University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
| Faculty of Music | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1918 |
| Type | Faculty |
| Academic affiliation | University of Toronto |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada43°40′00″N 79°23′41″W / 43.666717°N 79.394621°WCoordinates: 43°40′00″N 79°23′41″W / 43.666717°N 79.394621°W |
| Dean | Don McLean |
| Website | www |
 |
|
The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the University of Toronto. The Faculty of Music is located at the Edward Johnson Building, just south of the Royal Ontario Museum and north of Queen's Park, west of Museum Subway Station. MacMillan Theatre and Walter Hall are located in the Edward Johnson Building. The Faculty of Music South building containing rehearsal rooms, offices, and the Upper Jazz Studio performance space is located at 90 Wellesley Street West.
In 2011, the Faculty of Music welcomed Don McLean as the new Dean.
The Music and Health Research Collaboratory ( MaHRC), established in 2012, is a collaborative group of researchers that aims to better understand the role of sound in human experiences, exploring connections of sound to the human experience of health.
The Institute for Canadian Music, established in 1984, aims to promote and support all areas of Canadian Music Study.
Edward Johnson Building – Home of the Faculty of Music since 1962, the Edward Johnson Building houses many offices and classrooms, as well as two floors of practice rooms, two large rehearsal rooms, the Faculty of Music Library, the University of Toronto Electronic Music Studio (UTEMS), a theatre for large ensemble performances (MacMillan Theatre) and a smaller recital hall (Walter Hall), and named for the Guelph-born operatic tenor, former board chair of the Royal Conservatory of Music, and General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1935-1950), Edward Johnson.
MacMillan Theatre – This 815-seat hall was designed for the production of operas and large ensemble concerts and named after former dean, Sir Ernest MacMillan. World-renowned for its excellent acoustics.
Walter Hall – Commemorating Arnold Walter, Director of the Faculty from 1952-1968, Walter Hall was designed for chamber concerts and recitals. The house seats 490. The hall also contains a two-manual tracker-action Casavant organ.
Library – A part of the University of Toronto Library System, it is the largest music research collection in Canada. It contains over 300,000 printed materials, 180,000 recordings in the Sniderman Recordings Archive, 2,500 volumes in the Olnick Rare Book Room, and 3,500 titles in the Performance Collection.
...
Wikipedia