Hope College Music Department Facilities

The Department of Music is housed in the Nykerk/Wichers complex. Its facilities are impressive, and include:

• 20 teaching studios
• 19 practice rooms
• a 16-unit electronic keyboard lab
• an on-site organ studio
• a music library
• a recital auditorium
• an instrumental rehearsal room
• a hi-tech recording studio

The department also uses the 1,300-seat Dimnent Memorial Chapel for teaching and performances. This Chapel houses the four-manual Ernest M. Skinner organ, and the two-manual Pels and Van Leeuwen organ.

The department's assets include:

• over twenty grand pianos
• six pipe organs
• a large number of band and orchestra instruments for student use
• an extensive collection of books, scores, records, and CD's