astronomy

Reid Concert Hall

Reid Concert Hall is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Reid Concert Hall rather than just read about it. In short: The Reid Concert Hall is a small music venue in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the south-western corner of Bristo Square about 0.53 kilometres (0.33 mi) south of the Royal Mile, and is part of the University of Edinburgh.

Key takeaways

Reid Concert Hall belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Reid Concert Hall to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Reid Concert Hall from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Reid Concert Hall is a small music venue in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the south-western corner of Bristo Square about 0.53 kilometres (0.33 mi) south of the Royal Mile, and is part of the University of Edinburgh. Originally opened in 1859 as the Reid School of Music by the university's professor of music, John Donaldson (1789-1865), it was designed by the Scottish Architect David Cousin and is a Category A listed building. The hall is named after General John Reid, an army officer and musician who founded the Chair of Music (Reid Professor of Music) at the university. The Reid Concerts take place every 13 February.

Performances The Reid Hall hosts a number of classical chamber music concerts throughout the year, mostly performed by students and academics. The Reid Concerts are performed every year under the organisation of the Reid Professor. They are held on 13 February in remembrance of General John Reid and in line with the terms of his bequest that established the professorship. In its history a number of works by Kenneth Leighton were premiered at the Reid Hall. After the composer's death, the hall hosted a memorial concert performed by Wakefield Cathedral Choir. During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Reid Hall is used as a performance venue called "The Cowbarn" by Underbelly.

Architecture

The Reid School of Music is a tall, rectangular sandstone ashlar building, designed by David Cousin in an Italianate Neoclassical style. The exterior large sash windows are flanked by decorative shell-headed niches. The roof is surrounded with an ornate, dentilled cornice and heavy, bracketed eaves, below which is an inscription carved into the frieze, " Endowed by General Reid — School of the theory of music — University of Edinburgh". Steps lead up to the entrances, which are flanked by pairs of classical columns and topped with porticos. The interior consists mostly of a spacious concert hall, which is noted for its highly decorated neoclassical coffered tunnel vaulted ceiling. Against the east wall of the concert hall is a reproduction classical organ, which was built by Jürgen Ahrend in 1978. The wooden casing was designed by James Haig Marshall of Ian G Lindsay and Partners. The concert hall was designed to offer "dry" acoustics with low reverberation. By contrast, the neighbouring McEwan Hall opened in 1897 is a grand, colossal space with high reverberation.

Music museum When the Reid Hall was built, Professor John Donaldson also added a museum gallery to display his private collection of old and unusual musical instruments, which was considered to be the oldest purpose-built musical museum in Europe. The North Room housed the John Donaldson Collection of Musical Instruments, which, along with the Russell Collection, formed part of the Musical Instruments collection of the University of Edinburgh. In May 2017, during a £6.5m restoration and renovation of St Cecilia's Hall, the instruments were relocated from the Reid Hall to the existing museum collection at St Cecilia's Hall, resulting in a unified, permanent collection of over 5,000 objects.

See also List of music museums St Cecilia's Hall

References

External links

"Virtual Tour of the Reid Concert Hall". Edinburgh College of Art. University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Reid Concert Hall

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Reid Concert Hall claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Reid Concert Hall before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Reid Concert Hall ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Reid Concert Hall

In research: Reid Concert Hall appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Reid Concert Hall in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Reid Concert Hall is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1859 establishments in Scotland, Buildings and structures completed in 1859, Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Reid Concert Hall outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Reid Concert Hall” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Reid Concert Hall in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Reid Concert Hall means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Reid Concert Hall out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Reid Concert Hall in simple terms?

Why does Reid Concert Hall matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Reid Concert Hall?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Reid Concert Hall.