The Department of Music facilities is a part of
the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center on the Douglass campus.
The Marryott Music Building is the
department's main administrative building and features the Schare Recital Hall,
a 100-seat intimate recital venue.
Robert E. Mortensen Hall opened in fall 2013 and includes the
Richard H. Shindell Choral Hall, a state-of-the-art recording studio, the
Presser Foundation Practice Suite, the Bauer Music Room, the Kevin Goetz Studio
for Theater and Dance, and an atrium with a café where students can congregate
and enjoy refreshments.
The Department of Music's primary performance venue
is Nicholas Music Center, a beautiful 740-seat concert hall. Performances also
take place at Voorhees Chapel on the Douglass campus and in Kirkpatrick Chapel
on the College Avenue campus.
The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, which opened in fall 2019, is the newest Mason Gross School of the Arts facility. This venue houses two theaters of 465 and 253 seats, and an 86-foot stage, equipped with an orchestra pit. The Performing Arts Center partners with the George Street Playhouse, Crossroads Theater, American Repertory Ballet, New Brunswick Cultural Center, and Mason Gross School of the Arts to accommodate musicals, drama, dance, opera, lectures, and other musical events.
The Blanche and Irving Laurie
Music Collection, housed adjacent to the department in the Mabel Smith Douglass
Library, includes a major collection of books, scores, recordings, and other
resources for the scholar and the performing musician. The Mabel Smith Douglass
Library is also home to the Performing Arts Seminar Room, a state-of-the-art space
for graduate and undergraduate classes, and the Sharon A. Fordham Computer Lab,
which serves as the department's computer lab.
The Department of Music facilities include classrooms, performance and
rehearsal spaces, studios, faculty offices, and practice rooms.
