Chase Fine Arts Center
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The Daryl Chase Fine Arts Center is a multi-venue visual and performing arts complex on the campus of Utah State University
. It is named for Daryl Chase, the tenth president of USU, who served from 1954 to 1968.
It houses visual art spaces such as the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
and the Tippets Exhibit Hall, and performance venues such as the Kent Concert Hall, the Morgan Theatre, the Tippets Balcony, and the Black Box Studio Theatre. It also serves as the home of the Departments of Art, Music, Theatre, and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at USU, and contains numerous practice rooms, lecture halls, and offices.
Along with the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall
and the Caine Lyric Theatre, the Chase Fine Arts Center anchors the Fine Arts Complex at USU.
, it serves national and international touring music, dance, and theater productions in addition to community events and university tenants such as Craig Jessop
's American Festival Chorus. The Kent opened with the Chase Fine Arts Center in 1967. The concert hall also houses the largest pipe organ in Logan, built in 1973 by the Holtkamp organ company of Cleveland, Ohio. The instrument comprises 43 stops, 56 ranks and 3,027 individual pipes. It is installed on the west wall of the concert hall in Holtkamp's signature functional, modern design aesthetic.
During two mornings each week, the orchestra section of the Kent Concert Hall serves as the classroom for the gigantic Creative Arts course taken as a general education requirement by nearly every USU student. The course is taught by opera singer Michael Ballam
.
The Chase Fine Arts Center also houses a smaller venue called the Tippets Balcony, a 150-seat glass-enclosed recital space, and a Black Box Studio Theatre, which can seat up to 90 for extremely intimate productions.
Utah State University
Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
. It is named for Daryl Chase, the tenth president of USU, who served from 1954 to 1968.
It houses visual art spaces such as the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is a large museum on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah, and a constituent of the Caine College of the Arts at USU. The museum, which holds one of the largest collections in the entire Intermountain West with over 4,800 pieces, focuses largely...
and the Tippets Exhibit Hall, and performance venues such as the Kent Concert Hall, the Morgan Theatre, the Tippets Balcony, and the Black Box Studio Theatre. It also serves as the home of the Departments of Art, Music, Theatre, and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at USU, and contains numerous practice rooms, lecture halls, and offices.
Along with the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall
Performance Hall (Utah State University)
The Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall is a modern recital hall on the campus of Utah State University.The Performance Hall, by which name it is usually known, was a gift to USU from two alumni sisters in 2006. Since its opening, the Performance Hall has become widely known...
and the Caine Lyric Theatre, the Chase Fine Arts Center anchors the Fine Arts Complex at USU.
Kent Concert Hall
The 2,168-seat Kent Concert Hall is the anchor and largest venue of the Chase Fine Arts Center, serving primarily as a performance space for orchestras, large bands, and choirs. As it is the largest auditorium on the campus of Utah State University, as well as the entire Cache ValleyCache Valley
The Cache Valley is an agricultural valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho that includes the Logan metropolitan area. The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre.-History:...
, it serves national and international touring music, dance, and theater productions in addition to community events and university tenants such as Craig Jessop
Craig Jessop
Craig D. Jessop is an American academic, musician and singer best known for his tenure as the music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1999 to 2008.-Biography:...
's American Festival Chorus. The Kent opened with the Chase Fine Arts Center in 1967. The concert hall also houses the largest pipe organ in Logan, built in 1973 by the Holtkamp organ company of Cleveland, Ohio. The instrument comprises 43 stops, 56 ranks and 3,027 individual pipes. It is installed on the west wall of the concert hall in Holtkamp's signature functional, modern design aesthetic.
During two mornings each week, the orchestra section of the Kent Concert Hall serves as the classroom for the gigantic Creative Arts course taken as a general education requirement by nearly every USU student. The course is taught by opera singer Michael Ballam
Michael Ballam
Michael Ballam is the general director of the Utah Festival Opera, a professor of music at Utah State University, an accomplished operatic singer, pianist and oboist. His professional operatic and recital career has spanned nearly three decades and four continents...
.
Other performance venues
The 670-seat Morgan Theatre is a thrust theatre, and is home to smaller, more intimate theatrical productions, including the majority of productions put on by the Theatre Department at USU.The Chase Fine Arts Center also houses a smaller venue called the Tippets Balcony, a 150-seat glass-enclosed recital space, and a Black Box Studio Theatre, which can seat up to 90 for extremely intimate productions.