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Each
year the College of Music offers over 400 concerts
and recitals featuring faculty members, students,
guest artists, and ensembles of all sizes. Performance
opportunities include seven choral ensembles,
jazz bands, concert bands, chamber music, music
theatre, opera, orchestras and various special
ensembles.
Opperman
Music Hall is a 500 seat recital hall located
in the Kuersteiner Building. As a result of the
recent renovation, the hall can now accommodate
concerts ranging from solo recitals to chamber
orchestra and band concerts, as well as opera.
The 1975, 34-stop Holtkamp Tracker Organ seen
on the stage is used for recitals, concerts, and
lessons. Other organs are available in the school
to students for practice and performance.
The Owen F. Sellers Music Amphitheater is used
for outdoor performances in the fall and spring.
Among many accomplishments, Owen Sellers served
as the assistant dean of the College of Music from
1931 until 1973, and organized and directed the
first band.
The
Westcott Building was constructed in 1909. The
Ruby Diamond Auditorium was added to the building
in 1917 and later named after Miss Ruby Diamond,
an FSCW graduate and FSU benefactor. Westcott
was known as the Administration Building until
1936 when it was officially named after James
D. Westcott, Jr., former Attorney General and
Supreme Court Justice. The Westcott Building burned
in 1969 and when it was renovated, the fourth
floor, previously an attic, was added as office
space.
The Westcott Plaza was recently renovated and
is now paved with commemorative bricks. Graduates,
family and supporters of FSU and the Florida State
College for Women are encouraged to purchase their
own personally engraved bricks for permanent installation
around the Plaza. See
the Westcott Plaza live via webcam!
Lindsay
Recital Hall is named for Joe Lindsay, a retired
businessman from Carabelle, Florida. His initial
interest in music began as an adult when he started
taking viola lessons with a member of the faculty.
His support extended to many generous financial
contributions to the College of Music, one of which
includes a four-year scholarship awarded to an
undergraduate string player. Once a choral rehearsal
hall, Lindsay Hall is now used as a third recital
hall.
The
Dohnanyi Recital Hall is a 218 seat facility used
mainly for recitals and lectures. Ernst Von Dohnanyi,
for whom this recital hall is named, was a composer-in-residence
at FSU from 1949 until his death in 1960. A world-renowned
composer and pianist, he was director of the Budapest
Music Academy, and held other important posts
in his native Hungary until the outbreak of World
War II. Many of his works are still performed
throughout the world today.
The
historic Longmire Building was constructed in
1938 and named in honor of Rowena Longmire, founder
of the Florida State College for Women (FSCW)
Alumni Association. Renovated in 1969, the building
retains its architectural interest and integrity.
Originally constructed for use by the Alumni Association,
Longmire has, through the years, housed a wide
variety of specialized areas from guest quarters
and a soda shop to the music and law libraries.
The lobby and first floor offices still retain
their original oak paneling and the Beth Moor
and Alumni lounges have hand-painted plaster ceilings
and Gothic décor. The building is home
to the College of Music offices of the Assistant
Dean for Public Service, as well as faculty and
teaching assistant offices for Music Theory, Musicology,
and Piano Pedagogy. The College group piano classroom/laboratory
is located on the fourth floor.
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