Seattle Times
This chapel, formerly part of a Catholic seminary, was designed 50 years ago for the purpose of communion with God. But somehow — perhaps by accident, perhaps by design — the chapel also captured that most elusive of qualities: near-perfect acoustics. A half-dozen movie scores were recorded here, including “Brokeback Mountain,” “About Schmidt” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” Musician Dave Matthews used it to record the orchestral track of his album “Some Devil.” “It’s a very special place,” said Pam Vaughn, director of conference services for Bastyr university, “and people know that when they walk in.”