<p>Unfortunately, all storage is currently at the 560 building, which is also where any large orchestras or private lessons of any sort have their practices. Jazz ensembles and choirs (concert/a cappella) are generally the only groups with “on campus” rehearsals. I’m not going to lie, the 560 building is a nice facility, but a huge pain - the main reason I stopped taking lessons was because it was too inconvenient to try and schedule an hour of lesson with a minimum of a half hour transportation time there and back once a week. That’s a two hour block of time for only an hour of lessons, and I’m taking other classes. Ridiculous. We do have a bus (WUSTL Green line) there and back that tend to be on time for things a lot of students are going to - like master classes, orchestra rehearsals, etc - but for individual lessons, it’s not so reliable.</p>
<p>Ahem, anyway… Koenig, Danforth, Park, and Meyers are all dorms with practice rooms in them (the latter is a sophomore dorm), and the on campus facilities are pretty nice too (there are practice rooms in the on campus Music Complex, right next to the South 40, also).</p>
<p>And we actually have one of the top Music Theory programs in the country (aside from conservatories), and our voice faculty is outstanding as well - Chris Armistead teaches Christine Brewer, one of the top sopranos in the country. I’ve also heard our jazz program is one of the best offered (and Jazz at Holmes, previously mentioned, really is an amazing free weekly event unique to WashU). I don’t know much about how good we are with instrumentalists, because I’m not one. But the great thing about WashU’s music program is that it’s not a conservatory, but it still offers a great music education - most of the people I know in concert choir aren’t majors or minors at all, and I assume it’s the same with orchestra. I also have a few friends who just decided to pick up guitar/voice lessons for fun, because you get 3 credit hours for them. And I know a guy who is a BME/music double major - it’s incredible that that’s possible.</p>