8.1 Building Use

The building is officially open Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and on weekends, Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each semester after a student has paid his $30 Music Use Fee, a "Music Use Fee Authorization" card will be issued. This card will be honored during regular operating hours.

Use of School of Music & Dance facilities is normally restricted to current SJSU music students. If a group includes both SJSU students and others, an SJSU student in the group must have written permission from the Director before they can use the facility. Any time a group is using a room in the Music building, at least one current music student with a Music Use Fee Card must be present.

When using the facility be respectful to others. The decibel level must be kept within bounds in order not to interfere with those using nearby rooms. If your practicing is too loud you may be asked to leave the building. Repeated problems will result in loss of practice privileges by the individual or group concerned.

Under no circumstances should outside doors or windows be propped open after the building is locked. This is a serious safety risk and will result in the loss of after-hours privileges for all students.

8.2 Practice and Practice Rooms

Regular daily practice is essential for success in applied music. A minimum of ninety minutes per day of practice is required for adequate progress.

A. Practice rooms are available to students on a daily basis between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

B. Practice rooms are available on a "first come, first serve" basis. Music majors have priority.

C. Do not put food or drink on the pianos.

D. Do not put paper over the windows of the practice room doors. This creates a safety hazard.

F. Students are not allowed to practice in the classrooms or in the hallways.

G. A $30 per semester use fee is required of all students using a practice room (the Music Use Fee meets this requirement).

H. Practice rooms 215, 216, 217, 241, and 242 are set aside for the use of piano majors between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during weekdays. Piano majors will be assigned keys to unlock these instruments by their instructor. Students pay a $25 per year fee to be issued these keys. The U-locks securing these instruments are to be replaced after each practice session.

8.3 Access to the Percussion Studio

Students registered for Studio percussion lessons (private instruction), or who have permission from the percussion instructor may use this room and its equipment. Payment of the Music Use Fee is required to use this facility.

Once you have qualified to use the Studio, a key will be checked out to you for the semester. Refer to the section on Key Policy for a detailed description of the process for checking out a key.

8.4 After Hours Passes

After Hours passes may be issued only to students who have paid their Music Use Fee for the semester. Requests for After Hours passes may be issued only to students who are enrolled in a music course that may require access to the building after regular hours of operation (applied music, recording studio, electronic lab, ensemble rehearsals). After Hours passes are issued for specific rooms only. It is the policy of the piano faculty not to permit piano practicing in classrooms.

After Hours passes are valid only for one semester, from the first day of classes to the last day of final exams. Students must demonstrate a familiarity with Music Building emergency procedures, including use and location of emergency telephones, before passes will be issued. There is a $10 fee required for after hours use of the building. After Hours passes may be revoked for any reason deemed valid by a faculty member.

8.5 Keys

Music students frequently need keys to specific rooms such as the piano studios, percussion studios, and sometimes, with the faculty member's approval, even faculty offices. Students will not be issued keys to classrooms. Students authorized to be in these rooms sign out keys for the academic year.

A. Go to the Music Office and pick up a Departmental Key Check Out card. You will need to show your Music Use Fee Card.

B. Fill out the card and get the appropriate faculty member's signature authorizing the key check out.

C. Bring the signed card to the School office. You will be given a University Key Request card. Fill out that card , have the director sign it, and take it to the lock shop.

D. Within two weeks your key will be ready. Please check with the Lockshop as they will not notify you. If the key goes unclaimed for two weeks after it is made, the Lockshop will cancel the order and you will have to initiate the entire process again.

E. At the end of the Spring semester, keys must be turned in to the School office. If you leave school earlier, key(s) must be surrendered. A hold will be put on all grades and records of students failing to turn in their keys.

Room Key Liability: The student is responsible for room key(s) issued. If a key is lost or stolen, the student must notify both the School and the University Lock Shop as soon as possible. The student must pay for the lost or stolen key(s) and interview with the Director before the reissue of key(s).

8.6 Staff Technician and Use of Lab Facilities

Lab facilities are controlled by the faculty member in charge of each lab. Check in the School Office for the name of current faculty member in charge, or with the Staff Technician in room 268.

Labs are all limited access rooms and lab cards are required to enable student access. Faculty members, with lab facilities, have lab cards for each semester. The student fills out the card, secures the proper faculty signature, and bring the lab card and the Music Use Fee card to the Music Office to obtain entrance codes for the restricted rooms. Students must have paid their Music Use Fee and have the Use Fee Card in their possession BEFORE a faculty member will give them a lab card.

Use of labs after hours (i.e., after 11:00 p.m. on weekdays when the building closes, or on weekends) requires instructor permission by the instructor writing "OK for after hours" on the back of the lab card. It also requires a signature from the Director of the School and an additional fee of $10.

Do not take food or drink into any of the lab facilities.

8.7 Lab Key Code Access/Studio Rules

A. The individually issued School of Music & Dance access key code for the studio entry locks are not to be shared with others, nor is the key code bearer allowed to let those without key codes into the studio. Failure to comply will result in loss of key code. Individuals found in these studios without an officially issued key code will be asked to leave immediately.

B. No food or beverages will be allowed in the studios at any time. Closed containers, such as water bottles, should be stowed in backpacks.

C. No writing upon or posting of notes on the workstations, hardware, furniture or walls is allowed.

D. Users may not connect peripheral devices to studio hardware without permission. The repatching of cables and equipment other than the user accessible patch bays or the moving of cables, equipment, tables, or tampering with security devices within the studio is not allowed.

E. No installation or removal of application and system software, or the changing of default video, printer, desktop, etc. parameters on studio workstations is allowed.

F. File storage on workstation is limited to classroom defined folders. All other material will be erased periodically.

G. Lab use is an extension of instruction of the School of Music and Dance, therefore, all work performed in the lab should support class assignments. Printing papers for other classes, personal e-mail, live-chat messaging, surfing the web, etc. in a manner that is not part of School of Music and Dance assignments is not allowed.

H. Problems with any hardware or software should be written in the studio sign-in log in those studios were one is provided or reported to the instructor or his assistant.

I. Students using the printer in M124 must supply their own paper. Use paper designated for laser printers (not 3-ring binder paper, tractor-feed printer paper, etc.).

8.8 Resource Center Check out Policy

The Resource Center for the School of Music & Dance is located in room 114. The Resource Center houses the performance sets for the Band, Choir and Orchestra. It also has a collection of chamber music, solo instrument music, reference books and recordings.

Music Majors may check out music for use in a performance ensemble, a music department class or applied lessons. Students must have a Music Use Fee card before checking out music.

Check Out period

1. Books: General - 2 days

2. Recordings (LP's only) - 2 weeks

3. Study scores - 2 weeks

4. Music for classroom use only - All semester.

Students will be required to pay for replacement of Resource Center materials that are lost or stolen while in the students possession (on or off campus). Materials not returned may result in a hold on students records.

8.9 Lockers

A. Qualified Music Students who have paid their Music Use Fee can have a Music building locker assigned to them for their use during the academic year. The particular locker assigned is dependent upon the student's area of emphasis and availability rather than individual preferences for location or type. Students must clear out their lockers by the end of the Spring Semester (notices will be posted). Failure to do so can result in the discard of the locker's contents as well as a $25 Cleaning Fee which has to be cleared before grades and other academic materials are released by the School of Music and Dance.

B. The lockers are for the storage of academic material and music equipment only. Such items as rotting food, combustible materials, and illegal contraband, are not allowed..

C. No taped items, stickers, decals, writing, thumbtacks, painting, cutting, carving, marking, or similar forms of defacements of the lockers including swinging from or standing on the locker doors will be tolerated. Any individual found to have performed such vandalism will be reported to campus security, fined $500, and will not be allowed to check out a locker in the Music Building again.

D. Only School of Music and Dance locks assigned to the locker can be used. Any other lock found on a locker will be cut off, and the contents will be removed. No swapping of locks between lockers is allowed. Failure to comply will result in the loss of locker privileges. A fee of $25 will be charged for the loss of a School of Music and Dance lock.

E. The School of Music and Dance is not responsible for the loss or damage of equipment stored in the Music Building Lockers. Use at your own risk.

8.10 Pianos, Harpsichords and Organs

A. Pianos, harpsichords and organs are maintained on a periodic basis. Students noting any problems with keyboard instruments should let the department technician know immediately. A piano repair/tuning sheet is posted outside the technician's office.

B. Grand pianos are available only for student practice with consent of the coordinator of keyboard studies.

C. No student may use a university organ without permission of the applied organ instructor.

8.11 Instrument Check Out Policy

The School of Music & Dance has a limited number of instruments available on a per semester basis for regularly enrolled students:

A. Music Majors who need an instrument for use in a performance ensemble, a music department class, or applied lessons.

B. Non-music majors who are participating in a music department performance ensemble.

C. Music Majors and non-music majors who need the instrument for Fundamental classes

8.12 Instrument Check Out Procedures

A. Obtain an instrument check out card from the Resource Center (room 114).

B. Have the card filled out and signed by the appropriate instructor and returned to the Resource Center.

C. Show your Music Use Fee Card.

D. Upon receiving the instrument and signing the instrument check out card you will accept full responsibility for the instrument on loan. If it is lost or stolen while in your possession (on or off campus), you will be required to pay for its replacement. You also are required to pay for damage resulting from negligence or improper use.

E. The student must not have state equipment repaired or adjusted by any off-campus repair shop without the prior approval of the Resource Center technician.

F. All university instruments and equipment must be checked in with the School technician no later than 3:30 p.m. on the day of commencement.

G. Summer use of instruments requires the written approval of the School Director. A $30 Use Fee must be paid before the instrument is issued.

H. Woodwind performers must purchase their own reeds.