Cope Music Hall (1964)
This facility is named in memory of the late Kenneth B. Cope, alumnus, trustee and churchman. Principal donors to the building are his widow, Lela Stoffer Cope, and family. Cope Music Hall connects with the Rodman Playhouse and Crandall Gallery to complete the Fine Arts complex on the northeast edge of the campus. Stauffer Courtyard Theatre, the outdoor Greek theater in the courtyard of the Fine Arts quadrangle, was named for the late Robert E. Stauffer, librarian emeritus and Mrs. Robert E. Stauffer. The building contains the offices and teaching studios of faculty members in the Music Department. Also located in this area is the Sturgeon Music Library, given in memory of Bertha Fogg Sturgeon and her parents, by Samuel Sturgeon. The collection of books, scores and recordings was begun by a generous donation by Mrs. Ella Wilcox Peasley and the Carnegie Corporation. Presently, there are more than 7,000 recordings in LP and CD formats, more than 10,000 music scores, a music reference collection, and approximately 60 music periodical titles in the library. The facilities include four listening stations; an A-V room with stereo equipment, a TV and VCR; and a computer workstation with access to the campus network, the library system, and the Internet. A complete keyboard laboratory of 13 Roland electronic pianos is located in the music theory area, adjacent to a computer laboratory. The Mount Union College Music Department facility includes a state-of-the-art MIDI synthesizer/computer laboratory. There are currently four computer work stations in place with access to a laser printer. The computers are connected via Studio 3 MIDI interfaces to either the Kurzweil K250, the Korg M-1 or to the Yamaha DX-7 synthesizers. The laboratory is utilized by students to do remedial work in the area of basic musicianship skills, to process music theory assignments, to orchestrate, to study audio theory, and to investigate synthesizing, sequencing and voice sampling. A large rehearsal room, a small recital hall, 30 practice rooms of various sizes and three classrooms are on the east side of the building. Presser Recital Hall is dedicated to Theodore Presser, a former Mount Union student and professor. The three-manual organ in the recital hall is the gift of the Kulas Foundation.