LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
KU EDITION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 27A
Fine arts dean ready to build on school's reputation
- New construction hits a high note this year for the School of Fine Arts.
BY MARK FAGAN
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
For 11 years now, Peter Thompson has worked to build Kansas University's School of Fine Arts into a national leader.
Call this year the ribbon cutting.
"Our facilities are going to be equal to anyone else's in the country at this point," said Thompson, dean of fine arts. "I can't imagine having a better situation for the students."
An expanded computer lab will allow students to better prepare
- for technological advances in
* music theory education.
"Our facilities are going to be equal to anyone else's in the country."
Peter Thompson, fine arts dean
Contracts for building a $9 million expansion to Murphy Hall are expected to be approved next year, clearing a path for building new offices, a library and rehearsal space.
And on Oct. 9, the school will dedicate its new 206-seat Dane and Polly Bales Organ Recital Hall at Lied Center. Thompson describes it as one of the country's premiere organ halls for teaching, practicing and performance.
Its 45-stop mechanical action organ, made by Hellmuth Wolff & Associates Ltee. of Quebec, will keep the school's organ programs
— currently with two dozen students — among the country's largest, Thompson said.
"This is a real crown on the top of that program." he said.
Another project soon to take center stage will be a 45,000-square-foot addition to Murphy Hall. The $9 million project will provide ensemble rehearsal
areas for bands and orchestras, plus offices for faculty and graduate teaching assistants.
A new library will provide more than twice as much space for the school's collections, a third of which currently rests in storage.
Construction is expected to be finished in July 1998.
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"The recital hall, the Lied Center and this expansion really finish it off for us," Thompson said. "We've really needed this, especially with Hoch Auditorium burning. We've just desperately needed to get this going."
with 1,150 undergraduates and 300 graduate students spanning 34 majors, ranging from art and desiim to voice.
Adding six work stations to the school's eight-unit computer lab for music study also will benefit students, Thompson said. Recent software upgrades within the design lab also were essential for keeping students competitive in the industry.
The school's enrollment remains steady, Thompson said.
The school also conducts about 300 exhibitions, lectures, musical performances and recitals each year. Last year's 300 events many of them free — drew 100,000 people.
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