Rice University, Shepherd School of Music Houston, Texas Auerbach + Associates (now Auerbach Pollock Friedlander) provided full scope theatre consulting, performance lighting design and variable acoustics systems design services for the performance facilities at the Shepherd School of Music. The facilities include the 1,000-seat Alice Pratt Brown Concert Hall, a 250-seat recital hall, a 100-seat opera studio, and a 200-seat organ studio. The project was completed in 1998. Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French. Client: Ricardo Bofill, in association with Kendall/Heaton/Associates Owner: Rice University Photography: Paul Hester Rice University, Shepherd School of Music