Concert Venues
Hidden Valley Music Seminars
Hidden Valley, an Institute of the Performing Arts is nestled in the glorious, scenic Carmel Valley just ten miles from the internationally famous Monterey/Carmel area, Hidden Valley is an exciting arts training center providing young talents from around the world with performance and study opportunities of excellence. Wright Hall is our recently remodeled 20 room, single story, on-campus residence hall. Rooms are designed for double occupancy and each has a private bath. The charming, rustic 10-acre campus includes a 300-seat theatre, a fireside room, a dance studio, and numerous decks and patios. Hidden Valley is accessible by bus, plane, and train.
Church in the Forest
Church in the Forest opened its doors as a community chapel on September 13, 1987. It is located in the award winning Erdman Chapel at Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. This chapel, designed by John Lyon Reid, is noted for it soaring ceilings.
Of particular importance is the Greg Harrold pipe organ built and installed in 1992. This baroque instrument is perfectly sited high in the rear balcony. The traditional wine-glass shaped cabinet is made of mahogany. Pipe work is of wood and tin alloys; the exposed front metal pipes are gilded, polished and embossed. The wonderful acoustics of Erdman Chapel enhance the tonality of this exceptional instrument.
Carmel Mission Basilica
The Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (originally La Misión San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo) was first established in Monterey, California on June 3, 1770, the second of the 21 California missions. The Mission was named for Saint Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Italy.
The following year, the Mission moved to its present location near the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in what was the Third Military District; the original site continued to operate as a chapel and later became the Cathedral of San Carlos Borroméo. “Mission Carmel,” as it came to be known, was Father Junípero Serra’s favorite, and being close to Monterey (the capital of Alta California) became his headquarters. When he died on August 28, 1784 he was buried on the Mission grounds.
The Golden State Theatre
In 2004 Warren Dewey purchased The Golden State Theater on Alvarado Street in Monterey from Regal Entertainment Group and has restored the theatre to a thriving performing arts center. The upstairs theatres are gone; the auditorium’s ground floor has been re-floored and reseated; stenciled paintings have been restored; new projectors are in place; a new, larger movie screen has been installed and flown so the stage can be used for live performances; and the list goes on and on.
Now The Golden State boasts movies, performances by The Monterey Symphony, The Monterey Opera and concert with its wonderfully restored Wurlitzer Organ. As well, young people, like those in our Youth Chorus, can see what the Golden Age of Theater was really like. Picture & story courtesy, in part, to The Golden State Theatre
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Designed as the new faculty offices for this international school, the McCone Center is a complete remodel of the former Monterey Herald Newspaper into an administrative center. The exterior was taken from a “1950’s modern” design to a Monterey style, reflective of its historic location next to Colton Hall on Pacific Street.
Three stories totaling 40,000 S.F. include offices for 60 faculty members, classrooms and a ground floor punctuated by a spectacular skylit atrium. The former press bay was transformed into a 300-seat auditorium with state of the art translation facilities for five different languages.
The design won a 1994 Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects, Monterey Bay Chapter.