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Encyclopedia > Sanders Theater

Sanders Theater or Sanders Theatre is the premiere lecture and concert hall at Harvard University. It is internationally known for its superior acoustics, which in New England are only surpassed by Jordan Hall and Boston Symphony Hall. The theaters design is based upon Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, England, and is reminiscent of many of the old meetinghouses in New England towns. The 1,166 theater features three tiers of seating, the floor, the mezzanine, and the gallery, also known as the balcony. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound, mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. ... The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. ... Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts is widely considered to be one of the two or three finest concert halls in the world, alongside Amsterdams Concertgebouw and Viennas Grosser Musikvereinssaal. ... Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller, 1711. ... Sheldonian Theatre. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 ( 2001 census). ...


The theatre was designed to function as a major lecture hall and as the site of college commencements. Although Sanders saw its last commencement exercise in 1922, the theatre continues to play a major role in the academic mission of Harvard College, hosting undergraduate core curriculum courses, the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, and the annual Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony. Many of the most venerable academic, political and literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth century have taken the podium at Sanders Theater including Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King. Current popular lecturers in the Theater include Professors N. Gregory Mankiw and Michael Sandel, with the latter commanding an audience of over 1,000. An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... See also Academic dress Categories: Education | Academia ... Charles Eliot Norton (November 16, 1827 - October 21, 1908) was an American scholar and man of letters. ... The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society which considers its mission to be fostering and recognizing excellence in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG OM CH TD FRS, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901–09) President of the United States of America. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Nicholas Gregory Mankiw (born February 3, 1958) is a macroeconomist. ... Michael Sandel (1953-) is a contemporary political philosopher. ...


The theater is also used by the various musical groups of Harvard University. Sanders Theater is located in the aspe of Memorial Hall, which consists of Annenberg Hall, the Memorial Transept and Tower, and Sanders Theater.


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George Sanders - Biography - Moviefone (705 words)
Throughout much of his screen career, actor George Sanders was the very personification of cynicism, an elegantly dissolute figure whose distinct brand of anomie distinguished dozens of films during a career spanning nearly four decades.
Born in St. Petersburg on July 3, 1906, Sanders and his family fled to the U.K. during the Revolution, and he was later educated at Brighton College.
Prior to the release of the latter, Sanders killed himself on August 25, 1972, by overdosing on sleeping pills while staying in a Costa Brava hotel; his suicide note read, "Dear World, I am leaving you because I am bored." He was 66 years old.
Sanders Theatre - Harvard University (365 words)
Although Sanders saw its last commencement exercise in 1922, the theatre continues to play a major role in the academic mission of Harvard College, hosting undergraduate core curriculum courses, the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, and the annual Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony.
Sanders is presently home to several undergraduate choir and orchestral groups and also serves as a venue for many professional performance ensembles including The Boston Philharmonic, The Boston Chamber Music Society, The Christmas Revels, Masterworks Chorale and The Boston Baroque.
Sanders Theatre is not typically available for viewing by the public except during public performances.
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