The Department of Music and Dance presents as many as 300-400 concerts, recitals and performances during the course of the academic year. All of these events are accessible, as individual concerts or part of a series, on the Fine Arts web calendar.
The Lied Center of Kansas is the primary performance venue for the symphony orchestra, bands, choirs, and dance. These are large-scale performances the occur throughout the academic year. Tickets for these activities are available through the Lied Center of Kansas Ticket Office.
Faculty artists, visiting artists and students give frequent recitals in Swarthout Recital Hall, located across the hall from the Crafton-Preyer Theatre on the third floor in Murphy Hall. Chamber music and solo and ensemble performances are held in this intimate setting. Events are free and open to the public.
Guest artists, faculty, and alumni perform regularly in Bales Organ Recital Hall. The recitals are open to the public and generally free. Bales Organ Recital Hall is located next to the Lied Center of Kansas.
The Robert Baustian Theatre, located in 102 Murphy Hall, is home to all KU Opera performances, and also serves as a space for opera rehearsals, auditions and voice exams. It was originally used as the band/orchestra room for the Department of Music and Dance, but the room received a makeover with the addition to Murphy Hall in 2000. KU Department of Music and Dance alum David Holloway, now with the Santa Fe Opera, then bestowed a major gift for the express purpose of buying the rest of the necessary equipment for the theatre, and named it for his KU mentor Robert Baustian.
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