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The School of Music provides academic programs for aspiring music professionals, along with classes open to all university students interested in exploring music as enthusiasts or active participants. Emphasizing innovation and scholarly inquiry, the school fosters students' creative abilities through performance, composition, and studies in history, analysis, and teaching methods. Its distinguished faculty comprises nationally recognized artists and scholars specializing in performance, composition, music education, history, and theory. Students benefit from diverse musical and intellectual experiences through recitals, concerts, lectures, visiting artists, opera productions, and seminars. The School operates across three facilities: the Stanley B. Catlett, Sr. Music Center, Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center, and Carpenter Hall. The Catlett Center accommodates administrative offices, faculty workspaces, practice rooms, classrooms, MIDI laboratories, the Grant Fine Arts Library, a recording facility, and three performance venues—the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall, Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall, and Grayce B. Kerr Gothic Hall. The Reynolds Center contains faculty offices and the renovated Holmberg Auditorium for OU Opera Theater productions, while Carpenter Hall currently hosts voice and piano faculty studios.