About Us
The purpose of 172 Below is to provide a space for Emerson students to get concert/cabaret experience within an educational environment. This gives students a chance to practice and pick up material, to learn how to produce concerts which is increasingly popular in the professional theatrical world, and to design in unconventional spaces. 172 Below, in the future, aims to work with up and coming professional artists to put on their work in concert format if possible, and give a voice to artists of all races, genders, sexualities, and upbringings of all sorts. 172 Below poses a great benefit to the Emerson community because in the professional world, concert and cabaret performances are becoming very popular and we don't currently have a space to practice that consistently here. For those involved in the production of the concerts, 172 Below is an excellent way to hone the skills of performing as yourself in front of an audience and to learn how to produce a concert. For those in the audiences, it provides entertainment and, hopefully in the future, exposure to new material and rising artists.
