The school's facilities comprise 97 individual and small-ensemble practice rooms, more than a dozen performance spaces, four large ensemble practice rooms, and four computer laboratories.
 Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
The 1,003-seat Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, opened in 1975, is recognized
as one of the finest concert halls in the Midwest. Housing the offices
of the University orchestras, Pick-Staiger also offers three professional
series.
Music Library
The Northwestern University Music Library is among the nation's
largest music libraries and is
distinguished internationally for its extensive holdings of printed
music and archival materials documenting music composed since 1945.
The library offers roughly 300,000  volumes
of books, printed music, sound recordings, and journals; maintains
subscriptions to over 400 periodicals and a full array of online
resources; includes thousands of music manuscripts and pieces of
correspondence; and houses the archives of John Cage and other
notable musicians. Additionally, the Music
Library's computer lab (pictured) provides a multi-purpose workplace
for beginning- to mid-level music-technology projects. The library
serves the Northwestern University School of Music, the entire
Northwestern University community, and researchers from around
the world.
Hours
of Operation
 Music Administration Building (MAB)
The Music Administration Building was completed in 1874 and houses administrative offices, classrooms, the Department of Music Studies, University choruses, the piano program, and the opera program. The building includes multimedia classrooms and digital studios for composition and multimedia authoring. The majority of the studios and practice rooms are equipped with the highest quality Steinway grand pianos.
Hours of Operation:
(Note: These hours are during academic year; summer
and holidays may differ.)
Administrative Offices:
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Practice Rooms (3rd floor):
7 a.m. - 12 midnight
Building Access Hours:
(Note: Access outside these hours is by WildCARD only)
Mon, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Tue - Thur, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Fri, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sat, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun, WildCARD access only
Regenstein Hall of Music
Regenstein Hall of Music is home to the Department of Music Performance and
University bands faculty.
Also a popular practice site, the building boasts a 200-seat master-class
room that hosts hundreds of performances and other events each year.
Hours of Operation:
University Bands Office (Ground Floor):
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Music Performance Department Office (2nd Floor):
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Practice Rooms (1st Floor):
7 a.m. - Midnight
 Lutkin Hall
This 400-seat performance/lecture space offers performers a choice of two superb Steinway concert grand pianos.
Hours of Operation:
7 a.m. - 12 midnight
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