UNM FACILITIES OVERVIEW

The UNM Center for the Arts is home to several of the nation's finest performance and teaching facilities. Dedicated in 1964 as the University of New Mexico Fine Arts Center, the facility was renamed following an extensive renovation project in 1996.

PERFORMANCE VENUES

KELLER HALL (right), the recital home of the Department of Music, seats 284, and includes orchestra pit, green room, conjunct recording facilities, and a 1967 Holtkamp organ (2,741 pipes, 3 keyboards, and 51 ranks, the largest organ in the state of New Mexico). It is the venue for over 170 faculty, guest artist, ensemble and student recitals each year. Keller Hall was originally known as the Fine Arts Recital Hall, but was renamed in April, 1971, for the late Dr. Walter Keller, former music faculty member and head of the piano area.

POPEJOY HALL, a 2,000 seat concert hall, is designed and acoustically equipped to accommodate virtually every type of live performance, from Broadway touring theatre to symphony concerts, ballet, films, lectures, convocations, and major programs presented by the Department of Music. The facility hosts performances by the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, numerous professional touring companies, the New Mexico All-State Festival and the UNM Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre and Jazz Festival. Popejoy Hall is namd for Tom Popejoy, president of the university from 1948 to 1968.

LIBRARY

The Fine Arts and Design Library is located in George Pearl Hall, conveniently close to the Center for the Arts. It contains the library materials for Art, Music, Theatre and Dance, and Architecture. The music collection comprises approximately 20,500 books on music, 55,000 music scores (including collected editions), 850 microfilm reels, 23,000 sound recordings, and 600 videotapes.

Music Facilities

• multipurpose classrooms
• 2 large state-of-the-art rehearsal halls, including the Kurt Frederick Rehearsal Hall, dedicated in 2001.
• 40 student practice rooms
• a Smart Lab
• a Computer Lab
• faculty studios and offices
• department facility total: 64,850 square feet

other facilities

UNM offers several courses in Recording Technology, providing students with an introduction to modern studio recording techniques. Courses are held off-campus at Santa Fe Sound Studios.

PIANOS

The Department of Music has 67 pianos, including 26 grands and 41 uprights. In addition, the department currently participates in a loan program sponsored by Kawai Corporation, which provides another 5 grands and 7 uprights on a rotating basis.

Performance pianos include two Steinway model D concert grands (1981 and 2001). Faculty studios and classrooms are currently equipped with Steinway (M, B, D), Yamaha (G-2) and Kawai (RX-2, GE-20) grands, and with Yamaha (U-1, P-22), Petrof (115, 131), Baldwin (6000) and Kawai (UST-8, 506N) uprights. Practice room pianos include Steinway (M, L), Yamaha (G-2), Mason & Hamlin (BB) and Kawai (GE-20) grands, and Baldwin (243, 6000), Kawai (UST-8) and Yamaha (U-1, P-22) uprights.

In spring, 2004, the Department of Music instituted a course fee dedicated to the purchase and maintenance of pianos. Since that time, new pianos have been purchased each year to renew the inventory, along with rebuilding and other major maintenance.