Practice rooms are open to students 7 days a week, 7:00 AM- 11:00 PM, except on certain holidays when the Hopkins Center is closed.
The Department of Music, now located back in the Hopkins Center, features 16 practice rooms which are available to all students (regardless of major) on a first-come, first-serve basis. The practice rooms, most of which include a piano, music stand, and chair, can be found on the ground floor of the Department of Music and on the lower level of the building near the student workshops. All rooms are unlocked and available to all students, but students enrolled in IIP piano lessons (MUS 53) have priority access to the grand piano practice rooms. Keys to the grand piano fallboard locks are issued only to students enrolled in MUS 53.
If you find all the practice rooms occupied, head to the front office of the music department and speak to the Administrative Assistant or the Department Administrator (hours: M-F, 9 AM-4:30 PM). They may be able to find an open classroom, studio, or rehearsal room and reserve it for your practice session.
If you are enrolled in IIP piano lessons (MUS 53) and all grand piano rooms are taken, you may ask a non-MUS 53 student in one of the grand piano rooms to vacate the space for you.
Issues with practice room pianos should be reported immediately to Crystal Fielding, Piano and Keyboard Technician (Crystal.C.Fielding@Dartmouth.edu).
Student percussionists who are registered for IIP percussion lessons (MUS 58) receive a key to the Percussion Studio (Hopkins Center, room 025), where they can practice the drum kit, marimba, timpani, and other instruments. This studio is not available to students who are not registered for MUS 58.