page_title: National Music Centre
section_title: Studio Bell
hierarchical_section_title: National Music Centre / History / Studio Bell
caption_attribution_description: English: Performance Hall of the National Music Centre of Canada, source: http://www.evexperience.com
context_page_description: The National Music Centre is a non-profit museum and performance venue located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The centre's permanent building, branded Studio Bell, is located at 850 4th Street S.E. in Downtown East Village.
context_section_description: The National Music Centre's Studio Bell opened in 2016 on Canada Day, July 1, 2016, with an estimated 5600 people attending. Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo and Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle performed at the official opening.
  National Music Centre’s new space showcases the collection, which includes over 2,000 rare instruments and artifacts including the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, the TONTO synthesizer, and one of Elton John's pianos, along with the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame collections.  Its interior is clad with 226,000 custom glazed terracotta tiles which were made in Germany and fired in the Netherlands. Bell Canada paid $10 million for naming rights for the centre, for 12 years.
  The centre organizes interactive education programming, artist incubation, exhibitions and performances daily, as well as an artist-in-residence program.
  Features of the National Music Centre include broadcast facilities of the CKUA Radio Network and a 300-seat performance hall that has already hosted a variety of events, including one of the Tragically Hip’s last concerts. Included as part of the centre is the historic King Edward Hotel, which was dismantled and rebuilt, and operates as a seven nights a week live music venue.
caption: Performance Hall of the National Music Centre