a room for a conductor and whether there's any additional cost for that
Question for the reader: Do you know of such a database? Please post in the comments if you do.
2 comments:
Peggy Salkind compiled such a list for use by SF Conservatory students when she was on the faculty there--I think I saw it around 1991. It became less and less useful with the years--my impression is that available venues are considerably fewer than, say, 20 years ago--and I don't know if anyone's created a newer version using newer methods. But the Conservatory would have a obvious reason to do this; maybe an inquiry to someone there (a librarian? an adviser?)would get results
Thank you!! I will check into that.
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