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FACILITIES

Petrie students have access to facilities that are completely modern and spacious as they study their art and practice for performances.

blackman.jpg (14225 bytes)With more than 30 practice rooms, soundproof classrooms, electronic piano lab, and a music technology lab, Blackman Music Hall serves as the central location for the Petrie School of Music.

daniel.jpg (39652 bytes)Cited in Chamber Music America as an exemplary performance facility, this 340-seat hall is ideal for chamber music concerts, recitals, seminars, and lectures. The hall houses a 27-rank, electro-pneumatic pipe organ built by Schantz.

musiclab.jpg (32302 bytes) The Electronic Music Lab houses individual stations for electronic composition, editing, CD recording, MIDI technology, multi-media equipment, music notation and ear training.

musicLibrary.jpg (34211 bytes) The Gwathmey Wing of Mickel Library houses one of the largest music collections in the Southeast with more than 55,000 holdings. The library also contains an audio-visual room as well as private listening and recording facilities.

With Yamaha Clavinova electronic pianos, the piano lab gives non-keyboard majors the feel of an individual lesson in a classroom setting.

twichell.jpg (29353 bytes) This beautiful 1,500-seat auditorium houses a 52-rank, tracker-action pipe organ built by Casavant Freres and is nationally known for its outstanding acoustics. 
 

 

580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
phone: 800-766-1125  email: music@converse.edu

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