Facilities for Music Making

Individual Practice Rooms

Individual practice rooms are available on both campuses. Each room contains an upright piano, and they are available to all students 8am - 10pm daily. There is no charge for use, and they can be booked in advance if desired.

If there is a fault or problem in the room please email roombookings@swansea.ac.uk whilst the fault is being investigated the practice room will be put out of order. For any queries do get in touch. Happy practicing!

Best Practice

This information is intended to help keep the instruments and décor of these rooms in a good state of repair, and to maximize the benefit and enjoyment they offer to all users.

General information:
• Four practice rooms are available on the Bay Campus, each containing an upright piano.
• These are located in the same building as the gym and sports hall. The door is in the courtyard of the building, adjacent to the gym entrance.
• Three practise rooms are available on Singleton Campus, each containing at least one upright piano and one containing an additional Yamaha Clavinova
• These are located on the top floor of Fulton house behind Lecture rooms A, B &C
• The practice rooms are available on Singleton Campus from 9am to 10pm every day. On Bay Campus they are available between 9am-6pm.
• Maximum amount of time per booking is 3 hours
• Access is via student/staff card: to gain card access please email roombookings@swansea.ac.uk you will be notified when your card has been activated.
• There are no toilets available adjacent to the practice rooms. However, toilets are available elsewhere on the campus.
• Rooms are able to be used on a first come first serve basis, strictly 1 person per room at one time

Specific Rules

• Do not bring food or drink into the practice rooms, apart from bottled water.
• Make sure your hands are clean before playing the pianos.
• Piano stools must not be adjusted or moved while they are being sat on;
• You are welcome to open the top lids of the pianos, but the front panels must not be removed.
• It is absolutely forbidden to touch or adjust the piano mechanism. If there is a fault or problem, please raise a works order
• Do not place any items on top of or inside the pianos.
• Do not store any items in the practice rooms.
• Do not remove any furniture from the rooms: this includes the piano stools!
• Do not attempt to move the pianos within the rooms.
• Always leave doors closed.
• Always close windows after use
• Please take your litter away with you.
• If people in neighboring rooms ask you to play/sing less loudly, please respond considerately!

Performance Spaces

The University's flagship performance venue is the Great Hall, a 500-seater auditorium with fine acoustics located on the Bay Campus. The Great Hall hosts several student performances every year. In addition to the Great Hall, our ensembles and choirs perform regularly on Singleton Campus and elsewhere in Swansea.

Group Rehearsal Spaces

Our ensembles and choirs rehearse on Singleton Campus, in Fulton House.

Instruments

As well as practice room pianos, we have a Kawai grand piano for use by our ensembles and choirs and by a small number of students who play piano at an advanced level. The Great Hall houses two grand pianos which are available for concerts (a Steinway Model D and a smaller Yamaha grand), and a three-manual Regent Classic digital organ.
The Musicians' Society have a full range of orchestral percussion for use by our ensembles.

Sheet Music

The student societies maintain an extensive library of orchestral sets, choral music, big band, wind orchestra and other ensemble music. New music is added to this library every year, giving our ensembles and choirs considerable freedom in their choice of repertoire.
A modest selection of sheet music and books about music is held in the University library.