Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music

Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music,
134 Main Street, Sackville, N.B. 
MARJORIE YOUNG BELL
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
1966
Designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Brisley & Brown, and officially opened on 3 October 1966, the building houses Mount Allison’s Department of Music. Though faced with the typical Mount A red sandstone the building with its three-winged layout and sweeping curved walls is strikingly different from the other structures on campus.The facility houses studios and offices, practice rooms, ensemble rehearsal rooms, a computer lab, classrooms, and separate choral and instrumental music collections. It is also home to the 314-seat Brunton Auditorium performance hall. The Alfred Whitehead Memorial Music Library holds thousands of books, recordings, videos, scores, and periodicals, as well as listening, video-viewing, and study areas.

The building is named for Marjorie Young Bell, wife of Mount Allison’s first Chancellor Ralph Pickard Bell, and like him a very generous benefactor of the University. A bronze bust of her stands in the foyer of the building.
Leroux, John and Thaddeus Holownia, A Vision in Wood & Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University, (Kentville, N.S.: Gaspereau Press, 2016), pp.171-176.

Music Facilities, Mount Allison University web site.

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