The Music Department facilities are located on the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors of the North Building. These facilities include:

A high-tech keyboard laboratory
The keyboard laboratory has 23 high quality Roland electronic pianos that can be coordinated by a master control panel for solo and ensemble playing. This lab is used primarily by the piano classes and the music theory laboratory classes.

Two state-of-the-art sound synthesis studios
These studios are used in the Computer Music class and in other projects involved with electronic music composition projects and digital and analog recording. They also support ethnomusicological transcription, and equipped to assist with materials gathered through ethnomusicological fieldwork.

Sixteen practice rooms
The Music Department has sixteen practice rooms as well as a chamber music rehearsal studio. Twelve of the practice rooms are equipped with grand or upright pianos; the remaining four rooms are equipped with computers and electronic keyboards for MIDI work. The rehearsal studio is equipped with a Steinway grand piano. Music majors may use the practice rooms on a daily basis by signing up for a time slot at the beginning of the semester in the department office.

Two teaching studios
Instrumental and vocal lessons are taught in teaching studios on the 4th floor of Hunter North. Room 413, a studio equipped with two Steinway grand pianos, music stands, and a library of chamber music, is normally the place for individual piano lessons, duo-piano coaching, and rehearsals of concerti and other repertoire for two pianos. Room 415 is equipped with one Steinway grand piano, music stands, and a library of vocal repertoire. It is normally used for voice lessons.   Both studios are also used for individual lessons on orchestral instruments or for coaching small chamber music ensembles.

The Brecher Rehearsal Hall
The Brecher Rehearsal Hall is the Music Department's largest instrumental and vocal rehearsal space. It is equipped with playback and recording equipment, moveable risers, seating for 100, and adjustable acoustic curtains. The Brecher Rehearsal Hall frequently doubles as a secondary recital hall for Music Department events.

The Ida K. Lang Recital Hall
The Ida K. Lang Recital Hall, a 144-seat architectural gem designed by the firm of Abramowitz Kingsland Schiff and inaugurated in the spring of 1995, is the jewel of the Music Department's new facilities. Over 60 concerts are held there every year. The New York Times has described the hall's acoustics as "superb: warm, close, and discreetly resonant."

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