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Our Facilities

The Music Building is located at the heart of the main university campus on College Road. Music facilities include:

2 concert halls (Prichard-Jones Hall and Powis Hall)
Small recital hall (Mathias Hall)
14 practice rooms with pianos, several of them soundproofed
Percussion practice room
4 studios equipped to international standards for composition, research and recording
Library of over 3,000 CDs and 20,000 scores, as well as LPs, DVDs and online resources
2 common rooms
Quiet study room
Open-access computer room
Postgraduate study room
2 organs
5 grand pianos
3 harpsichords
Archive of Welsh Traditional Music
Welsh Pop Archive
A collection of over 300 world instruments
3 storerooms for student instruments
Open-access kitchenette
Accessible toilets and shower

Creative Studies and Media facilities are primarily based in John Phillips Hall overlooking the Menai Straits. Available facilities include:

Studios & Suites
Professionally equipped Radio studio
Audio editing suites runnig Adobe Audition
Digital video edit suites running Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express on Apple Macs
Creative Writing, Journalism and New Media teaching spaces
Auditoriums
Cinema Space with Dolby Surround Sound
John Phillips Hall with a large performance space with professional theatre lighting facilities for rehearsal and performance work
Professional equipment and computing facilities
Video and Radio kits for use on location work in the field of radio and TV
Multi Media computer room
WIFI meeting place for students