www.music.colum.edu
HE Baccus, Executive Director
1014 South Michigan Avenue | 312.344.6300
The Music Center is home to Columbia’s Music department and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE). The CJE has been an internationally respected professional ensemble-in-residence at Columbia College Chicago since 1965, under the executive direction of Music department Chair Richard Dunscomb, and the artistic direction of Jon Faddis. The Music Center houses an intimate, professionally equipped concert hall with 140 seats and two concert grands; three ensemble rehearsal areas; twelve practice rooms; a fifteen-station electronic keyboard and notation lab; a computer music studio that offers MIDI and audio sequencing on state-of-the-art equipment; and a MIDI-based film scoring lab with a twenty-four bit, sixty-four track, ProTools interface. The Music Center presents over two hundred concerts per academic year by students and professional artists. Most concerts are free - check the Music department Concert Hall Calendar at www.music.colum.edu for the concert schedule.