Rehearsal studios and practice spaces

Practice rooms, rehearsal space and recording studios available to book for UWE Bristol staff and students.

How to book

You need to become a member to book any Centre for Music rehearsal studio or practice room. Membership is free for students. Once you are a member, you will be emailed a link to our booking system.

If you need to borrow any equipment for use during your room booking, such as a guitar or bass, you can do this via Connect 2. Links will be provided when you book a room. Please make sure you book a room and equipment.

We are unable to loan equipment and instruments for use outside the Centre for Music.

There are special arrangements for players in UWE Orchestra who need access to instruments – please email: anri.adachi@uwe.ac.uk.

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Big room 0WF012

This dance studio is our largest room, with full mirror wall, acoustic curtains and a large Esmono sound proof booth. The room is a multi-functional space suitable for dancers and larger bands to rehearse.

It is in high demand, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Equipment

  • Yamaha baby grand piano
  • Electric harpsichord
  • Full length mirror wall
  • PA with mixer and input leads – just plug in your phone to play
  • Fully equipped booth with
    • Roland FP-80-BK electric piano keyboard
    • Acoustic drum kit
    • Selection of guitar and bass amps
    • Vocal PA
    • Four-channel mixing desk

Band room 0WF005

Equipment

  • EV ZLX-15P Active Speaker
  • Allen & Heath Zed10 mixer
  • Acoustic Drum Kit
  • Ampeg Rocket RB-115 Bass Amp
  • Boss KATANA Guitar Amp
  • Fender Champion Guitar Amp
  • Roland FP-80-BK electric piano keyboard

Keyboard Lab 1WF018

Our teaching space, with fully weighted digital pianos and individual workstations for learning music production. This room is not bookable.

Equipment

  • 6 x fully weighted Yamaha digital pianos
  • 1 x Yamaha acoustic piano
  • Suite of Macbooks with Logic Pro X and Ableton 10 pre-loaded

Recording Studio 1WF024

A fully equipped recording studio comprised of two rooms, fitted with isolated booths. 

These spaces are ideal for multitrack recordings of bands, while minimising sound blead, especially in live situations.

You also have access to Ableton and Logic Pro alongside a Nord stage 3 keyboard, perfect for music production.

Live Room 0WF001

Live, isolated Esmono sound booth connected to the studio. This room is perfect for tracking drums and is ideal for drum practice.

DJ Room 1WF019

A well-equipped, soundproof DJ booth with enough space to get a mix on with a couple of friends.

Equipment

  • Two Reloop RP-4000 Mk 2 vinyl turntables
  • Two Pioneer XDJ 700 compatible with Rekordbox (plug in a USB stick, hard drive or laptop preloaded with your tunes in mp3 format.)
  • Reloop RMX-60 Digital Mixer

Acoustic Room 1WF016

A beautiful, light and airy room that is perfect for acoustic practice, with comfy seating, pianos and mood lighting as well as a big window to allow the natural light to flood in.

Equipment

  • 2 x Yamaha acoustic pianos
  • Assorted percussion instruments including bongos, kpanlogos and sabars
  • Large sofa and chaise longue (yes, really!)

Legge Room 1WF014

An acoustic practice room dedicated to our much-missed colleague, Steve Legge. Suitable for up to four people to do acoustic practice.

Equipment

  • Yamaha upright piano
  • Electric keyboard

Rehearsal Room 1WF015

Large Esmono sound proof booth with comfy sofa and electric drum kit.

Equipment

  • Roland Electric Drumkit TD-25
  • Various percussion instruments

Bookable pianos

Show up and play

Our upright pianos are available for you to just show up and play at two different UWE Bristol campus locations:

  • The Atrium, Bristol Business School, Frenchay Campus
  • The Students' Union Bar, Bower Ashton Campus
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Become a member

In order to join any of our groups, access to rehearsal rooms, or come to any sessions all you need to do is sign up to register for Centre for Music.

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Recording, arranging and producing your music

We offer a range of courses and masterclasses to help you learn recording, producing and mixing techniques.

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Music lessons, masterclasses and mini courses

The Centre for Music offers a range of music lessons, music minicourses and masterclasses to our UWE Bristol student and staff members that can be booked with our team of professional musicians.

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Bands, DJs, solo artists and songwriters

As a band, DJ, solo artist or songwriter, the Centre for Music can help you find other musicians, get gigs, peform and record your music and develop yourself as an artist.