Care of the Building
Please respect the building and equipment in the various classrooms and practice rooms. Our facility belongs to everyone. Please help to take care of it. Responsible use of the building means refraining from activities that damage the facilities. Throw away your own trash–don’t make others clean up after you. Please make the Music Office aware of any problems you encounter (problems with restroom plumbing, burned out lights, repairs needed, etc.).
Security
Notify the Music Office immediately of any security problems–persons causing problems in the halls, classrooms, practice room area, restrooms, etc.).
For security reasons, the practice room area has a controlled access system. Building security has improved significantly since the installation of this card system. However, the system depends upon you to make it work. Do not leave the security doors propped open; an alarm will sound if a door is kept open too long. Do not allow unauthorized persons into the secure area. If you believe someone without proper authorization has gained access to the area, notify the Music Office or campus police. There are several campus emergency phones located in the basement area (look for the red phones); they connect automatically to the campus police department.
Be careful of your belongings. Do not leave valuable instruments or other equipment unattended anywhere in the building. The Department of Music cannot be held responsible for personal belongings (music, instruments, books, clothing, tape recorders, etc.) left in classrooms or practice rooms.
Practice Room Area
Your UNM ID card, popularly known as a ‘Lobo Card,” will allow you into the area. If your card is not working, inform the Music Office. Please do not remove the furniture from the practice room area lounge. Do not remove the wastebaskets from the various practice rooms–they have been supplied at student request.
Practice Room Assignments
All practice rooms, except for the grand piano practice rooms, are open on a first-come, first-served basis.
Grand piano rooms are assigned by the hour. Beginning the first day of classes, piano majors and piano concentrates may sign up for times on the schedules that are posted on the practice room doors. The number of hours allowed is determined by the number of credit hours the student is enrolled in applied piano: e.g., if the student is taking 4 credit hours of piano, he or she may sign up for 4 hours per day in a practice room. Students may sign up for time in several rooms but the total time may not exceed the number of credit hours. See the Keller Hall Manager to obtain keys to grand piano practice rooms.
Music Stands
Do not remove department music stands from the building without permission. If you have access to a locked practice or storage room, do not keep a department stand in it for your personal use.
Piano Tuning and Maintenance
All pianos are tuned and maintained in regular rotation by our in-house piano technician, Fred Sturm. If you notice that an instrument needs repair or tuning, please indicate the problem on the piano maintenance request list in the Music Office.
Smoking Policy
The Center for the Arts is a completely non-smoking building. Persons who want to smoke outdoors must be “a reasonable distance away from doorways, open windows, enclosed walkways, and ventilation systems.” Out of courtesy to those needing to enter or leave the building, please try not to smoke right by the outside doors.
Scheduling of Classrooms
Classrooms are not for individual practice. Please use practice rooms for that purpose.
Classrooms may be used for rehearsals by reserving times through the Music Office. The scheduling of classrooms and rehearsal rooms must be done through the Music Office, Room 1105, only. If such scheduling is for departmental meetings, seminars, rehearsals, etc, there is no charge. The scheduling of classrooms for all non-departmental use carries an hourly fee.
Locker Rental
General storage lockers and some instrumental lockers are available for rent to students on the ground level. Rental charges are $10.00 per semester. Pay for locker rentals at the University Cashier’s office (Student Services Center) and bring the receipt to the Keller Hall Office for locker assignment.
Instrument and Equipment Rental
Some instruments for applied study and MUSE 155 classes are available for checkout to students. If instruments are not available, you may need to rent from one of the music merchants in Albuquerque offering instrument rental plans. To check out a university instrument, contact Susan Brake in the Band Office, Room B127. You will need to complete an instrument contract, which must be renewed each semester. If you have department-owned equipment checked out to you, it must be checked in before the end of finals week each semester. If you fail to return an instrument, your student account will be charged for the replacement cost of the instrument, and an academic hold will be placed on your records.
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