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The Choral Society of Durham is committed to providing access to our performances and events to people of all ages, familiarity with choral music, ability to pay, and physical abilities.

We rehearse and perform in physically accessible spaces (see details below). There are always ground-level entry, ramped access, and/or elevators to the venue, wheelchair seating, wheelchair-accessible restrooms, and wheelchair-accessible box office. Venues offer designated accessible parking spots with route to the venue entrance.

For those with vision impairments, digital copies of our programs, which can be magnified, are available upon request. If you are a singer and require Braille versions of the music for each semester, let us know and we will order it. Printed programs include the text of most of the pieces we perform.

Relevant details on performance venues will be updated as we approach each performance. For further information, please contact our Accessibility Coordinator at deichair@choral-society.org.

 

DUKE CHAPEL
401 Chapel Drive
Durham, NC 27708

Venue
Duke Chapel is composed of a single seating area. There are several entrances to the Duke Chapel, however, most of them, including the main entry, require the use of stairs. A wheelchair-accessible entrance is available at the rear of the Duke Chapel on the north side of the building.

Wheelchair-accessible seating in Duke Chapel can vary depending on the size of the ensemble performing. It is usually located near the front of the seating area in the north (right) transept. An usher will often be at the accessible entrance to greet guests with accessibility needs and assist them with finding a seat.

Guests can elect to transfer to a chair or church pew if available or use their wheelchair as a seat in designated areas.

All seating in the Duke Chapel is on wooden chairs or pews. Many guests choose to bring a small cushion or pillow for comfort.

We recommend arriving early for Duke Chapel events as the accessible seating area does tend to fill up.

Restrooms with accessible features are located in the Divinity School adjacent to the Duke Chapel. Please note that restrooms in the Bryan Center are accessible from the Duke Chapel Quad via stairs or a sloped path.

Parking
Accessible parking is available either in the Bryan Center Parking Deck (PG IV), located at 125 Science Drive, or in the Bryan Center parking lot adjacent to the parking deck. A special event parking fee of $5 will be charged by Duke Parking Attendants upon entry to either location. Please ask the parking attendant to direct you to the closest open accessible parking spot. Guests may be dropped off at the Bryan Center parking circle, as well, and the drop-off car can then park wherever the parking attendant indicated they should park.

For guests being dropped off by taxi or other vehicle that does not intend to park, the Chapel Drive bus circle may also be used as a drop-off point. Please note that there is little or no parking available at this location, and that there are stairs between Chapel Drive and the entrance to Duke Chapel, with an accessible ramp to the far right of the quad as you face the Chapel.

Once you are parked, a slightly sloped accessible pathway leads from the parking area
to the accessible entrance to Duke Chapel. Click here for a detailed map of this pathway.

Duke Box Office Website

BALDWIN AUDITORIUM
1336 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27705

Venue
Baldwin Auditorium consists of two seating areas: Orchestra seating & Balcony seating. There is one elevator between the two levels, located on the house right side of the building and providing access to the accessible seats in the house right Upper Box, as well as bathrooms on the bottom floor. The balcony can also be accessed by flights of stairs on house right and left, and some rows inside require additional stairs. The Orchestra level does not require any stair use for entry, and there are no additional stairs inside the Orchestra seating area. There are seats that can be removed and adjusted to accommodate guests using wheelchairs located at the aisle ends of Row A in the house right (100) and left (300) seating sections, and Row P in the center (200) seating section.

The Box Office in Baldwin Auditorium is located in the lobby near the main entrance. If you have purchased accessible seats and your tickets are being held at will call, you may want to use the accessible ramp entrance, located on the east side of the building.

A restroom equipped with accessible features is located on the lobby level of the theater, on the house left side of the building. The men's and women's restrooms on the bottom floor also feature accessible stalls, and can be reached via the elevator on the house right side of the building.

There are no handrails on the front entrance to Baldwin Auditorium. The side entrances to the building do have handrails.

Parking
Accessible parking is available in the Bishop/Brown lots, located at the intersection of North Buchanan Boulevard and Dacian Avenue, with accessible pickup an dropoff available in Baldwin Loop off of Markham Avenue. A special event parking fee of $5 will be charged by Duke Parking Attendants. Please ask the parking attendant to direct you to the closest open accessible parking spot.

Once you are parked, there is an accessible ramp into Baldwin Auditorium located on
the east side of the building. Click here for a detailed map of accessible parking.

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
215 N Church Street
Durham , NC 27701

The church has an accessible entrance, elevator, bathrooms and parking.

Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)
4907 Garrett Road
Durham, NC 27707

The church has an accessible entrance, bathrooms and parking. Rehearsals take place in the Sanctuary of ERUUF, which is wheelchair accessible, does not involve any stairs, and wheelchair accessible seating is easily available.