TrixieB Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If your kid is a music performance major or plays an instrument in a college ensemble, and said instrument is something small and very easily portable like clarinet/oboe/flute, how does he/she keep it secure? Instruments are $$$ and after the "keeping items secure" thread I am worrying a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I would think individual schools would have this for persons in music programs. If music performance was going to be my major I'd be asking about that as I planned school visits and auditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 At the university I attended there were large lockers in the music building for music major to use for their instruments, books, coats, etc. Larger instrument = larger locker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Okay, I will tell dd to ask about instrument storage. She is not planning to be a music major, but some of the schools she's considering indicate that they have ensembles for non-music majors to participate in and she wants to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 DD21 says to contact the music office - if a student is signed up for an ensemble at her school, they can get a locker to use. Bring your own combo lock just in case. She kept her saxophones under her bed in the dorm the first few days until she got her locker and instruments sorted out. She say there are usually plenty of lockers available, but the music students want the ones closest to the practice rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Agreed-instrument lockers. I know of one student who did have an instrument stolen this year at my university, and it was a kid who left his trombone in his dorm room, not in his locker. Our set up is that if you're an instrumentalist in a specific area, you have your locker and several practice rooms in a suite, so both the suite AND the locker have locks, and usually you know who all the clarinetists are. One thing I'll also caution-most colleges don't allow you to bring backpacks, etc into the cafeterias. That includes instrument cases, so make sure you don't absent mindedly take your flute with you to lunch. While some schools have lockers for students to put bags into while eating, some still just have you stick them on a shelf by the cashier's stand-and the cashier is unlikely to notice that student X didn't have a flute case with them when they walked in, but did when they walked out. (The same applies to anything else valuable or easily sellable. Please don't drop off your laptop OR your $150 biology textbook with the 50% guaranteed buyback sticker on an open shelf!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 What is the reasoning behind no bags in the cafeteria? I can't imagine being at college and not having a backpack. I'd have felt naked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Not taking out extra food. Being able to fit more tables and chairs (bags take up room.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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