Music Education MA: Facilities

Music at Kingston University offers a comprehensive training with a balance between the practical and academic aspects of music. Whatever your music tastes – be they classical, rock, the experimental avant-garde or multimedia projects – we have the expertise and facilities to help you realise your dream.

The campus's proximity to London means that you also benefit from easy access to the capital's excellent musical resources as well as Kingston's own facilities.

The Coombehurst complex

As a music student, your studies will be based at the Coombehurst complex in the pleasant parkland environment of our Kingston Hill campus.

Coombehurst House, Court, Studio and Lodge provide a range of teaching and professional studio facilities and practice rooms. There are:

• five recording studios;
• a computer suite with 27 iMac workstations;
• audio and video editing facilities; and
• band rehearsal rooms.

Coombehurst studio has been the venue for many professional recordings. It has a 300m² recording space and two control rooms, and is equipped with an eight-channel sound diffusion system.

Instrument collection

The department owns an extensive collection of instruments, including around 30 pianos, a harpsichord, stage pianos, drum kits, and orchestral and classroom instruments. We also have a double size Javanese gamelan and a set of djembe drums.

Loans system

We operate a loans system that allows students to book out a wide range of recording and performing equipment and instruments online. Room bookings can also be made through the same system, and the studios can be used 24 hours a day.

Music in the library

The Nightingale Centre on the Kingston Hill campus is home to the music library, which holds an extensive collection of books, anthologies, scores, sheet music, periodicals, and audio and video recordings. The University also subscribes to an excellent range of e-resources for music, including Grove Music Online, RILM and the Naxos Online Recordings catalogue. These are all accessible from all University workstations.

Graduate Centre

You can also use the dedicated Graduate Centre on campus. This includes:

• IT facilities;
• seminar rooms; and
• social spaces and a canteen.