Tim Musselman

tmusselm@mtsu.edu

George T. Riordan

Music

Discipline specific equipment

SFA V & W

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We propose installation of one large (10'8" X 13'2") state-of-the art, virtual acoustic technology practice room (V-Room), with built in recording capabilities and an upright piano, adjacent to Saunders Fine Arts (SFA) room 115. This room would be the second small ensemble rehearsal room in the School of Music that would accommodate as many as 6 students who need to rehearse in small groups. In addition, faculty could coach chamber music groups and opera scenes, adjunct faculty could use the room as a teaching space for applied music instruction (private lessons), and students would use the space as a practice and rehearsal room. The discipline-specific technology built into the rooms enables practice in nine different acoustic environments, and a built-in quality recording unit allows instructors and students instant playback of practice or teaching excerpts, and enables easy downloading of recordings of whole lessons, coachings and rehearsal sessions into laptop computers for review by students. This unit will complete the installation plan for new practice facilities in music buildings of SFA and Wright Music Building (WMB). This room is modular and can be moved, should a performing arts hall be built at MTSU.