ASC Music Facilities
Rehearsal halls, smart classrooms, faculty offices, practice rooms, electronic music studios and a computer lab are housed in the Music Building. Some faculty offices and courses are held in Leon Auditorium. Performances a typically held in Leon Auditorium or Richardson Hall Auditorium.
Department of Music Computer Lab/Listening Center
The main music technology lab consists of nine MIDI-equipped computer stations with new iMac computers, Alesis QSR synthesizers, and Fatar SL-880 88-note weighted keyboards.
Software includes Finale 2010, Garageband, Audacity, MacGamut, and iLife applications such as iMovie and iDVD. The lab also contains the music department’s CD, LP, and video holdings and includes five audio stations and three video stations.
Each station includes interactive music education software appropriate for our students (MacGamut, Finale, Sequencing programs, Band in a Box, ProTools) as well as for use in training educators (Music Ace and Music Ace 2, MicroGrade, and interactive software for a variety of age levels).
DigiMusic Lab
The Digital Music lab includes many state of the art components. There are three Mac workstations, Kurzweil K2500XS keyboards, a Yamaha O2R digital mixer, Emagic AMT 8 MIDI interfaces, sound modules such as the Yamaha EX5R, a Mackie HUI for interfacing with recording software, and various effects units.
Software for these stations include the powerful recording software Cubase 4, film editing software Final Cut Pro, and virtual synthesizers such as the Absynth 4. AKG and Nuemann microphones are available and monitoring is done through Meyer and Genelec speaker systems. This is the primary lab for students in the Computer Music class. Students in this course complete audio recording, MIDI, and film score projects.
Leon Auditorium
Leon Recital Hall serves as the main recital facility for Adams State College. This hall, which seats 220 people, contains two concert grand pianos, a 21-rank pipe organ and a two-manual harpsichord.
Events that occur regularly in Leon Auditorium include faculty recitals, guest recitals, and student recitals.
Richardson Hall Auditorium
Large ensemble concerts typically take place in Richardson Hall Auditorium. This Auditorium seats 520 people.
Formal concert series for ensembles on campus, guest ensembles, and musical theater productions are some of the events that regularly occur in Richardson Hall.
Practice Rooms
The practice rooms at the Adams State College Music Building contain equipment to assist our students. The practice rooms at the Adams State College Music Building contain equipment to assist our students including a piano, mirror, and access to personal digital recording.
