Where do Macau wind players practise?
Home, a music-shop practice room, a school or orchestra rehearsal room — all three work, and all three ask you to fit around them. This piece sets out what you are fitting around, and whether there is a fourth option.
Wind players spend a lot of time fitting around things.
Around the hour, around the place, around the neighbours. Macau is small and its housing is dense — upstairs and downstairs are neighbours too. Somewhere to play is not hard to find; what you find is usually "yes, but you will have to work around it".
Work around things long enough and you stop noticing that you are doing it.
In the end it comes down to these three
* Illustration only; actual hours vary by venue.
No complaints, and the instrument can stay
Room to set up a stand
Rooms come in large, medium and small, so you can pick the space you need. A music stand and metronome are provided, and the air conditioning is yours to set.
No complaints, and no clock-watching
These rooms were built to a soundproofing design standard of over 60 dB — with someone playing on the other side, all you hear is a very faint sound. Open 24 hours, so playing at three in the morning disturbs nobody.
The instrument can stay in the room
A long-term room is yours alone. The case, the stand, cleaning kit and spare reeds can all stay, so you come with nothing but yourself.
* The room provides the piano; anything other than the piano comes with you. Strings, wind, voice and Chinese instruments all work here.
That leaves one question: how often do you play?
A few times a month, every week, or every day — different use, different way of paying. All three are below; see which one sounds like you.
Hourly
For a first visit, message us on WeChat or WhatsApp to set up your account; after that we arrange the slots for you.
Rooms and rates →Monthly plan
Once your account is live you pick your own slots on your phone. There is also a 6-hour pack and a six-month plan, which work out lower still.
Rooms and rates →Private long-term studio
The room is yours alone. No booking each time, the instrument lives there, and you come up whenever you want to play.
Private studios for musicians →Common questions
To arrange a viewing, get in touch
SOLO is a 24-hour self-service piano room in Macau, with long-term studios designed around soundproofing from MOP 2,000 a month. Tell us what you play and roughly when you would like to start; we will come back with what is available and what it costs, then arrange a time to show you round. If we are full, we can put you on the waiting list.
WeChat · arrange a viewing WhatsApp +853 6825 3513Self-service rooms from 1 hour · Long term from MOP 2,000/month · Open 24 hours · * Please book viewings in advance