Music Building

Home to the Music Department, the University of Pittsburgh Music Building is home to a range of instructional, creative, and communal spaces. The building features classrooms, seminar rooms, a piano lab, the Theodore M. Finney Music Library, practice rooms, the Electronic Music Studio, the Ethnomusicology Lab, a student/faculty lounge, and teaching studios.

Bellefield Hall

Half a block from the Music Building is Bellefield Hall, which includes a recently renovated auditorium seating 575 people, rehearsal spaces, a classroom, graduate student offices, and the William R. Robinson Digital Recording Studio. Many of the department's concerts are held either in the auditorium or in Bellefield Hall 205.

The Electronic Music Studio

The Electronic Music Studio, located in the Music Building, contains a mix of hardware and software synthesizers, samplers, signal processors, and digital recording equipment.

The William R. Robinson Recording Studio

This state-of-the-art 32 track digital recording facility is both studio and classroom, offering students hands on experience in the latest recording techniques and technology.

Other Teaching and Performance Sites

Large lecture classes are held in classrooms in the Cathedral of Learning and David Lawrence Hall. The Stephen Foster Memorial houses the library and museum of the Center for American Music. Concerts by the Heinz Chapel Choir and Treble Choral Ensemble are held in Heinz Memorial Chapel. We also make use of the chamber music and lecture hall in the Frick Fine Arts Building.