Music Facilities
Equipment
Meredith has a large inventory of equipment available for effective teaching and learning.
Musical instruments include 20 grand pianos, 45 upright pianos, two concert organs (1970 3-manual Austin in Jones Auditorium and a 1983 2-manual mechanical action Andover in Jones Chapel), four studio and practice organs (two Holtkamps, a Casavant, and a Ryan tracker), a Roland electronic keyboard/synthesizer laboratory, and a collection of orchestral instruments.
A complete technology laboratory includes 10 stations with computers that are connected to the Internet, Roland keyboards, sequencers, other peripherals and music software (especially the Finale notation program).
The department is also well equipped with audio and video recording and playback equipment. The theatre, most recently renovated in 1998-1999, possesses excellent lighting, sound, and stage machine systems.
Buildings
Instruction in the performing arts takes place in the Harriet Mardre Wainwright Music Building, completed in 1977, in adjacent Jones Hall, constructed in 1950 and renovated as a fine arts center in 1978, and in Christina and Seby Jones Chapel, completed in 1982.
The principal performing spaces include Jones Auditorium (organ recitals, choral and orchestral concerts), Clara Carswell Concert Hall (recitals and concerts.)
Teaching and practice space includes classrooms, a music education laboratory, seminar rooms, a rehearsal hall, a scene shop, an electronic/computer studio, recording studios, faculty offices and studios, and 30 practice rooms.
Music Library
Located in the Wainwright Music Building, the Music Library contains a comprehensive collection of instrumental, vocal, choral and orchestral scores. Also housed in the Music Library are CD and LP recordings and a Listening Center.
The Music Library maintains a Music Education Curriculum Center with current textbooks and resource materials. In addition, a fine collection of books, reference works, and periodicals on performing arts is located in the Carlyle Campbell Library.
