The Listening Room

The Listening Room is a gem for anyone who wants to get up close and personal with the musicians at a concert. The venue is beautiful, perfectly dim, excellently acoustic, and the air is tinged with an almost-​religious-​reverence for the sounds of the voices and instruments. Intimacy as J F said is the perfect word to describe it.
You walk in and they make you take off your shoes (my boyfriend will tell you that this is much like my own apartment). Bring socks if your toes get cold.
There are cushions and mats to sit on up front and chairs in the back. The room is arranged in a semi circle around the musicians, who do not sit on a stage.
The concerts are well-​priced, it’s first-​come first-​seated (at least for the concert I went to). It was my third time seeing Vienna Teng, and it was absolutely captivating.
It’s as if you’re speaking one on one with the performer. There is utmost respect for the very thing that brought us all there– the music.
I have to say that this has been one of my favorite concert venues to date.
Vienna had us all stand up and sing and move around and clap, and it was like a little party. I loved it. Can’t wait to come here for another concert.

Where can you see nationally touring acoustic recording artists along the likes of Loudon Wainwright III, James McMurtry, David Wilcox and Vienna Teng, in a setting where you may sit within a few feet from the performer and the only noise level is coming from the stage? At the Listening Room.
Helen Terry and Kristie Bryant – the owners of Nia Moves, a fitness and movement studio located in the Woodland Heights, convert their place a few nights a month – usually on weekends, to The Listening Room. The Listening Room is an awesome music venue offering an experience akin to having the performer play in you own living room. A level of intimacy seems to develop between the performer and the audience; the audience politely listening, keeping the conversation to a minimum, has a most positive effect on the performer, and he reciprocates in kind with a wonderful combination of artistry, musicianship and dialogue.
Depending on who is performing, admission ranges from $ 15 or so to $ 32 and change. The Listening Room does not serve refreshments, other than pre-​packaged health bars and bottled water.
We started attending in July and have seen maybe a half a dozen performances since. We have never been disappointed. I promise you won’t be either; it will be an experience you shall not forget.