To enable an instrument built to fill a great concert hall to also work in much smaller domestic spaces and studios requires proper planning. Too large a room can strip our sound of energy and resonance, while too small a space can cause sonic overload, making the sound muddy, harsh, and overbearing. Our music rooms, whether large concert halls or smaller spaces in the home, can help or hinder our performance. But where does the sound of the performer end and the sound of the room begin? Taking this one step further, we can even say that the room is an integral part of the performance. Change the room, and you change the musical result. Same music, same conductor, same musicians, but the two performances sound like two different orchestras. One night we play at the Kennedy Center, and the next in a high school gymnasium. Some have sounded wonderful, some not so wonderful. Since I joined the National Symphony Orchestra in 1970, I have performed in large, small, and medium-size rooms.
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