The School of Music's UT Opera Theater presents three fully staged operas, one summer opera, and opera scenes in this space each year. Even at peak-use times, the number of available rooms in the School of Music makes the scheduling of practice rooms unnecessary. The library contains the art and music collections and most of the General Libraries theater and dance materials. Its collections support research and instruction in the College of Fine Arts which includes the School of Music, the Departments of Art and Art History, and Theatre and Dance. Most historical periods and geographical areas are covered in both classical and popular idioms, though the emphasis is on the western classical tradition.
Music is represented in a wide variety of printed and recorded formats.
There are other music collections at The University of Texas at Austin. Latin American music is collected at the Benson Latin American Collection. The instrument inventory numbers of 1,000 items, including string, wind, early music instruments, ethnomusicology instruments, harps, and percussion equipment. The Electronic Music Studios at UT are among the most well equipped and technologically advanced of any university in the country. There are four studios that are devoted exclusively to electro-acoustic music.