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St. Petersburg College celebrated its
80th birthday this year as the first community college established in Florida.
In 2001, SPC became a four year college. Musical activities have been an important aspect of
SPC from its start.
The music department is located in two buildings on the
St. Petersburg-Gibbs campus. The
FA building contains studios for private lessons and the Music Technology Lab.
The HS building houses the practice rooms, band and chorus rehearsal rooms along with the music office. The
new 300 seat Music Center is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 66th Street at the St. Petersburg-Gibbs campus.
In the Fall of
2000, St. Petersburg College celebrated the grand opening of
its new Music Center, the only performing venue in the Tampa
Bay area with two concert grand Steinway pianos and
Heissler Pipe Organ. The hall provides an acoustically superior environment for music
performance.
Located in the Humanities building (HS), the Recital Hall (HS 117),
is equipped with two new seven-foot Steinway pianos. This hall is frequently
used for student recitals, public presentations, studio classes, and
rehearsals.
The
Music Technology Lab/Piano Lab is one of the most advanced and
well-equipped labs in this region. It has seventeen stations, each with a
computer and monitor, and a full-range Clavinova touch-sensitive electronic
piano with pedals. Computers are installed with software for music sequencing
and notation, including Sonar, SoundForge, Finale, Cubase, Digital Performer, Freestyle
and Studio Orchestrator. Computers are also equipped with software for music
theory remediation and self-tutoring with software such as Indiana University’s
ET Drill, Mibac, and Auralia.
Faculty studios
are equipped with two grand pianos (one seven-foot Steinway
and one six-foot Yamaha or Kawai). Sound-proof practice
rooms are available in the practice suite in the Humanities
building.
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