HASOM Operations Policy

As a former member of CBSO, now UCLA alum, I find this policy quite frustrating. You are delegitimizing the craft that these organizations put into the very thing you stand for, because at the end of the day, music is meant to be shared. By continuing to implement these policies, you are ensuring that the ability to create is limited to those who pay for them. The elitist stereotype that comes with music and its creation only starts to be more and more true if these policies go through. The beauty of CBSO is through the mutual understanding that, unlike most of the students in HASOM, our career paths will most likely not end in music. However, by just joining together once a week, culminating in that performance, at least for a few hours, and the limited amount of time we have with each other, we can meet even just once to create and move towards creating and perfecting our craft. This is creating art, despite having other commitments, all the assignments, the inevitability of leaving it behind, we create community through music. Is this not what HASOM stands for? A few lines from your mission statements and values: We envision a school of music that welcomes students from all backgrounds.. This does not seem all too welcoming, removing disadvantaged students from being able to utilize the facilities to play music. Out of 31,600 undergraduate students, INCLUDING your own HASOM undergraduates, accounting for all the rooms used at once, LESS THAN 20 students can use all these practice rooms at a single time. Most of these practice rooms cannot even accommodate a string quartet, the most popular form of group music along with a band. Through our voices, we express our thoughts, passions, and stories in the most immediate way. Over the years, I have learned that reduced access to anything, whether music, healthcare, or policy, suppresses voices. The needs of students are overlooked. With the number of musicians affected by this, the resources that UCLA pro

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Yall.. I almost went here. But now I’m glad I’m at Cal, taking a few classes at SFCM. This is kinda ridiculous. Part of music school is exploring and putting together your own groups. The fact that they want yall to pay more for that is just greedy

Do the right thing for the music community.

As a graduate here, this is ridiculous. Music school should provide practice rooms as much as possible. I hope UCLA doesn’t make this heinous new policy go on and limit our future graduates possibilities.

I'm a former member of CBSO. Please allow us to continue to practice

Playing in the practice rooms to create with fellow musicians is a hallmark of my UCLA experience. It’s where my favorite memories have been made, and where some of my favorite pieces have been written, in the off-rehearsal hours!

This is outrageous. I’m beyond disappointed with how this institution continues to take advantage of its students. In uncertain times, we students should be able to depend on our school to protect our rights and encourage our growth. All we have seen thus far is how easy it is to convince the UC regents to turn their backs on their values and their past selves. Should this policy be enforced, I imagine there will much fewer “proud bruins.”

Students need a place to practice outside of their living space with accommodating times

As a parent of a graduate music student please reconsider these restrictions.

Thank you!

Student access to practice rooms and facilities is imperative for not only musical development, but for the college experience as a whole.

The new policies limit students’ potential and accessibility to facilities they deserve to use.

This is part of the school and funded by tuition. It’s is not right to charge extra for what should be available to the student and paid for by students tuition. If you charge music students for rehearsal time in the music school classes and studios then you need the charge the athletes for faculties used for practice.

Booooo don’t do this those studios helped my band make an incredible record that would have been impossible without . Pleeeeease

These rehearsal spaces should be available to everyone because there is an amazing musical community at UCLA. We should be supporting this community instead of creating more barriers.

As a member of the faculty, I am deeply against cutting practice room hours. These hours are critical to our students' development and success. I urge you to reconsider so that students have every avenue available to continue making HASOM a success story.

Please dont

Music students need easy and broad access to practice and rehearsals spaces to allow for healthy and productive growth. If they have to cram practice and rehearsal sessions into tight windows they are forced to sacrifice other necessities like meals and sleep, this is a completely avoidable problem.

How do you expect musicians to get better when you take away their time and dedication?