Convocation Hall

On the edge of the Mount Allison campus stands the Marjorie Young Bell Convocation Hall, a concert hall facility that seats just over 1500 people. The Hall, built in 1965/66, serves as a venue for university convocations, debates, guest speakers, theatre and concerts as well as visiting opera, ballet, choral and theatrical companies. Large conference groups use the Hall in the summer conference season. The funds to build, furnish and equip the Hall were given by Ralph Pickard Bell. The Hall, at the time of its opening, was "thought the finest facility of its kind in Eastern Canada." The six imposing columns and massive cornice of Wallace stone, the steps and platform of polished granite, the cut glass chandeliers and three storied open foyer area with walls of matched Italian marble lend a grand entrance for those attending events and performances. The building also houses a Casavant Frères pipe organ and a concert grand Steinway & Sons performance piano.