The Garvey Fine Arts Center is the hub for the arts in Topeka. This building not only houses the Department of Music, but is also home to the Theater Department, Art Department, and the Mulvane Art Museum. The centerpiece of the Garvey Fine Arts Center is the Elliot Hill White Concert Hall.
Elliot Hill White Concert Hall
White Concert Hall serves as the nucleus for the Arts in
Topeka. It is home to all music department concerts, Topeka Symphony
Orchestra, Community Concerts Series, Festival Singers, Sunflower Music
Festival and countless university and civic events. It is considered to
be one of the finest concert halls in the country.
Music Technology Lab
Equipped with 15 Korg full-size electronic keyboards and
Macintosh computers the music lab serves as a dual-purpose lab for the
instruction of piano and to learn how the world of music has been
changed by technology with software programs such as Finale (music notation program) and Band in a Box
(automatically generates complete professional quality arrangements of
piano, bass, drums, guitar and strings in a wide variety of popular
styles).
Classrooms
The music department has two classrooms and two large rehearsal
halls. Each is equipped with a grand piano, audio playback and
recording equipment, and data projectors.
