Facilities & Instruments

Artistic productions of the NAU School of Music are presented in the facilities contained in the Performing & Fine Arts (building 37) and Ardrey Auditorium (building 37A) buildings, as well as Ashurst Auditorium (building 11).  Ardrey Auditorium, the university’s largest performance facility, seats approximately 1,400 people.  The Performing & Fine Arts building, located centrally on the NAU campus, is home to the Clifford E. White Theatre, the Richard E. Beasley Arts Gallery, the Studio Theatre, the School of Music office, the Department of Theatre Office, the Fine Arts Computer Lab, and faculty offices for music, theatre, and art.  The Ardrey Auditorium wing also houses music faculty offices, ensemble rehearsal rooms, and percussion practice and storage rooms.

The newest addition to the facilities is the refurbished 300-seat Ashurst Auditorium.  This smaller hall hosts many solo and ensemble recitals throughout the year.  On north campus, the 950-seat Prochnow Auditorium provides a performance venue for special events and festivals.

Located adjacent to the Performing & Fine Arts building is the Cline Library with resource holdings of more than 1.4 million, seventy media center carrels, and a 407-seat assembly hall.  Directly across from the Performing & Fine Arts building is the University Union (central campus), with numerous dining facilities, meeting rooms, the central ticketing office, student government, and Dean of Students/Student Life, among other offices and services.  The J. Walkup Skydome, among the largest wooden-dome structures in the world and located at the southern end of the campus, is the climate-controlled rehearsal and performance facility for the NAU Marching Band.

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The instrumental inventory of percussion instruments includes:

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Five marimbas; including a five-octave Malletech (in addition to the instructor's Marimba One five-octave instrument)

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An ensemble set of steel drums

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An ensemble set of African djembes and dun-duns

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An ensemble set of Brazilian batucada percussion instruments

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A significant inventory of Latin American and hand percussion instruments

Instructional and Logistical Benefits:

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Five dedicated practice facilities (three with large wall mirrors; one with a portable mirror)

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In-room stereo playback for drum set, timpani, vibes, and marimba

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Video-tape recording capacity in one of the percussion practice rooms

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Percussion practice and storage: thirty-feet proximity to backstage entrance of main performance facility, Ardrey Auditorium

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Music building located adjacent to university's main library and across street from main student union with dining facilities and student services