Challey Hall is open:
Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Building Hours are subject to change and will be altered during scheduled breaks and holidays.
Challey Hall is intended primarily for the use of NDSU students, faculty and staff. Use by others is only by permission of the Division of Performing Arts.
Facilities may not be used by students for teaching private music lessons. Facilities may not be used for non-NDSU ensemble rehearsals, unless explicitly approved by the Division of Performing Arts. (Contact the Director of the NDSU Music Academy if you would like to develop a private studio as a part of the Academy.)
The bulletin boards adjacent to the Choir and Band Rehearsal Rooms are reserved for ensemble or area announcements and School of Music or faculty messages to students. Other bulletin boards in the building are designated for special purposes or special organizations. The student bulletin board is located in the student lounge. A general announcement board is located by the East entry to the Minard Hall Annex.
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Email is the official form of communication in the Challey School of Music. NDSU students automatically have an NDSU email address, and are expected to check email regularly—at least once a day. The link to set up a student e-mail account: https://kb.ndsu.edu/page.php?id=99739
Specific policies related to accessing locked practice rooms are outlined below: [reorder and eliminate redundancy]
Practice rooms are primarily for the use of enrolled music majors. Others may apply in the music office (Room 115) for permission to use practice rooms, but must relinquish them if needed by an enrolled music major.
Practice rooms are available on a first come/first served basis.
No sign-ups are required for practice times, but students are encouraged to sign up for regular practice times. Sign-up cards are outside each practice room. If you have reserved a time, you may ask a person using the room to move at your reserved time
All practice rooms with grand pianos are locked and are for piano major use only. Piano majors should obtain a key for the grand piano practice rooms from the Academic Assistant (Challey 115) and will pay a $20 key deposit (refundable on return).
Practice rooms are not to be used for teaching private students
General-use practice rooms are not to be locked. Do not leave your personal belongings in a practice room
It is incumbent upon everyone to respect the practice rooms and the instruments and equipment therein. Please do not place personal items such as backpacks or books on the pianos. No food or drink is allowed in the practice rooms.
The Challey School of Music has two primary performance facilities; Beckwith Recital Hall, seating up to 200, which is the primary space for faculty and student recitals, and Festival Concert Hall, seating up to 1,000, which is the primary performance space for our major ensemble concerts and university and community special events. For more information about each space, see the following link: https://www.ndsu.edu/performingarts/venues/facilities/
There are two areas of lockers for student use, in the student lounge (personal lockers) and in [the instrument storage room]. Lockers for instrument and music storage are available through the assigned graduate assistant in the Band Library, Challey 118B. Personal lockers in the student lounge are available on a first come-first served basis and can be reserved through the Administrative Assistant in the Division Office (Challey 115). At the end of each spring semester, all instrument storage lockers will be cleared. Students are responsible for vacating and cleaning the locker prior to that time.
There are no locker fees. Please keep both areas in good order. Do not use the area on top of the lockers for personal storage, as the area is not secure and equipment can easily be stolen.
Some musical instruments are available for loan to students enrolled in ensembles and music classes. The instruments are to be kept locked in assigned instrument storage room lockers. The student is responsible for basic maintenance and supplies, and for the cost of repairing any damage sustained during the loan period. The appropriate applied teacher or ensemble director facilitates the instrument loan.
Instruments can be checked out on a semesterly basis to students by any faculty or by the graduate student(s) assigned to that duty. If you finish using an instrument (e.g. end of marching season or after a concert cycle) before the end of the semester, please return it at that point.
In order for student to maximize their full potential as musicians, it is expected that music majors will own their own professional-quality instrument. Percussionists are expected to have appropriate sticks and mallets to meet the needs of concert and solo requirements. The School of Music has a limited number of other instruments that students can temporarily use until they purchase their own professional instruments, such as bassoons, flugelhorns, and bass tubas. Exceptions may include various percussion instruments and select auxiliary/secondary instruments such as bass clarinets, soprano saxophones, baritone saxophones, and trumpets in different keys, which NDSU may provide. You may need to share these instruments with other students.
Each studio instructor will advise on what is required and expected, including recommendations about preferred brands and models of instruments. Instrumental students are also expected to provide their own accessories such as reeds, mouthpieces, and printed music. Photocopies are not permitted for applied study or performances.