JAVS Fall 1998

The Harold B. Lee Library Completion of the Harold B. Lee Library's new underground expansion in 2000 will mark a major remodeling of the current facilities at Brigham Young University located in Provo, Utah. The combined $50 mil

Brigham Young University

During its approximately130-year history, BYU has amplified its unique capacity to equip students with a world-class, values-centered edu cation. Thus, BYU has been listed on the John Templeton Foundation's honor roll of colleges and universities that adhere to high moral values, and receives national for its strong under au,...a •. .., and graduate pro and high-quality teach

lion project will bring the library's square footage to 665,000 on six floors. Among the new "resi dents" of the refur bished area will be the Primrose Room and the Primrose International Viola Archive. With nearly

It regularly ranks near the in enrollment of freshman t Scholars and in

3,000,000 volumes, the Lee Library is one of the largest in the Intermountain West, with extensive collections in business, western U.S. history, art, and especially music. It

BYU is also one of

very few universities that undergraduates to heavily involved in profes research in all disciplines and to as teaching and laboratory assis Acquisition of these skills superbly

has one of the most significant music collections in the United States. It is rich in early American film and sheet music, radio manuscripts and vaudeville music from the early-to mid-twentieth cen tury, and scores for ballets and French opera. Complementing these extensive collections are the archives of Gina Bachauer and, of course, William Primrose with near comprehensive scores for viola and also the harp. The expanded library serves a profes sionally recognized music

._.u•. ~..,.., students for success in the finest au,...a •. .., and professional schools and pro

The arts also are among the university's ·or strengths, with some 10,000 students par ticipating. Fifteen traveling performing groups, made up of approximately 650 students, tour internationally on a regular basis, presenting some 190 concerts in more than 30 countries annually, making friends and bringing hope to tens of thousands worldwide. Many of these groups regularly win international competi tions. Now, creation of the Primrose Room, Primrose International Viola Archive room, Primrose Endowment will elevate the quality of BYU's already internationally acclaimed music programs, ensure the highest quality profes sional collection of viola music, and encourage the continued development of music for this instru ment.

faculty and more than 700 School of Music student-musicians as a research and learning cen