FLUTE STUDIO

 

Carnegie Mellon
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School of Music, CFA 105
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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What's the campus like?

 

 

The story of Carnegie Mellon starts in 1900, when it was founded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie as a school for vocational training. Originally called The Carnegie Technical Schools, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 before merging with the Mellon Institute in 1967 to form the present-day Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie wrote "My heart is in the work" when he donated the funds, a phrase that has echoed down through the years as Carnegie Mellon's mainstay and motto ever since.

While music students coming to Carnegie Mellon receive their training in a conservatory setting, education here is unique in terms of the diverse fields that can be pursued in addition to music. One of the most technologically superior schools in the entire world, and a recognized leader in professions such as computer science and robotics, Carnegie Mellon students are given a multi-faceted education in an institution that prizes traits such as innovation, leadership, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Unlike other universities which must spring up within an urban environment, Carnegie Mellon is situated on a spacious campus of over one hundred acres in size, located between Schenley Park and residential neighborhoods.

This page contains a collection of pictures that will provide prospective students with an idea of what the campus is like.

Hold your cursor over each picture for more details.
The five arches stand for music, art, design, architecture, and drama, and the motto over the main entrance says 'Creare', which is Latin for 'To create.'

The College of Fine Arts, home to students in music, architecture, and art alike.

One of the original campus buildings created by famed Pittsburgh architect Henry Hornbostel, CFA is designed in the Beaux Arts style, then the prevailing fashion for cultural institutions.

Lengthwise view of CFA. To the left is the Tepper School of Business.

The Beaux Arts style tended to emphasize grand, wide spaces for circulation...can you tell the floor was just waxed?
Interior of CFA. 		Lengthwise view down the main floor. Visible just under the arched ceiling at the end is the mezzanine level, where the practice rooms are located, as well as some of the professors' studios and classrooms.
Another lengthwise shot of CFA.
This was taken from the fourth floor of Hunt Library. (The fourth floor has all the arts books and music recordings, and is thus a common haunt of CFA students.)
The Carnegie Mellon University campus. 		The picture doesn't show it, but just across the sidwalk from West Wing is the Margaret Morrison building, where the flute studio is located...which makes it a very convenient place for flutists to live.

West Wing - a dorm located in the heart of the campus, right next to the University Center. Further down the sidewalk is its twin dorm, Resnick, named for Judy Resnick, a CMU alumnus who was the second American woman in space.

A beautiful entrance for the rather utilitarian building behind it. Maggie Mo, as it's commonly called, is where our flute studio is located.

Rotunda of the Margaret Morrison building, a building mostly used by design students but containing several music classrooms, too.

This picture was taken early in the morning (yawn..), so that's why there's an apparent dearth of students on campus.
The Purnell Center, home of Carnegie Mellon's world class drama school.
The indistinct building at the far end is Hunt Library, which is conveniently located right next to CFA.

The Cut: a long grassy area between the University Center and Purnell, and home of many frisbee games.

If you're going by, stop in to say hello to Tank, the robot receptionist.

Newell-Simon Hall. Named for legendary faculty Allan Newell and Herb Simon, Carnegie Mellon has been pushing the envelope for computer and robotics technology ever since it formed one of the first computer science departments in the country.

One sidewalk has a curvy white line on it, which is where they do mobot (mobile robot) racing.

There's the Cut, and then there's the Mall. The Mall is another long grassy area at right angles to the Cut, and which spans between CFA and Hamerschlag Hall, an engineering building. 'That end' of campus has many of the engineering and other technology-related buildings.

The rules state that it can be painted only at night and only in its entirety, and students who wish their work to last more than one night must stay on location to guard it. Due to the constant accumulation of paint layers, it became the world's most painted object until it had to be replaced in 1993 when it collapsed under its own weight. Yeah, it's wacky, but it's part of CMU.

View of the Fence and the University Center (off to the right). Painting the Fence is a CMU tradition that dates back to 1923. It is still painted several times a week, the content of which can range anywhere from advertising upcoming campus events to birthday messages. Click here to read about when the flute studio painted it (page will open in a new window).

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