UMD Music: Facilities

Weber Music Hall, designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Cesar Pelli, opened on the UMD campus, 2002, to acclaim from patrons and musicians alike. The hall is acoustically magnificent and aesthetically splendid, and offers music students a remarkable performing venue.

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Preparing music majors to be fluent in the use of Music Technology is a high priority in the Department of Music. All music students have access to the new MIDI Composition Lab and to computer workstations located within the Music Department. These computer centers are fully equipped with the latest music technology software and are updated regularly. There is also a large computer-music facility on campus where music majors receive instruction during the freshman year. A major feature of this instruction is the preparation of an electronic portfolio which students will maintain throughout their career at UMD and in the future as well.

Faculty studios and music classrooms are equipped with excellent audio and video equipment. There are twenty-five practice rooms, many of which receive new pianos each year through a placement agreement with Schmitt Music Company and the Steinway Corporation.

UMD's choral ensembles utilize the recently remodeled choral rehearsal hall; large instrumental ensembles rehearse in the Marshall Performing Arts Center rehearsal hall, equipped for use by both acoustic and electronic ensembles. Jazz combos and chamber ensembles meet in the new Singer Rehearsal Hall adjacent to the recently-completed Weber Music Hall.

The Music Education Resource Center offers music students listening equipment and opportunities for study and for the design of teaching strategies. Materials contained in this center include the complete UMD Library collection of teaching materials, as well as a large collection of CDs, audio tapes, videotapes, other recordings and reference texts.