Building on Bora’s deep expertise in music education, the Billman Music Pavilion nearly doubles the size of MSU’s College of Music with new acoustically engineered space for rehearsal, performance, teaching, and practice.

The transformative project takes place in the heart of the campus. It was planned with sensitivity to both the arboretum-like quality of the landscape and the historic character of the original 1940 building. While the scale, form, and material palette of the new structure carefully fit the MSU context, the generous windows, skylights, and crisp details project the forward-looking spirit of openness of the College of Music.

The project builds upon Bora’s work with the MSU College of Music since 2001 to program, master plan, design, and implement the transformation of their teaching and performance facilities. Completed phases include the rebuilding of two other performance venues, the Cook Recital Hall and the Fairchild Theater.

Find out more about how Michigan State University’s College of Music has been utilizing the new space.