Storer Hall

Home of the music department, Storer Hall is also an important gathering place for the entire campus community. Its recital hall, with maple paneling and large windows, hosts lectures and Common Hour presentations as well as performances by students, music professors, and visiting artists. Its lobby, where a spectacular chandelier by glass artist Dale Chihuly dominates the high ceiling, is the setting for receptions following concerts in the recital hall or in neighboring Rosse Hall.

Storer is in fact attached to Rosse and provides a second elegant entry to the Rosse Hall auditorium. It was built in 1999 to expand Kenyon's music facilities. In addition to the recital hall, Storer has a large rehearsal room, used by many ensembles, and a computer-equipped classroom for composition and theory courses. (It also serves as a computer lab for general student use.) Storer's lower level is connected to the completely renovated lower level of Rosse, which houses practice rooms and the offices of adjunct music faculty members, with whom students may take private lessons.

Storer Hall Fast Facts
Storer Hall: In Our Own Words
Offices and Departments in Storer

Storer Hall Fast Facts

Built: 1999

Named for: James P. Storer, Class of 1949, a long-time Kenyon trustee and benefactor

Current use: Recital hall, rehearsal room, music department office, music faculty offices, seminar room, computer-equipped classroom with MIDI technology for composition and theory courses

Historical notes: Storer is located beside one of Kenyon's most contemplative spots, the College cemetery. An Ohio historical marker near the building recognizes the cemetery's most famous resident: Lorin Andrews, Kenyon's sixth president, renowned for his Civil War service and for his career as a promoter of public education.

Storer trivia: Kenyon does not have a phantom of the opera. But it does have Buddy, a Chow and Keeshond mix, who occasionally haunts the office of his master, Associate Professor of Music Dane Heuchemer. Buddy exerts an uncanny power over students, who helplessly pamper him.

Insider information: Among the high points of the musical year are the recitals by senior music majors, where the audience always includes supportive friends and family members along with listeners from throughout the campus community.

Storer Hall: In Our Own Words

Brandi is by far my favorite place to sing on campus. It's very warm and intimate. With very little effort, a performer can fill the hall with the most beautiful and inspiring sound. And the best part is that it's often available throughout the day, so I can practice in there whenever I choose.
—Adam Hribar, Class of 2006, music major

Offices and Departments in Storer

Music