Zellerbach Hall
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Zellerbach Hall is a multi venue performance facility on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley
. It was designed by architect and professor Vernon DeMars
and completed in 1968. The facility consists of two primary performance spaces: the 2,015 seat Zellerbach Auditorium, and the 500 seat Zellerbach Playhouse.
Zellerbach Auditorium is the main performance venue for Cal Performances
, a presenting and producing arts organization. The facility is suitable for dance, theater, and opera, and has a built in concert shell that provides an excellent acoustical enclosure for symphonic and other classical music performances.
The Playhouse is primarily used by the UC Berkeley Department of Theater and Dance. It features flexible seating sections to allow for different configurations of the seating and performance spaces.
Zellerbach Hall was named in honor of Isadore and Jennie Zellerbach, after a $1 million dollar gift was given toward completion of the facility
Christine McVie of the band, Fleetwood Mac recorded her song "Songbird
" (from the album Rumours
) here in 1976.
In May 1998, the game show Jeopardy!
held their annual College Championship
at Zellerbach Hall.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. It was designed by architect and professor Vernon DeMars
Vernon DeMars
Vernon DeMars was an American architect and professor at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.As one of the principal members of Telesis, he helped develop what Lewis Mumford called the Second Bay Area Regional Style. He, along with William Wurster, designed Wurster Hall, Sproul Plaza...
and completed in 1968. The facility consists of two primary performance spaces: the 2,015 seat Zellerbach Auditorium, and the 500 seat Zellerbach Playhouse.
Zellerbach Auditorium is the main performance venue for Cal Performances
Cal Performances
Cal Performances is the performing arts presenting, commissioning and producing organization based at the University of California, Berkeley.-Founding and Early Expansion:...
, a presenting and producing arts organization. The facility is suitable for dance, theater, and opera, and has a built in concert shell that provides an excellent acoustical enclosure for symphonic and other classical music performances.
The Playhouse is primarily used by the UC Berkeley Department of Theater and Dance. It features flexible seating sections to allow for different configurations of the seating and performance spaces.
Zellerbach Hall was named in honor of Isadore and Jennie Zellerbach, after a $1 million dollar gift was given toward completion of the facility
Christine McVie of the band, Fleetwood Mac recorded her song "Songbird
Songbird (Fleetwood Mac song)
"Songbird" is a popular song by Fleetwood Mac. It first appeared on the 1977 album Rumours.One of four songs written solely by Christine McVie on the Rumours album.-Eva Cassidy version:...
" (from the album Rumours
Rumours
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut and was released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The record peaked at the top of both the...
) here in 1976.
In May 1998, the game show Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
held their annual College Championship
Jeopardy! College Championship
The Jeopardy! College Championship is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are full-time undergraduate college students with no prior degrees...
at Zellerbach Hall.
External links
- http://www.calperformances.org
- http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/theater/