The JdP Music Building is available to hire for a wide range of events including concerts, recordings, rehearsals, drama productions, lectures, meetings, conferences and other functions.
Email: events@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 286 668
The Edward Boyle Auditorium
The Edward Boyle Auditorium seats 168 people and its raised stage provides all audience members with an excellent view. It offers a first-class acoustic, ideal for chamber music but also for the spoken voice.
We can host classical, jazz, folk and other types of concerts. The auditorium is a very versatile space with fully adjustable seating and acoustics, enabling it to function successfully as a venue for concerts, recordings, lectures, conferences, and dramatic productions. The low level of background noise, the Steinway D piano, and a wall box connection to the recording studio make it an ideal space for musical performance and recordings, while the built-in PA system and data projector also make the auditorium well-suited to hosting conferences.
The Brian Duke Foyer
The Brian Duke Glass Foyer provides the perfect space for receptions, interval drinks, meetings, and corporate functions as well as for hosting art exhibitions.
Practice rooms
The JdP Music Building has five practice rooms available to hire. Every practice room has a piano, piano stool, chairs, and music stands, and can be used for individual practice as well as for music teaching.
Room
Stevenson Room
The Stevenson Room is larger than the upstairs practice spaces. It is designed to be a practice facility for professional pianists, small chamber groups and advanced piano teaching.
Facilities
Steinway A grand piano
Hire Price
£22.00 +VAT per hour
Room
MacKinnon Room
Contains a Yamaha U3 SH piano, which enables students and teachers to play the piano silently, record their playing or use the built-in electronic samples. This room is also acoustically treated, making it an ideal practice space for all instruments.
Facilities
Yamaha U3S-Silent
Hire Price
£16.50 +VAT per hour
Room
Lee Room
The Lee Room contains two upright pianos, which suits piano teaching, duo work and individual practice.
Facilities
Yamaha U3 upright piano and Offenbach RS-4 upright
Hire Price
£16.50 +VAT per hour
Room
Salmon Room
Smaller all-purpose practice/teaching room (n.b. also contains a harpsichord).
Facilities
Yamaha U3 upright piano
Hire Price
£16.50 +VAT per hour
How to book
- Bookings must be made through the JdP and Student Music Events Lead (St Hilda’s Events Team)
- Please email all requests at least 1 week in advance, we cannot guarantee a room with less notice
- We do not accept one-off single bookings: hirers must book a minimum of 2 hours at a time. This can be one session or two one-hour sessions split across dates.
- Rooms may be booked for up to 4 hours per booking (1-hour minimum) unless otherwise agreed with the Events Team
- The keys must be signed out from the Porters Lodge and returned before the end of the booking.
Hirers will receive an invoice at the end of each calendar month. Please give at least 24 hours’ notice for all cancellations otherwise you will still be charged for your booking.
Conditions
- An adult must accompany users under the age of 18 at all times.
- Food and drink must not be consumed in any practice room or in the auditorium.
- Please do not leave anything in the practice room after your booking - any music or equipment left in the practice rooms will be disposed of by the scout the following morning.
- Users must leave the practice room in good condition for the next user.
- Please be considerate to other users in the building. The rooms are not soundproofed; therefore, please consider how your practice might affect others.
- Chairs, piano stools and music stands must not be moved between rooms.
- Please lock the practice rooms at the end of your booking.
Damage
- Please report all damage to instruments or furniture immediately to the JdP and Student Music Events Lead