About Facilities
Music Building
The recently renovated and enlarged Music Building houses classrooms, seminar rooms, a piano lab, the Music Library, offices, practice rooms, the electronic music studio, the ethnomusicology lab, a student/faculty lounge, and teaching studios.
Bellefield Hall
Half a block from the Music Building is Bellefield Hall, which
includes a recently renovated auditorium seating 676, rehearsal
spaces, a classroom, graduate student offices, and the William
R. Robinson Digital Recording Studio. Many of the department's
concerts are held in the auditorium.
The Electronic Music Studio
The Electronic Music Studio, located in the Music Building, contains
a variety of synthesizers, sampler and signal processors, digital
recording equipment, and computer notation programs.
The Ethnomusicology Lab
Located in the Music Building, a computer-assisted musical analysis laboratory contains a Macintosh G4 computer with signalized sound analysis software, scanner, and printer, a portable DAT recorder, tape duplicating and dubbing equipment, video editing equipment, and a mixing board.
Other Teaching and Performance Sites
Large lecture classes are held in classrooms of the Cathedral
of Learning and David
Lawrence Hall. The Stephen Foster Memorial houses the library
and museum of the Center
for American Music. Concerts by the Heinz Chapel Choir and
Bach and the Baroque are held in Heinz
Memorial Chapel. We also make use of the chamber music and
lecture hall in the Frick
Fine Arts Building.
