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The new 55,000-square-foot addition to the School of Music will include

  • 30 new faculty studios (slightly larger than the current studios)
  • a 250-seat recital hall designed primarily for solo and chamber music recitals
  • a large choral rehearsal room
  • a large instrumental rehearsal room that will also serve as a professionally equipped recording studio
  • two recording control rooms
  • an electroacoustic music suite
  • a music education resource center, including a large multipurpose room, an attached observation room, a large storage room, and three conference rooms
  • a small jazz rehearsal room
  • a 75-seat lecture room
  • a computer classroom
  • a computer laboratory room
  • a new ensemble collection facility
  • a new suite of rooms for the piano technician and instrument technician
  • a bridge connecting Ford Hall directly to the music holdings of the Ithaca College library
  • a bridge to a nearby parking lot
  • redesign of the front and west entrances that will eliminate obstructions to the disabled
  • a loading dock separate from the public entrances

    • Additionally, the following projects will be undertaken within the current facility:

  • restoration of six practice rooms currently used for teaching and/or storage
  • creation of four chamber music practice areas for students in the space currently occupied by the electroacoustic music studios
  • restoration of two classrooms currently used as four faculty offices
  • creation of two conference rooms in two current small classrooms
  • creation of a graduate student study area
  • improvement of backstage facilities for the auditorium and the Nabenhauer Recital Room
  • creation of a new reed room
  • expansion and renovation of the music office
  • new carpeting and paint throughout the existing building
  • a new mechanical system for the addition and improvements to the current mechanical system
  • a new humidity control system that will service the entire facility
  • creation of a workroom containing specially equipped computer workstations with Finale software for student composers

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