Harlem School of the Arts Creates Breathtaking New Performance Space with WSDG

New York -- For more than fifty years, the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) has been a gathering place for students of all ages to explore art, music, and dance in an encouraging and supportive environment that draws on the rich arts traditions of the historic neighborhood in which it resides. Earlier this year the Herb Alpert Foundation announced that it would be funding a $9.5 million-dollar renovation of the facility, entitled “The Renaissance Project,” with the intention of updating the building’s visual and architectural details for the next generation of artists and performers.

One of the most important elements of this update is a redesign of the school’s main lobby, transforming it into bright, transparent, multi-purpose performance space. Knowing that such a performance space would need high-quality and versatile acoustic design to match, Herb himself recommended the inclusion of global acoustic architectural consulting and A/V integration firm WSDG in the project’s creative team to ensure that the sound of the new facility would inspire generations of musicians and performers to come.