Current Students - Facilities and Equipment

Performance Facilities

	Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium The Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium, Calvin's main concert hall, seats 1,065. The Auditorium is used for a variety of Music Department concert events including band and orchestra concerts, Calvin Music Festival, the Artist Series, and the Oratorio Society.
	Calvin Chapel The Calvin Chapel is used for choral and instrumental concerts, student recitals, and daily chapel services.
	Calvin Seminary Chapel The Calvin Seminary Chapel is occassionally used for student recitals and other music concerts.

Practice Facilities

The Covenant Fine Arts Center houses 20 practices availble to for use by Calvin College students and faculty. Each room is equipped with a piano (baby grand, upright or keyboard) and is designed to be sound proof.

Reserving Rooms

The chapel may be used for rehearsals only by individuals preparing for recitals, chapel services, or concerts. Reservations must be made in advance through the Office of Conferences and Campus Events.

Leo Cayvan Chamber Music Room and Library

The Calvin Music Department possesses a truly outstanding library of sheet music for small string ensembles donated by Mr. Leo Cayvan in 1965 and augmented each year by regular purchases. The collection is available to any Calvin chamber ensemble. For information on borrowing music from this library, contact the Music Department Office.

Music Theory Computer Lab / Composer's Station

	The Music Theory/Keyboard Lab couples computer and electronic music resources and provides a comprehensive facility for the study of music especially music theory, aural skills, and composition.
	Features of the Music Department Lab:
	Each station has an 88-key keyboard with “weighted” keys. In addition, the choice of soundcard allows us to use internal synthesis, resulting in less station complexity and fewer cords. Flat screen monitors and custom-built music stands make the desktops pleasing to use for both writing and playing music. A“Smart Board” that functions like a dry-erase board with a touch sensitive screen. Several music software programs are available at each station, including Igor (notation) and Cubasis (sequencing).

In addition to the Music Lab, which may be used by any student enrolled in a music course at Calvin, we have a "Composer's Station," a private studio equipped with professional-level sequencing software and advanced sythesis and sampling capabilities. Tutorials on using the equipment are given periodically throughout the school year. Typical projects that require use of the Composer's Station include original composition, orchestration work, advanced counterpoint projects, film scoring, and digital processing/mixing. Other students who wish to use the equipment must obtain permission from Professor Fuentes or Professor Wolters-Fredlund. Students may check out a Composer's Station key from the Music Office during working hours or from the Music Lab on weekday evenings and Saturdays.

Lockers / Instrument Storage

The Instrumental Storage Area contains 300+ lockers, storage closets, and cages for the exclusive use of music students. You may rent lockers at the Music Department Office. Rental rates for one year are: $7 for instrumental lockers $5 for keyboard lockers (for music storage only) $10 for keys for cello closet/instrumental cages ($5 is refundable with return of key at the end of the year)

Cayvan Recorded Media Center

The Cayvan Recorded Media Center contains the department’s recording collection, video collection, and listening facilities. It is located in the main library, on the second floor just west of the main entrance. It is named after Mr. Leo Cayvan, a benefactor of the Calvin Music Department in the 1950’s and 1960’s, whose donated record collection comprises the basis of the department’s holdings. Please see the Cayvan website for hours and procedures.

Library Collections

Music reference books and other secondary music resource materials along with most scores and collected editions can be found in the main college library. Web-based electronic resources include RILM (a music bibliography database), and more than 30 music journals available through JSTOR. View the new music titles at the Hekman Library.

Calvin Choral Music Database

The Calvin Choral Music Database contains over 3,000 records that represent the very best in choral music for a variety of voices. The core of the database is Calvin’s own choral music library. You can access this database from the Hekman Library’s “Research Databases” page.

Bulletin Board

All job notices, articles for sale, announcements, brochures, etc. must be submitted to the Music Department Office before being posted on the Music Department bulletin board (located in the practice suit hallway.)