Editor: Keith Davis Writers: Alex Dippold, Dave Maley Publisher: Office of Public Information Volume 22, No. 5   October 18, 1999

Whalen Center Opening College and community guests joined together October 1–2 to celebrate the formal opening of the James J. Whalen Center for Music. The Friday night concert in the new recital hall included guest pianist Mícheál O Súilleabháin (left), director of the Irish World Music Centre at the University of Limerick, and Gail Williams ’73 (below, left), professor of horn at Northwestern University. Delivering remarks at Saturday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony (above right and right) were Herman E. Muller Jr. ’51, chairman of the board of trustees; Marjorie Rooke Schwab ’69, chair of the Whalen Center’s fund-raising campaign; President Peggy R. Williams; president emeritus James J. Whalen; and Arthur E. Ostrander, dean of the School of Music. An open house Satuday afternoon featured performances by student and faculty ensembles and soloists, including the concert band (left). Among the individual rooms dedicated at the opening were the Karel Husa Gallery (below), which houses a collection of manuscripts, memorabilia, and archives from the Pulitzer Prize– winning former professor of composition; and the David and Evelyn Sass Music Technology Classroom (below, right), which contains 20 Power Macintosh computers equipped with music composition software and sequencers.

Created by Andrejs Ozolins. Updated 2 Nov 1999