<p>Are there any good pianos in dorms, if so which ones?</p>
<p>I believe there is a piano in Brace Commons, which is in the East Wheelock cluster. My son practices in the Hopkins center. I think that students who either take lessons, or are part of one of the ensembles, are provided keys or some way to access practice rooms and lockers for instruments.</p>
<p>thanks! I'll have my son check it out next week!</p>
<p>Menloparkmom, Dartmouth also offers private lessons, based on an audition in the fall. Students can take the lessons at no cost, as part of Music 11. They take lessons for the 3 quarters, and are given 1 credit at the end of the year. You may want to have your son talk to someone in the music department. <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Emusic/undergrad/instruction.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.dartmouth.edu/~music/undergrad/instruction.html</a></p>
<p>There's a piano in McLane (the River cluster).</p>
<p>There's a piano in the basement of my dorm, the Fayerweathers. I think the residential website specifies that there is a piano in each dorm cluster.</p>
<p>How selective are the auditions to take private lessons? I've played for a long time, but I don't intend to major in music or anything, though I don't want to give it up in college.</p>
<p>I auditioned for piano lessons at the beginning of this term and was able to get them. I think it depends mostly on how many people are trying to get them at a time and they just try to fill in the slots. If you've played for a long time you'll likely be able to get them. </p>
<p>The audition was mainly playing a piece that you had recently played and then answering a few questions about your previous experience.</p>