The Music Hall plays host to an ever widening range of events. Concerts of all
descriptions are enthusiastically attended. Programmes of comedy, classical,
folk, rock and jazz music are equally at home in the Hall while exhibitions,
seminars, conferences, graduation balls, tea dances and craft fairs all find a
professional welcome. The Music Hall is also the main venue for Aberdeen's
major annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
The concert life of the Music Hall is, of course, only one facet of this splendid
amenity. The Hall is a first class venue which attracts events of all sizes and
description. It has a suite of meeting rooms, excellent catering facilities, bars
and a coffee shop.
Since 1822, the Music Hall has been the heart of concert and community life in
the North East of Scotland. A celebrated landmark in the city's main
thoroughfare of Union Street, the Music Hall is a proud reminder of Aberdeen's
most famous architect, Archibald Simpson.
The Music Hall is an active promoting and receiving venue. For a competitive
quote please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Main Auditorium
Hall with narrow balcony on each side joining rear balcony. Fixed seating upstairs. Open
stalls, approx. 20m wide x 26m long, with full complement of seats and tables available to
afford different layouts. Choir stalls and organ located 2m above back of permanent stage.
Stalls max. capacity: 1,000 standing (inc 7 x 2 m mixer space) or 775 seated
Balcony max. capacity: 506 seated
Concerts, conferences, exhibitions, cabaret, art & craft fairs, banquets, fashion shows and
sports events can all be accommodated with varying capacities.
Meeting Rooms
The Round and the Square Rooms, on the ground floor provide ideal settings for
receptions. There is also one room which is suitable for small functions and seminars,
please note that this room is not soundproofed. It is on the first floor at the front of the
building and accessible only by stairs.
Capacities:
Round Room 100 standing/76 seated at tables/90 seated
Square Room 100 standing/60 seated at tables/60 seated
Room 2
50 seated
Aberdeen Box Office
The Box Office, which is located next to the Music Hall, uses the Enta system to provide a
full ticket printing and sales facility for the city. Further information can be obtained from the
Box Office Manager (Tel: 01224 337605).
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday 9.30am – 6.00pm
Diners, Mastercard, Switch and Visa are accepted
Aberdeen Box Office, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS, Tel (01224) 641122
Tickets can be purchased on line at www.boxofficeaberdeen.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
Dressing Rooms / Green Room / Toilets / Showers / Towels
3 large rooms, 2 Star Rooms and a Green Room, all with toilets and showers.
Towels are available with advance notice. (small charge)
Production Office
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A direct dial digital telephone (01224) 337608 and a fax/internet (BT Line) are available in
Star Room 1 – (01224) 337627. Dressing Room 3 has a digital line - (01224) 337607 and
a fax/internet (BT Line) (01224) 337629. All are metered and available on request.
Catering
The Music Hall has the experience and resources to provide pre or post show receptions,
buffets or simply refreshments for meetings. Food can also be themed to reflect an event.
Please contact the Bars & Cafe Manager (Tel: 01224 337614) for indicative costs and
menus and to discuss your particular requirements.
Artists touring with catering for their own personnel should note:
No bottled gas is allowed in the building
A domestic size, electric cooker is available with advance notice. Hard wired Single
phase, 230V, 45A supply for cooker and 3 x 13A sockets. A Ring main supplies an
additional 8 x 13A sockets. The catering room is one of the large dressing rooms listed
(Dressing Room 1).
Parking
Limited space is available with advance notice. An artic and a coach can be located in
Golden Square with additional space possible for a coach in South Silver Street. Landlines
(1 in Golden Square and 1 in South Silver Street) can be connected from load in time.
Cars are not permitted to park in the area behind the Music Hall, Golden Square. If
additional spaces are required for artics/coaches, this may be possible with advance notice
(small charge).
Equipment Access Route
From Golden Square down a few steps or ramp through fire exit doors to auditorium. Short
push to hoist or in-house ramp to stage:
Door dimensions: 1.8m wide x 2.5m high (outer)
1.6m
wide x 2.0m high (inner)
Stage
Permanent with wooden surface and with no proscenium arch
Rake: 1 in 40
Max Loading: 5.0Kn/ m2
Stage Frontage: 13.6m
Max Width: 17.8m
Stage depth: 10.6m
Stage to ceiling 13.6m
Floor to stage 1.4m
Drapes
8 x Sico multi-height (max. 4.2m) black drape frame
2 x black tab each 6m x 9.1m
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Rostra
Sico 1.2m x 2.4m rostra with treads and guardrails:
20 x 77cm or 97cm high
6 x 37cm or 57cm high
6 x 27cm or 42cm high
House Bars
House bars each , 13 x 2.5kw circuits, per bar, max capacity 300kg
FOH bar 5.4m from downstage edge, 12m long
Bar 1= 60cm down stage from stage line, 12m long
Bar 2 is 3.1m upstage 14m long
Bar 3 is 7.45m upstage, 14m long
Drape bar 200kg 8.35m upstage 12m long
max Flying Height 13m from stage
2 booms on balcony with 5 x 2.5K circuits each
4 dips on stage with 6 x 2.5K circuits each
All outlets are 15 Amp
6 x Flying Strong points 1 ton each point
2 x Upstage , 7.95m upstage,10.75m between points
2 x midstage,4.4m upstage, 10.5m between points
2 x advanced 2m from stage line ,10.5m between points
Sound flying points 700kg x2
on stage line 4x 350kg chain hoists
2xpoints per side 1.5m apart.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Responsibility for provision of rigger(s) and ground rigger(s)
lies with the visiting company. The Music Hall does NOT have the facility to provide
any of the above.
Stalls floor designed for a superimposed loading of 5.0kN/m 2
Stage Power
General
Lighting
Single phase, 230V, 13A
3 phase, 415V, 125A
3 phase, 415V, 63A
3 phase, 415V, 32A
Single phase, 230V, 32A
4 x Single phase, 230V, 16A
Sound
3 phase, 415V, 63A
3 phase, 415V, 32A
Single phase, 230V, 63A
2 x Single phase, 230V, 16A
13A sockets are distributed around the stage with lighting and sound power located under
Stage Right
13A or CEEform connectors - NO bare ends, lugs or camlocks
RCD protection is essential
Power will be cut automatically on activation of the Fire Alarm.
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(SEE ENCLOSED ELECTRICAL C-FORM OUTLET DIAGRAM)
Follow spot Lighting
2 x Pani HMI 1200 (platform in each corner of rear balcony)
Lighting House Rig
60 x 1K Parcan
6x 1kw short nose floor parcan
4x source 4, 575w jnr 25-50 profile
10x selicon pacific 800w 15-30 profile
2 x 1K Strand Cadenza 15-30 profile
8x 1kw strand nocturne flood
6x adb 1kw floods c/w barn doors
14 X 1K adb fresnels
martin moving heads available on request
At additional cost
Control
Avolite Sapphire 2000
ETC sensor dimmers – 60 x 2.5K Lx bars
12x 2.5k floor dips
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Sound
FOH Speakers
20 x Logic Ethos VA vertical array boxes.
8 flown per side,4 on stage 2 per side
Foldback Amplification
4x QSC
Foldback monitors
8 x Logic series monitors
FOH control
Yamaha 03D
Midas Venice 32/4/2
FOH Outboard
Yamaha SPX90
Denon DMD 1000 mini disk
Denon CD player / recorder
Microphones/ DI Boxes
6 x Shure SM58
4x shure sm57
1x beta 52a
2 x AKG C568
1x AKG D12
2 x Beyer CK703
6xBss ar 133 DI boxes
Radio Microphones UHF
4x Shure SM87 Hand Held
2x Shure tie clip+belt pack
Microphone Stands
8 x long boom stands
3 x short boom stands
3 x small table top stands
Pianos / Organ
Schimmel baby Grand
Steinway Concert Grand
Tuning at A441
Willis concert organ, restored 1989
Music Stands
6x Rat stands
60 x Hamilton stand
2 x Conductor’s rostrum
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Stage Barrier
Robbie Wilson barrier – in-house – available for hire.
Intercom
TP intercom system with 9 outlets
Paging for Dressing Rooms and FOH
Infrared
Infra Red System covers auditorium with microphones positioned on balcony adjacent to
stage
Multicore
40m min. cable length
The only route permitted is by attachment to the balcony
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Stage Crew
Crew calls: 3 hours for load in, 5 hours for load out on all shows other than productions
involving 40 or 45 foot Articulated Trucks where minimum calls will be 5 hours for load in
and 5 hours for load out.
Contact:
Chris Simmonds
Aberdeen Stage Crew
Tel No: (01224) 637724
Fax No: (01224) 631429
Email: chrisimmonds@scotsbluesnews.freeserve.co.uk
Health & Safety
Equipment (e.g. walkie-talkies, radio microphones, portable electrical appliances and lifting
gear) brought into the building by the hirer, must be accompanied by appropriate test
labels, licences or certificates
No naked flames
Use of strobes, pyrotechnics, smoke and / or dry ice must be approved in advance by the
venue
Helium must not be used to fill any balloons
Smoking is not permitted in any part of the Music Hall
Merchandising
Promotional merchandise can be sold only in the entrance foyer, subject to advance notice.
A fee will be payable.
Further Information
To view any seating plans or gain further information please visit our web site on:
www.boxofficeaberdeen.com
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MUSIC HALL STAFF
Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS
Tel: (01224) 632080 Fax: (01224) 632400 Email: info@musichallaberdeen.com
Head of Customer Service, Sales and Marketing
(including venue management)
Shona Byrne (01224) 337648
shona.byrne@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Head of Operations & Productions
Alan Campbell (01224 337663)
alan.campbell@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Customer Service Manager
Lisa Gnerre (01224) 337623
lisa.gnerre@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Venue bookings
Doug Taylor (01224 337662)
doug.taylor@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Senior Technician
Dougie Hay (01224) 337616
dougie.hay@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Technicians
Phil Wiles (01224) 337616
Mike Schraner (01224) 337616
technical@musichallaberdeen.com
Bars & Café Supervisor
Pat Hutchison - (01224) 337614
catering@musichallaberdeen.com
Customer Service Assistant
Emma Strachan
emma.strachan@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Sales & Marketing Manager
Lauren Taylor - (01224) 337640
lauren.taylor@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Press Manager
Joyce Summers – (01224) 337641
joyce.summers@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Sales / Box Office Manager
Pearl Cowie – (01224) 337625 / 337605
pearl.cowie@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Jennifer Rettie -(01224) 337625 / 337605
jennifer.rettie@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Maureen Copland -(01224) 337625 / 337605
maureen.copland@aberdeenperformingarts.com
Supervisors
Development Manager
Lorna Christie (01224) 337657
lorna.christie@aberdeenperformingarts.com
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Drape
bar
8.35m
upstage
Strong
points
7.95m
upstage
Bar3
7.45m
upstage
10.75m
strong
points
4.4m
upstag
e
Bar2
3.1m
upstage
10.5m
Sound
strong
points
stage ebge
Bar 1
60cm
from
stage
edge
Strong
points 2m
From stage
edge
9m
10.5
m
All strong points have a swl of 1 ton,
except sound points which are 700 kg
all house bars have a swl of 300kg
except drape bar which has a swl 250kg
12
Advance
bar
5.4m from
stage edge