So a friend received an invite to the party thatll publicly announce & celebrate the NEW OSU PERFORMING ARTS CENTER & home of the DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC coming soon to the OSU campus. So of course I went searching for anything I could find, and started making up things in my head. I guess if it actually happens itll be okay. A little bit okay. I guess. ---------- The next major priority of Hargis’ focus on the arts is securing the funding for a premier Performing Arts Center. It will extend the Stillwater campus’ southern reach by crossing University Avenue, creating a highly functional performance hall that will serve the campus, local and regional communities. A finely tuned instrument in its own right, the center will create opportunities for OSU that will propel performing arts to new levels of success. The university will strengthen its connections with the community, improve the quality of life for its employees and students and elevate its music and performing arts programs to be more extensive, competitive and effective at fine arts education. Everything within the building will be precision-crafted to ensure the best listening, learning and teaching environments. Soundproofing and acoustics will be customized by leading sound experts for specific instruments and instruction while recording technology will be prevalent throughout the building. Teaching studios will provide space for one-on-one lessons; ensemble rooms will provide appropriate space and acoustics for practice and instruction; and the performance and recital halls will host a gamut of musical concerts, making the Performing Arts Center a premier destination on campus. Barry Epperley, a consultant spearheading the effort to design and raise funds for the Performing Arts Center, has unique insight into the facility’s potential. And he’s not shy about saying it will be a “gem of the plains.” “That lobby will just knock your socks off,” says the two-time music education alumnus. “When you drive by it and you see this, wow! People around here will now get to go to that level of performance hall. Students will see it and say, ‘I want to go there.’” [...] OSU will keep the Seretean Center, which was renovated in the 1970s after opening in 1912 as the Auditorium Building. This new facility will provide room for growth. “The Seretean Center did exactly what it should have done,” Stroope says. “Now the program has expanded, and we find ourselves 45 years later, ready to step up both qualitatively and quantitatively. The timing is just perfect.”
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:51:06 +0000
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