Music rooms or band practice areas have similar programmatic considerations as auditoriums. It is important to facilitate visual supervision by one person over a large assembly of students.
Acoustical demands typically require a space with limited window area and sound separation from adjacent spaces such as hallways, classrooms, and faculty offices. Isolation of music rooms (on campus) can be avoided by integrating intermediate/support spaces to absorb sound or greatly reduce sound transmission. Storage areas placed along the perimeter of the main room and entry vestibules accessed from hallways help attenuate sound.
Storage for equipment and supplies should be locked at all times. Both sets of doors in entry vestibule should have locking hardware and access detection alarms.