Conservatory Tour

Faye Spanos Concert Hall

This 872-seat concert hall was opened in 1928. This is where a variety of university and community events take place. The concert hall has 582 seats on the orchestra level and 290 seats on the balcony and 11 spaces for wheelchairs. The building also serves as faculty studios, practice rooms, and the Conservatory of Music administration offices.

Recital Hall

This 115-seat intimate venue is located behind the Concert Hall and was completed in1986. It is used for solo recitals, chamber ensembles, master classes and lectures.

Rehearsal Hall

The venue was completed the same time as Recital Hall in 1986. The Rehearsal Hall is used for an instrumental and choral rehearsal chambers, a faculty office, as well as choir and orchestra music libraries

Frank and Eva Buck Memorial Hall

The 2-story Buck Hall includes classrooms, teaching studios, a conference room and faculty offices. Acoustical and performance qualities include minimizing sound transmission between spaces while at the same time providing performance level sound quality in designated spaces. This building is located next to the Recital Hall.

Owen Hall

Renovated in 1976 and again in 2017, Owen Hall enhances and elevates experiential learning opportunities at the Conservatory. In addition to multiple practice and faculty rooms, the building includes audio and video recording studios, composition and reed-making studios, a dedicated space for the student-run Pac Ave Records music label, a jazz suite, and a percussion practice area. The Composition studio includes the Buchla Analog Modular system (an electronic musical instrument that consists of a multitude of different components (modules) that are used and combined to create electronic sounds).