Booking Rooms
Students enrolled in some Music courses can book School rooms for instrumental practice, group work, and rehearsals. There are eight student practice rooms (430 to 433 and 452 to 455) and two teaching rooms (413 and 460) you can book using UQ Book It. Practical Studies percussion students may also book the percussion rooms (458 and 459) and Practical Studies piano students may also book the piano studio (423). Music technology students enrolled in MUSC3010 and MUSC3020 may also book the Nickson Room recording studio (511).
The Nickson Room (434) is not available for student bookings: all bookings for the Nickson Room must be made by staff.
When booking rooms with UQ Book It, click on
- Music Resources to book a practice room, 413 and 423
- Music Teaching Rooms to book 460 and 511
Please put your name in the Title section and your student number, student email and the reason you're making the booking in the Description section. Your booking may be cancelled if it doesn't include this information.
Students can make room bookings for Semester 1 from 1 February and for Semester 2 from 1 July. Staff may cancel bookings if a room is required for a teaching activity: if you are asked to leave a room by a staff member, please do so.
If someone else has booked a room but has not arrived at 10 minutes past the start of the booking, you may use the room until they arrive. This does not apply to the Nickson Room, which can only be used if you have an approved booking.
Students may book the practice rooms (458 and 459 for percussionists, 430 to 433 and 452 to 455 for other instruments) for the following periods of time:
- BMus, BMus(Hons) and MMus students enrolled in Practical Studies courses - 2 hours per day individual practice
- MPhil and PhD students with artistic research projects - 3 hours per day individual practice
- Students enrolled in Musicianship courses, MUSC3450, MUSC3890 and MUSC7880 - 1 hour per week group work (not for individual practice)
- Students enrolled in MUSC1150, MUSC3840 and MUSC3850 - 2 hours per week individual practice, 1 hour per week group work
- BEd(Sec) and MTeach students enrolled in EDUC4645, EDUC4658, EDUC7645 or EDUC7658 - 1 hour per week group work (not for individual practice)
Students enrolled in MUSC3010 and MUSC3020 may book the Nickson Room studio (511) for 2 hours per day.
Conditions of Room Use
Whoever has booked the room is responsible for the contents of the room, including chairs, tables, pianos and music stands.
No food or drink is to be consumed in the room.
No objects are to be placed on any piano in the room.
No equipment is to be removed from the room.
At the end of the period of use, all furniture and other items must be returned to their original positions and all rubbish removed.
Students require special permission from Dr Anna Grinberg to use the Steinway grand pianos in the Nickson Room (434). This is usually granted only to students rehearsing for upcoming concerts, competitions, and practical examinations.
Student Card Swipe Access
Bachelor of Music and Master of Music students are given swipe access to practice rooms and teaching rooms in their first semester of enrolment. BMus percussion students are also given swipe access to the percussion rooms (458 and 459).
Other students enrolled in a Music course are given swipe access to these rooms on request. Please contact us at music@uq.edu.au to request swipe access.
Students enrolled in Music Technology courses (MUSC1010, MUSC2010, MUSC3010, MUSC3020, MUSC7010) and in EDUC4645 and EDUC7645 are given swipe access to the computer lab (414) for the semester. Students enrolled in MUSC3010 and MUSC3020 are also given swipe access to the Nickson Room studio (511).
How to book rooms in UQ Bookit:
- Go to your UQ Dashboard
- Click on ‘All Apps’ down the bottom of the left menu bar
- Click on ‘UQ Bookit’
- If you wish to book a practice room click on ‘Music Resources’. If you want to book a teaching/rehearsal room, click on ‘Music Teaching Rooms’
- Click on the room and the time you would like to book
- Put your name in the ‘Title’ section
- Put your number, email and purpose for booking (usually that would be your subject code) in the ‘Description’ section
- Click ‘book’
You should receive a confirmation in your UQ email account almost immediately after you make your room booking.
Change or cancel your room booking:
- Click on ‘My Bookings’ in the left menu bar
- Bookit will automatically take you to bookings you have made in the present week. If you need to navigate to the future bookings, use the dropdown calendar menu in the top-center of the screen.
- Once you have found your booking, click on it.
- Click ‘Edit’ to make changes, or ‘Cancel’ to cancel your booking
Instrument Lockers
The School provides lockers for students who are studying an orchestral instrument so that they can safely secure their instrument while on campus.
Lockers are allocated on request to Bachelor of Music and Master of Music students for the duration of their Practical Studies courses at the School. Please contact us at music@uq.edu.au to confirm there is an available locker of a suitable size. If there is, you will be allocated a locker for your instrument.
From 1 April each year, any lockers not already allocated to Bachelor of Music and Master of Music students are available to other students enrolled in Music courses or performing in a school ensemble for the rest of that year.
All items stored in the lockers are done so at your own risk and are not covered under UQ’s property insurance. It is recommended that students have their valuable equipment such as cameras and laptop computers insured under their personal home contents insurance policy. Please visit the Insurance for UQ Students page for more details on the student insurance policy.
Please do not to store food in the lockers as it attracts pests, including rats.
When you interrupt or finish your Practical Studies courses, please empty your locker and leave it clean and unlocked. You can use the vacuum cleaner in the locker room cupboard to clean your locker.