The Yehudi Menuhin School Stoke D'Abernon, United Kingdom

Raising standards to new highs

This unique international boarding school attracts prodigiously talented music students. With only a limited budget, the client was in need of a top-quality concert hall of 300 seats for internal use.
It was to be geared towards chamber music ensemble, recitals and guitar playing, to serve a small number of the public performances and act as a lasting memorial to Yehudi Menuhin, the founder of the school.

Seating: 300
Location: The Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham Road, Stoke D'Abernon, United Kingdom
Client: The Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey, UK
Architects: Burrell Foley Fischer

Awards (3)

BCI Small Building Project Award

1st February 2006

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1st February 2006

Menuhin Hall, Stoke D’Abernon, UK

Civic Trust Awards – Commendation (Eastern Region)

1st February 2008

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1st February 2008

Menuhin Hall, Surrey, UK

RIBA South East Regional Award

1st February 2006

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1st February 2006

Menuhin Hall, Surrey, UK

13th July 2015

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13th July 2015

The Yehudi Menuhin School Conception

AMPC collaborated with Burrell Foley Fischer Architects to produce a simple and economical form of auditorium.

A continuous ring of balcony and audience faces surround the stage at first floor level and at ground floor level the low stage riser is supported by the stalls designed with a shallow rake.

17th April 2013

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17th April 2013

The result has been a beautiful Concert Hall with an acoustic that receives universal praise from all who experience it. The seat layout provides the connection between performer and audience that is so important in today’s performance practice.

The Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey, UK
Nicolas Chisholm MBE

Yehudi Menuhin School

The Yehudi Menuhin School Gestation

AMPC developed and detailed the chandelier lights combining performance lighting, house lighting and emergency lighting which can be lowered for maintenance.

We provided all performance related specifications and delivered seating, performance lighting and rigging.

The Yehudi Menuhin School Birth

Opening in January 2006 the client had an exquisite concert hall, with a great ambience and international reputation for live performance and recordings.

Standards at the school have soared because musicians can hear each other on stage.

Activities, shows & life of the project

The new build received multiple awards and additional income streams for the school from recording and outside hires.

The success of the hall has resulted in the Council granting additional numbers of performances per year and the BBC has installed live streaming equipment and remote cameras for broadcasting.