Music Facilities

The Contemporary Music & Technology Program houses a range of facilities, including computer labs, recording spaces, ensemble rooms and a performance hall. Designed to support every aspect of the curriculum, each space serves as a teaching environment as well as a place where students can complete projects and assignments.  

All labs are accessible to qualified students, and all workstations share the same base configuration, allowing students to migrate projects easily from one space to another.

Facilities are accessible during the school year to qualified students from 8:30 am to 10 pm on weekdays and 11 am to 8 pm on weekends. They are closed on holidays.

Recording Studio

A traditional production space with an isolated control room, live recording floor and vocal booth that primarily serves Production Diploma students—although many others get to experience it as performers on student projects or as composers in composition classes.  

Features

• 1 Mac M1 iMac workstation
• Avid Pro Tools Ultimate software
• HDX interface & Avid C24 console
• Enhanced plug-in selection from Plugin Alliance, Softube and Waves 
• Loudspeakers from Genelec, Yamaha and Auratone
• Hear Technologies headphone monitoring system
• Pearl Master Studio Drum Kit
• Yamaha G2 Grand Piano
• Guitar amps from Mesa Boogie, Roland and Fender
• Microphones from Neumann, Royer, AKG, Sennheiser, Lewitt, Beyerdynamic, Electro-Voice and Shure, and outboard rack equipment from UAD, DBX, Drawmer and Eventide

Advanced MIDI Labs

Three private, single-station labs with monitor loudspeakers for student recording, editing and mixing.

Features

• 1 Mac M1 Mini student workstation in each room, w speakers
• Avid Pro Tools Studio software
• MuseScore notation software
• Reason Studios Reason Rack
• Native Instruments Komplete
• Audiobro LA Scoring Strings
• Project Sam Symphobia 1

Shambhala Music & Performance Hall

This facility is a classroom for Production Diploma students and hosts performances by guest artists and clinicians, faculty concerts, student recitals, ensemble performance classes. 

The Shambhala Music & Performance Hall is also set up to multi-track live concerts and recitals in Pro Tools.

Features

• 1 Mac M1 iMac workstation
• Avid Pro Tools Studio software with Dante Virtual Sound Card
• Allen & Heath IDR32 interface & T112 console
• Loudspeakers from JBL and Electro-Voice
• Power amplifiers from Crown
• Yamaha G2 Grand Piano
• Electronic Keyboards from Roland
• Guitar Amps from Mesa Boogie, Eden and Roland

Ensemble Rooms

Two ensemble rooms are outfitted with a drum set, bass and guitar amps, electronic keyboards, and a sound reinforcement system. These rooms serve as rehearsal spaces for faculty-led ensembles, instrumental labs and student groups.

Keyboard Lab

A classroom for piano lessons, keyboard labs and student practice.

Drum Rooms

Three secure, sound-isolated drum rooms serve as shared practice spaces for Production Diploma drum students.

Practice Rooms

Several individual practice rooms are fitted with an acoustic upright or digital piano and a practice guitar amp. 

MIDI Lab

The main teaching lab for computer applications, advanced MIDI and film scoring courses.