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Our purpose-built accommodation on the main University campus includes a recital hall, comprehensively stocked music library, common rooms, lecture rooms, teaching and practice rooms, keyboard laboratory, percussion studio, organ studio and five electro-acoustic studios.
We are well stocked with instruments, including over 70 pianos, a 3-manual 41-stop tracker-action recital organ (1977) in St. Paul's, practice and continuo organs, harpsichords, fortepiano and clavichord. There is an extensive range of string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, as well as a collection of early instruments.
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We are the major user of the campus concert hall, St. Paul's, a beautifully converted Georgian church. Holding over 70 performances a year in this excellent performance space.
The
Recital Hall is a flexible space used primarily for rehearsals and lectures.
Our Tuesday Lunchtime concert and masterclass series also take place here,
and the room is often used as a venue in the Huddersfield Contemporary
Music Festival. There are facilities to record in the room (useful as
a practice aid), and students can book the space when it is not being
used.
The
Music Library is housed within the Department and is home to the University
Library's collection of periodicals, scores, sheet music, books,
and audio-visual recordings. It is an extensive collection, with a particular
strength in 20th-Century music, and is constantly being expanded in response
to requests by staff and students. There are spaces for private study
and a breakout room for group work. The Library also contains a listening
room where students can listen to CDs, records, videos and DVDs. These
can also be taken out on overnight loan. Most standard instrumental and
vocal repertoire is covered, enabling students to try out pieces whilst
preparing a concert or exam programme.
To search the Library catalogue, please visit the Computing and Library Services webpage
The Department has its own dedicated IT Room with twelve PCs and a printer. These are fully equipped with email and Internet access, MS Office XP, and Sibelius. The room can be used whilst the Department is open, including on weekends. In addition we also have access to a further 16 computers in the adjacent Humanities building, and the University has five 24-hour rooms in the Learning Centre.
Hardware: NEC PowerMate ML7 MR, P4 Pentium 2.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, CDR/W Drive
Software: Windows XP, Sibelius 4, Concordance, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, MindGenius Education, MINITAB, Paint Shop Pro, SPSS, Windows Media Player, WinZip.
Hardware: Stone tower P4 1.6GHz, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, Floppy drive, DVD/CDR, Zip drive
Software: Windows XP, Sibelius 4, Concordance, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, MindGenius Education, MINITAB, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop, SPSS, Windows Media Player, WinZip
We have 38 practice rooms within the Department. The larger rooms mostly contain grand pianos and are used for instrumental and vocal teaching. They can be used for private practice at other times (including weekends). The fourth floor is also bookable during the week enabling students to plan practice times. On the fifth floor there are smaller rooms with upright pianos, and these can be used when free whilst the building is open. In addition, some of the larger lecture rooms can be used for individual practice or chamber music rehearsals.
There are five group teaching rooms in the Department. These are mostly used for lectures, seminars, and chamber music rehearsals. Students have access to a portable PC/projector setup for seminars where required.
Music Technology is one of the largest and fastest growing areas in the University. As you will see from our studio facilities page, we have some of the best facilities in the UK for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
For more information on theses facilities, follow this link.
The department’s main concert space, St Paul’s Hall, houses the magnificent 3 manual (42 stops) tracker organ by Wood of Huddersfield. There are also rooms containing practice organs in the main music department.
Practice organ in the Music building
The
Department’s dedicated percussion room houses our extensive instrument
collection. This includes 3 marimbas (including a 5 octave instrument),
2 vibraphones, 2 xylophones, 2 glockenspiels, 2 sets of bells, crotales,
tuned cowbells, tuned gongs (Paiste gong play), 16 timpani (Adams &
Premier), 2 drum kits, most smaller instruments including congas, bongos,
timbales, 10 tom toms, 3 bass drums, 2 tam tams along with the necessary
hardware enabling the department to undertake most styles of music and
to cover the percussion requirements for the University orchestra, wind
band, brass band, C20th ensemble as well as the percussion ensemble and
on occasions the big band. There is also an extensive library of percussion
music consisting of solos, tutor books, compilations, ensemble material
and CD's, cassettes and records. The room is also used for percussion
teaching and ensemble work