Nelson Music Room
1304 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27708
Map/Directions
Nelson Music Room is an intimate recital hall on Duke’s East Campus near East Main Street. It is located on the second floor the East Duke Building, which was completed in 1912, built of white pressed brick and Indiana sandstone and roofed with green tile. Nelson Music Room was originally the meeting place of the Columbian literary society, and was first used as a recital room in the 1930s due to its fine acoustics. With a capacity of 300, this elevator-accessible venue features a central performance area flanked by balconies on either side, with flexible seating on the floor level often configured in the round. Duke Performances often uses the Nelson Music Room for contemporary classical and classical concerts that call for an intimate venue.
Directions
- FROM CHAPEL HILL VIA HWY 15-501
- From the US-15/501 Bypass N merge onto 147 S via Exit 108B.
- Exit at Swift Avenue (Exit 14) and turn left off the exit.
- At the first light, make a right onto Main Street.
- At the first light on Main Street, make a left into East Campus (Campus Drive).
- Nelson Music Room is in the first building on your right (East Duke Building).
- Parking is available along Campus Drive and in areas accessible from the Buchanan Boulevard entrance.
- FROM RALEIGH, CARY AND POINTS EAST
- Via I-40 West: Merge onto NC-147 N via Exit 279B toward Durham/Downtown.
- From 147 N take the Swift Avenue Exit (Exit 14), turn right onto Swift Avenue.
- At the first light, make a right onto Main Street.
- At the first light on Main Street, make a left into East Campus (Campus Drive).
- Nelson Music Room is in the first building on your right (East Duke Building).
- Parking is available along Campus Drive and in areas accessible from the Buchanan Boulevard entrance.
- FROM GREENSBORO, BURLINGTON AND POINTS WEST
- Take I-85 North to the Gregson Street Exit, passing Northgate Mall on your right.Continue for 2 miles.
- Turn right onto Markham Avenue.
- In 2 blocks, turn left on to Buchanan Boulevard.
- Turn right on to Main Street, then turn right into East Campus through the main entrance (Campus Drive).
- Nelson Music Room is located within the first building on your right (East Duke Building).
- Parking is available along Campus Drive and in areas accessible from the Buchanan Boulevard entrance.
- FROM POINTS NORTH VIA I-85
- Merge onto I-85 S
- Take exit 176 for US-501 N/Duke St toward Gregson St/Northgate
- Turn left at N Duke St
- Continue onto N Gregson St
- Turn right at W Main St
- Turn right at Campus Dr
- Nelson Music Room is in the first building on your right (East Duke Building).
- Parking is available along Campus Drive and in areas accessible from the Buchanan Boulevard entrance.
- PARKING
- Parking is available after 5 p.m. in campus lots located off Buchanan Blvd. and in spaces along the main entrance to the East Campus.
- East (Permit)
- Art Museum/Wilson Meter Lot (Public)
- Carr Lot (Permit / Duke Comm. 5pm-7am)
- Red Zone (Permit)
- Pegram Lot (Permit)
- ACCESSIBILITY PARKING
- Accessible parking located at circle parking area between East Duke and White Lecture Hall.
- Automatic door opener with remote control capability on 2nd floor entrance.
- In addition to accessible restrooms in White Lecture Hall, accessible restrooms are also located in East Duke Building, near room 101.
- Accessible path of travel leading from parking area to side elevator entrance into White Lecture Hall. Accessible pathway into East Duke is available by taking White Lecture Hall elevator to 2nd floor and crossing walkway into East Duke.