page_title: Moores School of Music
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Moores School of Music / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: Moores Opera House in the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston
context_page_description: The Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music is the music school of the University of Houston. The Moores School offers the Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts in Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in music performance, conducting, theory and composition, music history and literature, pedagogy, and music education and also offers a Certificate of Music Performance. It is a component of the University of Houston College of the Arts. The Moores School is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. Its namesakes are UH alumni John Moores and his former wife Rebecca. As of 2019–2020, the Director of the Moores School is Courtney Crappell.
context_section_description: Located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus, the centerpiece of the $24 million Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music Building is the 800-seat Moores Opera House, which features a ceiling mural by Frank Stella, light fixtures by Isaac Maxwell, and a green room displaying paintings by Ary Stillman.  The building contains 50 teaching studios and 60 practice rooms, a large library, state-of-the-art listening and composition facilities, a recording studio, four rehearsal halls for large ensembles, and a lounge.  Some facilities in the "old" Fine Arts Building, such as the Dudley Recital Hall and the Organ Hall, are still used by the Moores School.
caption: Moores Opera House
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