performance facilities

Byrum Hall is a theatre that seats approximately 450 people and is used for theatre, opera, and musical theatre productions. It includes a proscenium stage, an orchestra pit that accommodates up to 20 musicians, a scene shop, a costume shop, green room, dressing rooms, and make-up area. A classroom and faculty offices are also located in Byrum Hall.

Park Place Church of God has had a long association with Anderson University, due to its close proximity. The Music Department of Anderson University was housed in Park Place Church until the completion of the Fine Arts Building in 1979. There are several performance events held in the sanctuary each year. Organ students have lessons and can practice on the pipe organ.

Park Place Church of God has the finest pipe organ in the area, built by Casavant Freres, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada in May of 1960. Casavant is a leading name in organ builders and has designed and constructed organs in Canada and North America for more than a hundred years. The pipe organ was designed in cooperation with the church’s organ study committee and offers excellent resources for the varied services of the church and for concert performances. In 1993, a major organ restoration and renovation project was completed by Goulding and Wood, Inc., of Indianapolis. The organ console consists of three manuals (keyboards), together with the pedalboard, and controls the sounding of 60 ranks of more than 3,368 pipes in five divisions. These pipes vary in length from one inch to sixteen feet. The combination action with 32 levels of memory includes: twelve general pistons, eight pistons on each manual, one fixed crescendo, three adjustable crescendos, and two adjustable sforzandos. The console can be moved so that it is more visible for organ concerts. Many world-famous organists, including Virgil Fox and Dianne Bish, have given concerts on this organ

Reardon Auditorium seats approximately 2,200 people and is equipped with modern audio and communication technology and a suite of dressing rooms. As the largest performance hall on campus, it is used for performances by large instrumental ensembles and for events such as Anderson University’s Candles and Carols (our annual Christmas Concert) that attract large audiences. Two dance performances are held in this venue each year, and musical theatre productions have taken place here in the past.

The Dance Annex is a new building on campus located behind the Kardatzke Wellness Center. It houses three new dance studios, lockers, practice and conditioning space. Our largest studio and black box theatre is located in the Kardatzke Wellness Center. All four dance studios are equipped with L’Air sprung floors, mirrors, and barres. Changing rooms are located in close proximity to the dance studio spaces.

Krannert Fine Arts Center is a two-story building that houses the music division of the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance. The music wing of the Fine Arts Center consists of the following: two large rehearsals rooms used by ensembles and for lyric theatre rehearsals, teaching studios, classrooms, the MIDI lab (keyboard/computer lab), practice rooms, recording studio, a song-writing room, and administrative offices.

Austin and Heaton Rehearsal Halls, located in the Krannert Fine Arts Center, serve as the main rehearsal space for student and faculty voice, instrumental, piano, and major and chamber ensembles. The performance halls are equipped with Steinway and Yamaha grand pianos, and are tailored to meet the distinct acoustic needs of both vocal and instrumental performances. Sound recording from the Anderson University Recording Studio is possible in both Austin and Heaton Rehearsal Halls, thus providing high quality, state of the art recordings.