Pratt
(Music) Hall
|  Pratt
Hall
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|  McCulloch
Auditorium
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Newly renovated in
2001, Pratt Hall contains state-of-the-art teaching studios and
classrooms; music and recording libraries; practice rooms, with
pianos; an outstanding keyboard lab and computer lab devoted to
musical applications; and rehearsal and performance halls.
Pratt's innovations
include a virtual room that simulates acoustical environments
and a forty-seat, fully mediated classroom. A $6.3-million construction
and renovation project, begun in March of 2000 and completed in
fall of that year, united Pratt Hall, built in 1909, and the Hammond
Wing, added in 1967, through the construction of a two-story addition.
The mediated classroom, new studio offices, and a skylit connecting
corridor were created through new construction, and all existing
space in Pratt and Hammond was renovated. Other improvements include
soundproofing instructional and performance spaces, consolidation
of the music and dance libraries, the creation of a lounge area,
and air-conditioning. Pratt's auditorium has been named in honor
of Dorothy Rooke McCulloch '50 and Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Pratt's
music library has been named for Eleanor Pierce Stevens '25.
Built in 1909, the
Pratt Memorial Music Hall was named for the parents of Ella Pratt
Houghton (class of 1867). In 1967, it was remodeled and the Hammond
Wing was added.
For more information, visit Music
at Mount Holyoke. |
