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An outstanding performance venue, the 600-seat Maurice
Gusman Concert Hall is used for a variety of events including
recitals, concerts, recordings, and other related projects. The
School’s largest ensembles perform there as well as many of
the smaller ensembles. Each year, over 100 concerts and events
are presented in this hall; most events are free to the public.
Click here for a complete calendar of events.
The Gusman Concert Hall is also used throughout the year for
an array of special events including the Frost School’s annual
Festival Miami, an acclaimed international celebration of music
featuring guest artists, Frost School faculty and ensembles in
symphonic concerts, chamber music presentations, jazz performances,
master classes, and much more.
Several hundred high school students gather in Gusman
Concert Hall each year for Honor Band, Honor Orchestra, Honor
Choir, and Musical Theatre Day, and for performances and master
classes with related faculty.
The administrative offices of the Phillip
and Patricia Frost
School of Music are housed in Gusman Concert Hall. The Office
of the Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Graduate Studies, and
Music Admissions are all located on the ground floor.
The Gusman Concert Hall is named in honor of the late
Maurice Gusman, a beloved donor to the University of Miami.
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Located on Lake Osceola in the
center of the Coral Gables campus,
central to the Frost School of
Music, the L. Austin Weeks Center
for Recording and Performance
houses a professional recording
studio and the Victor E. Clarke
Recital Hall. The Weeks Center is
named in honor of the late L.
Austin Weeks, a donor to the
University of Miami.
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The L. Austin Weeks Recording Studio, one of the best academic recording
studios in the world, is the home of the Music Engineering program.
Recording sessions, recital recordings,
and many practical laboratories are held there. Students participate
fully in the maintenance, modification, installation, and
design of all systems. Hands-on laboratories provide students
with practical experience in recording studio technique.
The Weeks Studio sound chamber features a 20-foot ceiling, two isolation
rooms, assignable microphone panels, audio/video playback, and a Steinway
grand piano. The audio equipment in the studio was installed by enrolled
students working under faculty supervision; this included installation
of components, console wiring, fiber optic network, as well as general
maintenance and improvement.
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Located within the L. Austin
Weeks Center for Recording
and Performance, the 147-seat
Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall is
used daily for recitals, concerts,
and ensemble performances. It
was specifically designed to
provide an intimate performance
setting. Its acoustics are
variable so that a wide range of
music can be performed with
optimal listening and recording
conditions. Each year, many
recitals and concerts are presented
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The Clarke Recital Hall was designed by noted acoustician
Charles Boner, and is equipped with heavy draperies that can
be opened and closed to provide optimal acoustics for a variety
of musical styles. This recital hall is provided with a small adjacent
recording studio and also interfaces with the larger Weeks
Recording Studio. In addition, a RealAudio server computer is
used to stream live concerts from this hall, so they may be
auditioned on the Frost School of Music web site. |
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The Marta and Austin Weeks
Music Library and Technology
Center, the newest and largest
branch of the University of
Miami Libraries, showcases a
wide range of resources.
Among the nationally known
collections housed in the
22,500 square-foot facility are
sound recordings, musical theatre
archives, musical scores, musical manuscripts, |
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research collections, and a wealth of
e-resources.
This state-of-the-art research facility, built at a cost of
$9.9 million, offers an exceptional environment conducive to
learning, with 161 total seats at study tables, group and individual
listening stations, and computer workstations.
The 5,200 square-foot Music Technology Center houses a Music
Engineering Lab, two Keyboard/Computer Labs, a Multimedia
Instruction and Learning Lab (MILL), an Electronic Music Lab,
and a Media-Writing and Production Lab. All of the labs contain
computers with flat-panel displays, sophisticated software
packages for program-specific work, 5.1 Surround Sound™
monitoring, audio/video playback systems, and video projection
capabilities.
In addition, the Frost School of Music maintains fully professional,
state-of-the-art recording studios. Maurice Gusman
Concert Hall houses a renovated studio dedicated to media
research and the production of new multimedia titles. This facility
integrates computer-based audio/video production systems
such as video rendering software, video editing software, audio
recording and editing software, and digital synthesis instruments
used to create sophisticated DVD titles, computer
games, and other new media content.
The control room and studio in the L. Austin Weeks Center for
Recording and Performance was designed and constructed
specifically to accommodate the most complex music recording
projects. A media technologist’s dream, this facility offers a
Euphonix System 5 automated digital mixing console, ProTools
hard disk recorders, distributed video displays, networked computers,
media workstations, and computer-driven analysis and
test equipment. Using the superb isolation and acoustics in this
digital multitrack studio, students can perform and produce
world-class recordings.
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The Frost School of Music has two computer/
MIDI Keyboard labs, equipped
with digital pianos and a group lesson
controller that enables professors to
simultaneously monitor and instruct
students. In addition, the
Keyboard/MIDI lab in the Arnold Volpe
Building contains hardware and software
for personal productivity, MIDI
sequencing (recording), musical notation,
and educational software for learning
to play piano, ear training, music
theory, and music appreciation. |
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School of Music local area network (LAN) that allows authorized users
to access all of the software, to share files with any other computer
on the LAN, or by accessing the University LAN, to share files with
any other networked machine on campus or anywhere in the world via
the Internet and the World Wide Web. |
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The Bertha Foster Memorial Music
Building contains
practice rooms and
teaching studios,
a pipe organ studio,
an electronic music laboratory,
a studio
equipped for audio recording, and two
large rehearsal rooms, one
of which is
equipped as
a recording studio. |
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The Rehearsal Center contains three rehearsal halls – Henry
Fillmore Band Hall, Nancy Greene Hall, and Broby Hall – as well
as most woodwind and brass studios.
Nancy Greene Hall
Nancy Greene Hall contains a rehearsal hall, studio offices, and an
ensemble music library.
Caroline Broby Hall
Caroline Broby Hall contains a rehearsal hall, six teaching studios,
a choral music library, and an office for choral music teaching assistants.
Henry Fillmore Band Hall
Henry Fillmore Band Hall contains a rehearsal hall, uniform and instrument
storage, the band music library, offices, and the Henry Fillmore museum. |
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The following facilities are available for rental by UM
and non-UM organizations:
The Maurice Gusman Concert Hall
The Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall
Rehearsal Halls and Classrooms
Recording Services
For complete details, contact the Frost School of Music Operations
Office at 305-284-2438, or email William Dillon, Director of Operations,
wdillon@miami.edu |
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Frost School of Music
facilities are available
for rental by UM
and non-UM organizations.
For complete details,
call 305-284-2438, or
email William Dillon,
Director of Operations,
wdillon@miami.edu |
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