Practice rooms are a vital part of any music institution. Practice Rooms are available only to students majoring in music or non-music majors enrolled in ensembles or lessons. To maintain clean practice rooms with usable pianos, please be individually and collectively accountable.

Care and Maintenance of the Practice Rooms

• Leave practice rooms in a clean, orderly state.
• Food and drinks are not permitted in the practice rooms! You may bring water in a capped container and set the container on the floor, but never on the piano!
• Throw away your trash and any other found refuse into the trashcans located in the hallway.
• Do not attempt to reserve practice rooms by leaving instruments, music, or cases in a room.
• Do not move stands from the rehearsal halls; rather, provide your own wire stand for the practice rooms.
• Do not practice in the hallways, sound locks, or any undesignated space at any time.
• Instrument cases and book bags must be kept in your locker or in the practice room with you. Do not leave cases or other belongings in the hallway during your practice session. 

Finally, to ensure that every music major has the opportunity to practice the Department has established the following guidelines:

Daytime Practice Hours

Monday through Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Evening Rules in effect after 5:00 p.m.

Daytime Rules

• The occupant is limited to 30-minute sessions.
• The occupant must vacate at the half-hour.
• The occupant may reclaim the room for an additional 30-minute session is no one is waiting.
• Wind players are limited to the 12 rooms in the East Wing. Pianists and vocalists are strongly encouraged to use the practice rooms in the Central Wing when available

Evening Rules (Sunday through Thursday: 5:00 to 10:30 p.m.)

• Woodwind majors may use Rms. 168, 170, 172, 174.
• Brass majors may use Rms. 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 176.
• Voice majors may use Rms. 169, 171 in the East Wing and 137, 138, 140, 142, and 144 in the Central Wing.
• Piano majors may use Rms. 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, and 145 in the Central Wing.

Percussion majors may sign up through the Percussion GA for weekly time in percussion practice rooms and the percussion ensemble room. Percussion students may also sign up for practice times in the band hall and Ellison Hall when those rooms are not in use for sectional rehearsals. (NB: The Dual-Purpose Classroom (Rm. 158) is not available for percussion practice in the evenings.)

• The occupant must vacate at the half-hour.
• The occupant may reclaim the room for an additional 30-minute session if no one is waiting.
• If unoccupied 5 minutes after the half-hour, the room is considered open to all instruments or voice; however, winds are still restricted to the 12 rooms of the East Wing.

Dual Purpose Classroom (158), Band Room, and Ellison Hall (156)(5:00 to 10:30 p.m.)

• These rooms are open for chamber ensembles and sectionals. (NB: Percussionists may sign up for a time in the band room or Ellison Hall when those rooms are not in use for chamber ensembles or sectionals.)
• The Dual Purpose Classroom (Rm. 158) and Ellison Hall are regularly scheduled by ensemble directors or, in the case of chamber ensembles, scheduled by sponsoring applied faculty through  Shelbie Blackstone.

After-Hours (Sunday through Thursday: 10:30 pm to 12:00 a.m.)

• The building will be locked at 11:00 p.m.
• The UPD will make spot checks of the building after closing time. Any students found in the building after posted hours will be instructed to leave immediately and will be subject to disciplinary action, including the revocation of access privileges. (NB: the custodial staff has been  instructed to tell the students they need to leave and if there is an issue, they will call UPD.)
• All students staying after-hours must exit through a panic-bar door and double-check that it locks behind them.