The Newman Center houses the Lamont School of Music located on the southern end of University of Denver campus.

Lamont is home to less than 300 students, which allows all students the opportunity to perform throughout their college careers.

Lamont also offers extraordinary resources for students of all majors.

In one of the main hallways of the Newman Center for Performing Arts, there is a display called “Birth of a Dream”, which illustrates the creation of the building and the programs that take

place within it. Without the dream of one man, Lamont would not have been possible.

Located within the Joy Burns Plaza is the M. Allan Frank Family Box Office.

Even though the majority of the productions hosted at the Newman Center are free of cost, guests are asked to take a ticket at the Box Office so the faculty can keep track of audience size.

Performances range from opera, musical theater and ensembles to jazz and rock and roll. Even though students are the typical performers, some professors also display their work for audiences.

The stages that are not being used are reserved for music students to practice for auditions, in order to get the feel of the stage.

“I love practicing on a real stage because it helps with my nerves more than just practicing in one of the practice rooms”, said Kassandra Lopez, a second-year music student.

The practice rooms that are scattered throughout the hallways of the Newman Center are available for all students to use, but are on priority for music students.

“I can usually find a room once or twice a week in Newman to practice”, said Erin Agee, a non-music major.

On any given day, multiple practice rooms will be full until late hours of the night.

“I’m usually there until midnight like most of my friends. It’s fun though because when you walk the hallway, you get a taste of what everyone else is playing”, said Lopez.

Lockers in Lamont are available to music students only. Non-music students store their instruments in their dorms or cars.

“I store my flute under bed in the dorms, which keeps it out of the way of my roommate’s stuff”, stated Agee.

Another resource open to all students is the listening lab, where students can enjoy and study old compositions. It is found in the music library on the first floor of the Newman Center.

The music library is lined with stacks of compositions that can be rented out for a 24-hour period.

“The music library is smaller but it’s much quieter and more calm than the library on the main end of campus”, said Mary Hannig, a music student at Lamont.

Students of all majors can also benefit from music lessons offered by Lamont students.

Hannig teaches beginner guitar lessons to other students and family members of the surrounding Denver community.

“Teaching guitar lessons is one of my favorite jobs as student because others get so much joy out of music and I get to fine tune my basic guitar skills on a regular basis”, said Hannig

The Joy Burns Plaza invites students of all majors to enjoy the opportunities found throughout the Newman Center.

“My friends and I hang out in the Joy Burns Plaza even though we aren’t music students because it offers a quiet place to talk or do homework that’s hard to find in other buildings on campus”, said Agee.