<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/construction-gives-way-sound-music.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>06/28/2011</pubDate><title>Construction Gives Way to the Sound of Music</title><excerpt>Music has replaced the sounds of construction at the historic Art Center, which has been transformed into Westmont’s new music building. The center, which housed Reynolds Gallery, is the new hub for Westmont’s burgeoning music department. The art department moved to Adams Center for the Visual Arts last fall, freeing up the two-story structure to provide office and practice space for the music department’s five full-time professors and 26 adjunct instructors. Various gifts to the college funded the project as part of the Bright Hope for Tomorrow campaign.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2011/06/IMG_6788A-325x216.jpg" alt="Student Rebecca Shasberger practices inside the new music building"/>
        </image><caption>Student Rebecca Shasberger practices inside the new music building</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>