/ Music Department

Facilities and Venues

Our students are found practicing in state-of-the-art practice rooms or performing in acoustically superior spaces. The new Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts gives us the tools to help students reach their highest potential.

Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts

The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, completed fall 2015, includes two performance venues, classrooms, practice rooms, faculty studios and office space for the Department of Music. The centerpiece of the new building is an 800-seat concert hall featuring both main-floor and balcony seating. Learn more.

Music faculty offices are located on the first and second floors of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. They are adjacent to our rehearsal rooms, classrooms and performance spaces.

John and Dede Howard Recital Hall

  • Steinway PianoJohn and Dede Howard Recital Hall
  • Dr. Andrew Le performing in Inaugural RecitalDr. Andrew Le, Associate Professor of Music
  • Trio Sospiro performing in Inaugural RecitalTrio Sospiro
  • Dr. Christopher Fashun performing in Inaugural RecitalDr. Christopher Fashun, Assistant Professor of Music
  • Dr. Christopher FashunDr. Christopher Fashun, Assistant Professor of Music
  • Image of HallJohn and Dede Howard Recital Hall
  • Professor Mihai Craoiveanu performing in Inaugural RecitalDr. Mihai Craoiveanu, Professor of Music
  • Professor Stephen Talaga performing in Inaugural RecitalProfessor Stephen Talaga, Adjunct Professor of Music
  • Image of HallJohn and Dede Howard Recital Hall

Concert Hall

  • Wideview of Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical ArtsConcert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts
  • Students singing on risers of Jack H. Miller Center for Musical ArtsChapel Choir performing a newly commissioned piece for the Sesquicentennial Celebration
  • Woman playing a grand pianoStudent pianist Zhaojin Xiang '17 performs in the inaugural concert.
  • Orchestra quartet playing on stageString quartet performing in the inaugural Concert
  • Man sitting and playing the organ.Student organist Aaron Goodyke '16 performing in the inaugural Concert
  • Wide angle view of orchestra players on stage.Wind Ensemble performing in the inaugural Concert
  • Wide angle view of orchestra players sitting on chairs on stage.Wind Ensemble performing in the inaugural Concert
  • Wide angle view of orchestra players on stage after performance.Student performers in the inaugural concert

Other spaces

Dimnent Memorial Chapel

Dimnent Memorial Chapel, with its beautiful rose window and gothic architecture, is a prominent landmark that stands as a beacon of the Christian community on campus. It hosts the Gathering, weekly chapels and other all-college assemblies and convocations. Learn more.

Dimnent Memorial Chapel seats large crowds for major concerts like our annual Christmas Vespers, which is broadcasted nationally. 

Van Wylen Library

With more than 370,000 volumes and nearly 50,000 electronic journals, the Van Wylen Library is the researching and writing hub of campus. Completed in 1988, the building houses the Klooster Center for Excellence in Writing, the Cup & Chaucer café, the Digital Media Lab and over 100 librarians and student assistants. Learn more.

The Van Wylen Library music collection features video/audio recordings, musical scores, a keyboard lab and books for all different genres.