Winspear Centre

omg i have sang int he winspear about 4 times now, and everytime it sounds better and better
the pipe organ is the most amazing i’ve ever seen… and i’ve been to places such as these all around the world.
Gorgeous acoustics

In Person
WINSPEAR CENTRE
#4 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Corner of 99th Street and 102 Avenue
Edmonton, AB

Tickets: (780) 428-1414

The focal point of Winspear Centre for Music is its concert hall, designed in the tradition of the great European orchestral halls. A separate rehearsal hall and appropriate back-of-house support facilities, including offices for the Edmonton Symphony and the Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation, facilitate the use of the Centre by diverse members of the community. Winspear Centre for Music opened in September 1997.

The 1917-seat concert hall is a tall, rectangular room with stepped, curved balconies and terraces. With its parallel side walls, the Winspear represents a modern adaptation of the classic “shoebox” shaped concert halls of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The room was designed to have exceptional natural acoustics for a wide range of musical events, from symphonic orchestra, chamber ensembles, and soloists, to amplified folk, jazz, country music, and speech. The acoustics of the Winspear are adjustable through the use of velour banners and curtains on every level of the hall.

These can be used to control the reverberant characteristics for musical events that require a less reverberant environment, or for orchestra rehearsals when the presence of a full audience needs to be approximated. An adjustable canopy system balances the clarity and reverberance of performances, helps control the loudness of the sound, and – in conjunction with the curved acoustic reflectors – assists in cross-stage communication among musicians.