<p>son is a composer bringing his electronic keyboard (full-size) with stand to college. Am wondering about whether this will fit in the dorm room. Any other composer parents out there who can share what their kids have done.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>My composer/son is not bringing his full sized keyboard with him (to Hartt). Since Hartt only has the smaller lockers allocated for the composition majors, they said he could bring the smaller keyboard and put it in a locker, or use the keyboard/pianos they had at Hartt, which would certainly be fine for his first semester. We were told not to bring the full-sized keyboard because he would be sharing a room, and therefore he could not control, completely, who has access to the room/keyboard. Hartt said the only way we should bring the full-sized keyboard for his first semester is if they did end up having a larger locker available - but then it should be kept locked when he is not using it. Not too practical for a full-sized keyboard! </p>
<p>I thought this was really good advice…</p>
<p>this was really helpful.</p>
<p>Son who is going to Boston University CFA will contact the department and find out what others do… I do not know if they are given lockers, or what the protocol is. I’m sure that will be explained. Also, if need be, we’ll invest in a smaller MIDI.</p>
<p>Take care.</p>
<p>Son who is a comp. and cello performance double major is not bringing keyboard to Ithaca College. He just did not feel the need with all of the practice rooms with pianos available.
But this is a kid who tends to hear what he wants in his head and then writes it down plus he does not write a lot of electronic music but we did think about it and then thought it would be more trouble than it was worth at this time.</p>
<p>Mcson, now a rising senior, gets by with an Oxygen, which fit fine back when he formed, wasn’t tough to lug around, etc.</p>
<p>My son has a small keyboard he leaves at school all year, with a stand. He’s never had trouble finding a space for it, even in his tiniest dorm room. He uses it to input music into Finale. Although he occasionally composes by hand - it’s mostly to just capture ideas rather than full notation. All the real notation is done with the keyboard and the computer. This, of course, varies from composer to composer. But I don’t think he can imagine not having a keyboard connected to a computer easily available to him at all times of day and night, and in all weather.</p>
<p>My son also has a smaller keyboard at school–but also two electric guitars, a bass guitar, a clarinet, and a bunch of other electronics. Fitting it all in wasn’t easy.</p>
<p>My son has a full size keyboard at school and finds it very helpful. His room last year was very tiny, he had to loft his bed to have room for it. He also used the pianos in the school practice rooms, but sometimes having the keyboard in his room was more convienent that making a two block trek to the school of music.</p>
<p>My D, who is a contemporary writing and production major at Berklee, originally started at Boston U. She brought her full-size keyboard to Boston U and stored it under her bed with rack raisers while in the dorm (3 semesters). She only practiced in her room with headphones and when her roommate was not there, but freshman year she also used the practice rooms with pianos whenever she could. Sometimes the inspiration to write or compose just hits you when you least expect it, so it was nice to have a keyboard in the dorm for those moments.</p>
<p>Now that she has her own apartment, the keyboard (now a higher end one) gets to stay out all the time, so she have multiple options to practice when she gets the urge. She also has a Berklee practice room building right next to her apartment, so can still go there as well.</p>