Venues Information

PIANOS AND VENUES 

Cheltenham Ladies’ College has a large collection of over 120 high-quality keyboard instruments, featuring an appealing variety of manufacturers and models.

PERFORMANCE SPACES

PRINCESS HALL 

(1000-seat Victorian Gothic concert/assembly Hall) 

  • Steinway D concert grand 

  • Yamaha C2 grand 

  • Also houses a 3-manual Kenneth Tickell tracker organ (2007) 

PARABOLA ARTS CENTRE

(Grade II listed building with a 315 seat multi-purpose auditorium, 2009) 

  • Fazioli F278 concert grand 

  • Also contains a Tickell chamber organ, acquired in 2020 

COUNCIL ROOM 

(50-seat Recital Room, unique to the 1860s “Arts & Crafts Gothic” style)

  • Steinway B grand 

SANDERS ROOM 

(A SMALLER AND MORE INTIMATE 40 SEAT RECITAL ROOM, 1860S) 

  • Yamaha C2 Silent grand 

  • Yamaha U1 upright for 2-piano work 

LOWER HALL

(The central hall of the original College buildings, seating 200, 1860s) 

  • Yamaha C2 grand 

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

A beautiful purpose-built 1860s Music Department on 4 floors, comprising 37 rooms, each with an upright or grand piano: Steinway, Welmar, Zimmermann, Yamaha, Kawai, Kemble etc.

BOARDING HOUSES

There are six junior and five senior boarding houses, each with a grand piano in the drawing room and between 3 and 7 upright pianos which are used daily for students’ practice.