To best manage our spaces and to ensure that safety of yourself and others, the Department of Music has implemented room booking system for students to be able to book a dedicated practice space for performance and creative music-making.
How long can I book for?
- Undergraduate students are permitted to request up to 90-minutes per day for their own personal music practice (in 30-minute chunks).
- Postgraduate taught students, specialising in performance pathway, are permitted to request up to 180-minutes per day for their own personal music practice (in 30-minute chunks).
- Postgraduate taught students (not specialising in performance) and Postgraduate Research students should contact the Performance Manager if they require access to practice facilities.
A booking automatically reserves a given room, and cannot be booked by another individual. We may ask for further information about your booking after its submission.
CLICK HERE to visit Resource Booker and book your music practice room now.
If you cannot access music room booking on Resource Booker and you believe you should, please contact the Performance Manager.
Need a larger space?
Royal Holloway houses many potential venues for large group rehearsals or music events, having hosted concerts and recitals for the student body and local community since 1879.
The following spaces can be sourced by the Performance Manager for your event:
The beautiful Picture Gallery situated in the Founder’s Building hosts the majority of the College-run music events and classes. This is flexible space which can seat up to 200 guests in multiple formations. This space is equipped with a Boston Grand Piano, 4-music stands and audio playback system. If available and used for your event, you must have one staff member present for the duration of your booking.
The Boilerhouse Auditorium is the most flexible space in terms of seating. Three options being: no seating, 150 seats or 250 seats. Space equipped with a Steinway B-Series Grand Piano, 60-music stands and has audio-visual capabilities.
The largest venue at Royal Holloway is the Windsor Building Auditorium (400 maximum capacity; usual set-up of 345 capacity). This venue can be booked for large ensembles / orchestral activities / collaboration projects and hosts our Steinway Concert D-Series Grand Piano, 60-music stands and has audio-visual capabilities. There is also a potential of up to 8 seminar rooms to be used for breakout spaces / rehearsals room / green rooms.
How do I book? Sourcing availability and the booking of any College venue must be organised through the Performance Manager via email. All bookings are subject to change and are communicated via the Performance Manager. Please note that venues are/can be booked by any College department, therefore availability is limited.