Published: March 18, 2021 By

CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Music celebrated its 100th birthday in style last year with a stunning 64,000-square-foot, $57 million expansion funded by numerous private donors and a university matching capital grant.

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The Imig Music Building expansion was a long time coming. Students struggled to find enough practice rooms, and rehearsal and concert spaces were too tight.large window of the Imig Music Building against a blue sky

The expansion includes brand-new rehearsal and recital facilities, an upgraded chamber hall, a rehearsal-performance space with retractable seating, a state-of-the-art recording studio and a dance studio.聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽

Innovation was at the forefront of this project, with spaces specifically devoted to exciting new arms of the department: Entrepreneurship, wellness, music technology and interdisciplinary collaboration.聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽

Showing off CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 trademark sandstone brick, limestone trim and red clay roof tile, the new building offers beautiful gathering places for students, faculty and music lovers complete with sweeping views of the iconic Flatirons.聽

Construction broke ground in early 2019 and wrapped just in time for students to cross the new sandstone entrance on 18th Street to start the Fall 2020 semester.


Photos by Skylar Miller