Librarian for Fine, Performing & Communication Arts
Phone: (313) 577-8368
Email: serena.vaquilar@wayne.edu
Research consultations available by appointment. Please email for times outside of appointment scheduler (above).
Music Courses
Interested in taking a music course?
Here is an example list of courses that non-music majors can enroll in that would qualify you for practice room access. Some even satisfy credits in the General Education Program:
MUH 1340: Music Appreciation: World Music, CI, GL, VP
MUH 1351: History and Styles of Rock & Roll CI, DEI, VP
MUH 1360: Women, Music, and Culture
MUH 1370: Music Appreciation: Beginnings to the Present
MUH 2210: African American Music History: A Detroit Perspective DEI
MUH 3360: Jazz History DEI
MUH 5340: Survey of World Music CI, GL
MUT 1100: Elementary Music Theory
MUA 0804: Warrior Band
MUA 1700: Guitar Class
MUA 1710: Piano Class
MUA 2500: Music Theory
MUA 2800: University Bands
MUA 2810: University Symphony Orchestra
MUA 2820: Jazz Big Band
MUZ 2824: Jazztet
MUA 2840: Choral Union
MUA 2850: Concert Chorale
MUA 2860: Opera Workshop
CI = Cultural Inquiry
GL = Global Learning Inquiry
VP = Visual & Performing Arts
DEI = Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
New! In the Libraries!
Now available in the libraries: PIANOS!
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can use them?
- Any Wayne State Affiliate: Students, Staff, Faculty. You don't have to be a music major or music student to use them.
How do I check one out?
- You can use the reservation system: https://wayne.libcal.com/reserve/pianos to reserve up to three hours in the piano rooms.
What is needed to reserve?
- To reserve, you'll need your access ID and password. Then, you'll need your OneCard to check out the key to the room at the circulation desk of the building where the piano is that you've reserved. (Keys for the Purdy/Kresge piano are at P/K; keys for the UGL piano at UGL.)
What else should I know?
- The pianos are still in a library, so we are encouraging everyone to use headphones with them. There is an input jack on the back of the piano to plug in your headphones, where you will likely need an adapter if you're using headphones that you would normally plug into a laptop. If there is not one already in the piano room/piano, please feel free to ask for one at the circulation desk.
If no one else has reserved the room, can I use it?
- We are encouraging everyone to use the reservation system, so please go to https://wayne.libcal.com/reserve/pianos and reserve even if it's right now.
- If no one else is in the room, there is not currently a desk or flat space for study, so it is really only set up for piano use.
What are the hours for the pianos?
- The hours are the same as those for the building that the piano is in.
More questions?
- Please feel free to email me at: du0518@wayne.edu
Piano Visuals
How do I turn it on? (AKA Where's the power button?)
The power button is on the right side of the keyboard, just above the last piano key.
Where do I plug in my headphones?
Headphone jack is under the left side of the keyboard. There should be an adapter already plugged into the jack, so you should only have to plug your headphones (or headphones you checked out from the circulation desk) into that adapter.
Still having trouble finding where to plug in your headphones?
Here's a video from the side of the piano to the jack: IMG_4240.mov