SLEE HALL

Slee Hall, connected to Baird Hall (home of the University at Buffalo Department of Music) as part of the North Campus Academic Spine, plays a crucial role in the creation and presentation of music at the University at Buffalo. Contained within is the 670 seat Lippes Concert Hall, a beautiful hall with a variable acoustical structure which serves as the home to a number of notable concert series:

* Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle: This series of six concerts, presented annually since 1955, features the complete cycle of Beethoven string quartets
* Slee Sinfonietta: our resident professional chamber orchestra presents four concerts each academic year, specializing in neglected and rarely-performed repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the avant-garde work of our time
* Organ Recital Series
* Faculty Recital Series
* Concerts by the UB Choir, UB Chorus, UB Symphony, and UB Symphonic Band
* Slee Visiting Artists Series: a number of the world's most notable interpreters have presented in Lippes Concert Hall in recent years, including the Arditti String Quartet, Ensemble InterContemporain, Champs d'Action, and soloists including Lynn Harrell, Ursula Oppens, Robert Black, and Pierre-Yves Artaud, among numerous others.

C.B. Fisk Organ

Hiller Computer Music Studios

* Two outstanding computer music studios containing the most recent hardware and software for the creation of electronic music, specializing in particular in real-time signal processing in live, interactive environments
* Works created by faculty and students in the Hiller Studios are performed at the most important new music festivals across the globe
* Software frequently undergoes beta-testing in our facilities, making the University at Buffalo among the very best academic institutions for acquiring the skills for next generation technology
* A "vintage" studio containing hardware and software of the not-so-distant past
* Visiting composers and technicians offer courses and tutorials in the most recent software applications
* Our graduates have gone on to serve as faculty members in academic institutions in the USA, Europe, and Japan.

Recording Studio and Additional Facilities

Slee Hall also contains a rehearsal space for large ensembles, faculty and TA offices, the Concert Office and Box Office, and storage for the Department's harpsichord and pianoforte.

RECITAL RECORDING REQUEST FORM

Students giving degree recitals (Mus. B. or M.M.) in Baird Recital Hall or Lippes Concert Hall
electing to have their recitals recorded by the Department of Music must submit a Recital
Recording Request Form. The form must be submitted to the Slee Recording Studio mailbox in
the Department of Music General Office (220 Baird Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260) at least two weeks
in advance of the recital date in order to ensure recording of a recital.

The Recital Recording Request Form is available here or from the Concert Office (105 Slee Hall) when
the recital is scheduled, and at the Department of Music General Office (220 Baird Hall).

Please contact the Director of Music Technology at least two weeks in advance if there are any
technical requirements for the program (e.g. tape playback, amplification, etc.). Technical
requirements may incur an additional fee depending on their complexity.

RECORDING COPY REQUEST FORM

Copies of student, faculty, and ensemble recitals are available for purchase. The availability of
these recordings is dependent on recital participants and/or ensemble directors providing
authorization for the release of their recordings. Recordings must be authorized for release in
order to be purchased. Please contact the Director of Music Technology to verify the availability
of recordings. Due to contractual limitations, visiting artist recitals are not available for purchase.
The form, available here, must be submitted to the Slee Recording Studio mailbox in the Department of Music
General Office (220 Baird Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260).

There is a ten-dollar ($10.00) duplication fee per copy per recital. Payment in full should be
made in the form of cash or check or money order made payable to “SUNY at Buffalo” and must
accompany the Recording Copy Request Form.