The Sam A. Wilson Building contains the School of Music offices, faculty studios and offices, classroom and rehearsal spaces, practice rooms, a piano lab, a vocal arts lab, and two music technology labs.

Click here to read more about our music tech labs used for the Music Technology Emphasis within our Commercial Music degree.

The Massey Performing Arts Center houses both instructional and performance spaces. Home to Belmont's primary performance venues, MPAC is in motion year round with student recitals, concert events, school assemblies, classes and musical productions.

Also home to MPAC are several teaching studios and practice rooms, three large classrooms and a full dance studio.

Massey Concert Hall is our 1000-seat auditorium with its state-of-the-art live audio production capabilities. Serving both commercial and classical genres, Massey Concert Hall has held numerous events and recitals with top named artists and musicians. Country artists (such as Vince Gill, Billy Dean and Crystal Gayle), rock artists (such as Jars of Clay), CCM artists (such as Rebecca St. James and Bob Carlyle) as well as many of our own renown music faculty have all performed on the Massey stage. Extensive costume and set design productions for Belmont Opera Theatre and Belmont Musical Theatre have provided beneficial in-house training for students in the musical arts.

Harton Recital Hall is our classical acoustic venue. With tiered seating for 100 people, Harton Recital Hall is an excellent intimate venue for classical solo recitals, chamber music recitals and master classes. Recently renovated, Harton Recital Hall provides a vibrant setting for classical through contemporary chamber works.

Harton Recital Hall is filled with activity throughout the year: undergraduate and graduate student recitals, guest lecturers, panel discussions, guest concerts, ensemble concerts and rehearsals. 

The award winning McAfee Concert Hall is an 876-seat venue which houses a 55-rank Aeolian Skinner organ, 2 nine foot Steinway Grand pianos and provides an outstanding venue for performances of the University's classical choral and instrumental ensembles and special guests. The College of Music and Performing Arts has two state-of-the-art music and theatre instructional and performance facilities residing on Belmont Blvd and a new Performing Arts Complex is currently under construction.

The Hitch Building contains 27 practice rooms, a small Wicks pipe organ and two classrooms, one of which is used for choral ensemble rehearsals.

Our campus also is home to the historic Belmont Carillon in the Belmont Bell Tower.

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The music section of Lila D. Bunch Library holds more than 12,000 books, 15,000 scores and subscriptions to multiple electronic databases, journals, and music streaming services. The library's Media Center contains a variety of resources including more than 12,000 CDs, 3,000 DVDs, 10,000 LPs, 4,000 cassette tapes, 4,000 videocassettes, computer software and CD ROM programs, and loanable technology such as laptops, FlipCams, voice recorders, and a netbook. It also houses the Popular Media collection of chart-topping music recordings and blockbuster movies as well as listening and viewing equipment and an electronic keyboard for score study. The music library is under the supervision of a full-time music librarian.