<p>Fancy new buildings, in an of themselves, certainly do not indicate the quality of a program, but in most cases, they do tell how valued the music program is. Like Zep said, if it were sciences, or football at NU, there would have been a new building long ago. Of course, great musicians will thrive, even in substandard buildings, but it really is a joy to hear or play music in more acoustically modern spaces (and I dare say, not to hear every note of the brass players as you are trying to play the piano)…;)</p>