The Baroque Room

http://www.thebaroqueroom.com/

Since The Baroque Room will likely be one of our main performance spaces, I thought it might be nice to feature them in a post. This is a performance space in downtown St. Paul that functions in part as a sort of communal performance venue for the baroque music community in the Twin Cities and as a home for the Lyra Baroque Orchestra's administrative office.

I've never seen a project quite like it specifically dedicated to early music and chamber music and think that it's fantastic. It serves as something of a unifying element for what many don't realize is a thriving and active early music performing scene here in the Twin Cities. It's location, in Lowertown near the Farmer's Market, is near the offices of other performing groups and artist loft spaces, including the Zeitgeist Gallery, which often serves as a venue for various performing groups. It is a smaller venue than a university recital hall, like Sundin Hall at Hamline University, but the size lends itself to intimacy. It is also designed to be used as a reception space as well.

Overall, I think it is an incredible project and a fantastic resource for artists in the Twin Cities.