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Music at the University of New England is housed in an impressive heritage building known as the CB Newling Centre, separate to the Northern Campus of the University of New England. The building is situated in extensive gardens overlooking the town of Armidale and has considerable space for a diverse range of musical activities.
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Music's collection of non-western instruments is the largest at a tertiary institution in Australia. It includes two Indonesian Gamelan ensembles (slendro and degung) which are actively used by student groups, a Cook Island Drum ensemble, a number of West African Drum ensembles (Ewe, Ashanti, Shona and Mande), numerous Indian musical instruments, as well as a variety of other instruments from throughout, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. A recent addition to the collection was a gift of Matsuri Bayashi (festival music) instruments from Armidale's sister city Kanuma in Japan. UNE Music holds an impressive collection of western instruments. Practice rooms may be booked through the Administrative Assistant. In addition, there is an extensive collection of string, brass, and woodwind instruments used by students for 'second' instrument instruction. Furthermore, the school's collection of percussion instruments includes a marimba, a xylophone, a pair of tympani, tubular bells, and a tamtam. UNE Music also maintains a keyboard lab with 10 keyboards used for the instruction of keyboard harmony. Other electronic instruments and equipment as used in a standard contemporary music ensemble are also available for access by students. The central auditorium in the CB Newling Centre seats 250 people and is used for concerts as well as community music performances, rehearsals and music competitions. The University's Lazenby Hall seats over 500, and is situated on the Northern Campus. It is available for large scale concerts and houses the University's Steinway grand piano. UNE Music also maintains a resource centre in the CB Newling Centre separate to the University's Dixson Library. Dixson Library holds a valuable collection of music material including the Gordon Athol Anderson Collection of research material and music relevant to medieval studies. The Resource Centre maintains a supplementary extensive collection of music scores and recordings used by students for performance, study and research. The Collection The collection includes the Manifold bequest of recorder music; Cecil Hill's extensive collection of photocopied Ferdinand Riesmanuscripts; and a recent donation by Mrs. Pauline Strasser of oboe solo and woodwind chamber music. The recordings collection of LPs and CDs covers Western art music, ethnomusicology, and jazz. The video collection has a strong ethnomusicological focus, but also includes Western operas and concerts. As the main collection of books on music is housed in the Dixson Library on the main campus of UNE, Music's book collection is minimal, primarily consisting of reference books such as the New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and workbooks. Gordon Athol Anderson Music Collection | ||
