The Department of Music will be moving downtown to the Sir George Williams campus this summer, in time for the start of classes in September 2010.
Click here for photos of similar performing arts facilities!Classrooms and studios will be on the 8th floor of the MB Building, home of the John Molson School of Business. Faculty and administrative offices will be located in the GM Building on the 5th floor. (For a map of Fine Arts buildings, click
here.)
Highlights of the move include:- musical spaces designed by acoustician specifically for the department's needs, all on one floor and accessible by elevator;
- jazz, electroacoustic, classical and choir "smart" classrooms with networked multimedia, mixing and playback capabilities;
- recording room and control booth wired to record and playback activities in certain classrooms;
- electroacoustic studios including an octophonic studio;
- keyboard lab;
- state-of-the-art practice modules with built-in soundproofing designed for solo or ensemble use;
- new pianos;
- on-site technical support equipment depot and proximity to IITS (tunnel level) and CDA in the neighboring EV Building (accessible by tunnel);
- proximity to the Acting and Dance studios, located on the 7th floor of MB;
- prime downtown Montreal location in the heart of Quartier Concordia, right on the Metro (green line) and bike bath, in a LEED Silver certified building that meets high environmental and sustainability criteria.
The Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, located at the Loyola Campus and accessible by Concordia shuttle bus, will remain a central performance space and recording studio.
The Department of Music joins the Department of Contemporary Dance and the Department of Theatre in relocating most of its operations to temporary quarters downtown.
"I would like to thank the JMSB and in particular Dean Sharma for his willingness to accommodate our faculty. We intend to make our temporary stay in the MB building a fruitful collaboration and will support the business school in any way we can. We continue to work on our long-term goal of consolidating the Faculty of Fine Arts in the Grey Nuns Complex," said Fine Arts Dean Catherine Wild.
The performing arts move was made possible by an $11 million dollar grant to the Faculty of Fine Arts from the Canada-Québec Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) to strategically enhance the academic, research and development capacity of the Departments of Music, Theatre and Contemporary Dance.
