Includes bibliographical references and index.

A design revolution -- Breaking away -- Where music, acoustics, and architecture meet -- The orchestra platform-the last frontier -- Designing the "shoebox" concert hall -- Musical memory -- Case study : Kennedy Center Concert Hall -- Recital halls -- Case study : Zankel Hall -- New surround style -- Multipurpose performance halls -- Case study : Severance Hall -- Symphonic summer music pavilions -- Case study : Blossom Music Center -- Amphitheaters and mobile symphony stages -- Concert hall shapers -- Case study : Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall -- Cab forward -- Electronic architecture -- Case study : the Concord Pavilion -- Art and architecture : will the twain meet?