Facilities
We offer a full range of world-class facilities, both within and beyond the classroom.
In 2009 we relocated and expanded; today our students and staff learn, perform, collaborate and experiment in two separately distinctive yet strongly linked buildings: the refurbished Jessop Building and the newly-built Soundhouse.
Jessop Building
The beautiful Jessop Building is a Grade II listed Victorian building. The sensitive and imaginative restoration means that state of the art facilities sit comfortably within the building's elegant structure.
The Jessop Building contains lecture/ensemble spaces, a music library, staff offices and a number of dedicated spaces for music psychology, ethnomusicology and music technology teaching and research.
Soundhouse
The Soundhouse is a unique building which forms a landmark music practise and studio facility.
It houses five practise rooms and a percussion room on the ground floor; five practise rooms, an IT Hub and Studio Technician room on the first floor and two control rooms, two further practise rooms and two 'live' rooms on the second floor.
The sound studios let you explore the cutting edge of music technology, while also offering opportunities for electroacoustic composition and sound recording.
The studios feature high specification acoustic treatment and are fitted out with state of the art technology for sonic arts. We also have an extensive range of professional portable equipment for recording or live performance.
More information about the Sound Studios
Instruments
We have a large collection of instruments for the use of students and ensembles.
We have excellent collections of reproduction early instruments, including a Stein fortepiano of 1782, harpsichords and early wind instruments.
Our collection also includes orchestral percussion instruments, double basses, Baroque and period string instruments. Among our range of wind instruments we have alto and bass flutes, cor anglais, oboe d'amore, Eb clarinet, alto clarinet, bassett horn, bass clarinet, contra bass Eb clarinet and baritone saxophone.
We also have instruments from India, Iran, West and East Africa, China and Taiwan.
Music Library
Our extensive music library consists of books, journals, scores and recordings, covering all subject areas studied within the department. The Music Library is housed across Western Bank library, the Information Commons and the Jessop building.
We also have a wide selection of sheet music and a number of electronic resources.