Special facilities for the performing arts

Special Facilities for the Performing Arts

The Conservatory of Music maintains an extensive library of books and scores; playback facilities for records, tapes, compact discs, and CD-ROM; and a large collection of musical instruments for instructional use. The Center for Computer Music (described above) is one of the best in the United States.

The Theater Department provides facilities containing two stages, two acting studios, a directing studio, make-up rooms, lighting and carpentry areas, a costume construction workshop, and instructional audiovisual equipment as well as a special library and reading room for graduate theater majors.

Rehearsal and practice studios for the Conservatory of Music and theater workshops and classrooms for the Department of Theater are in the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College. Dance studios are in Roosevelt Extension and Roosevelt Hall.

The Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts, established in 1978, is the precollege component of the Conservatory of Music and the Department of Theater. The center offers a community program with classes in music, theater, and dance for children three-and-one-half to eighteen years of age and for adults. It is open to all who seek high quality training by professional artist teachers from beginners to those preparing for college-level work. Information on admission and tuition is available by calling 951-4111.