Music Classroom & Band Room Decorating Ideas

When it comes time to decorate your band room or music room, the sky is the limit! Nevertheless, there are still a few important considerations to keep in mind in order to choose music classroom decor, supplies, and equipment that both you and your students are sure to love.

To help music teachers put together an organized, engaging space for their students, we've created a comprehensive guide to music and band decor. From fun things like posters, art, and decor to more practical items like shelves, instrument hangers, and seating, here's everything you need to know about creating the best music classroom.

Decorating a music room starts with choosing a theme and color scheme. Of course, the most obvious theme for music classroom decor is music and music education. However, there is still plenty of room to get creative even if you decide to stick with this popular theme.

As for the color scheme of your music classroom, you should choose two to three colors that are easy on the eyes and try to match the furniture and decor items you use to those colors.

Your theme and colors will go hand and hand. If you're taking a modern look at music education, some pops of bright colors can help create a fun and exciting environment for younger students to learn and practice. A more pastel or natural color palette can also create a soothing and enjoyable room for any age group. Once you've chosen a theme and color scheme for your classroom, the rest of your classroom decorations will fall into place much easier!

Layout & Flow

The layout of your music classroom is a key factor when it comes to deciding how to decorate it. You'll need to start by allocating designated spaces for your daily activities. Seating is one of the most important areas, determined by how many students your classroom needs to hold, what type of seating best suits your day-to-day, and the overall flow of your space. Having a center "stage" or focus area might be necessary for presenting, performing, and carrying out a lesson. Many teachers choose to include some furniture pieces in their room, this can include work tables, small couches, or shelves.

How you choose to arrange these items and areas will be a big part of what defines the space, and there are also plenty of ways to spruce up the furniture and performance area with exciting decor as well.

Wall space is another important factor to consider. For one, there are plenty of decorations that you can add to your classroom walls if you have the space available, including ideas such as a word wall of music vocabulary, print posters, bulletin boards, and anchor charts. And, with the right mounting equipment, your classroom walls can also be a great place to store instruments (and we'll discuss instrument storage in much more detail a little later).

Engaging Your Students

While decorating a music room can certainly be a fun activity, most music educators don't do it for themselves but rather for their students. If you would like to create a classroom that will genuinely delight your students, it's important to keep them in mind throughout the decorating process. For starters, you'll want to consider the grade level of the students you'll be teaching; students in a high school music class, for example, are sure to have different tastes than fifth graders in an elementary music class.

Along with considering the grade level of your students and choosing decor that will match their interests, it's also a great idea to involve your students in the decor process. While you will likely want to have most of the room's decor already in place at the start of the new school year, you can still involve your students in putting on the finishing touches. Having your students make their own posters for the classroom is one great option, but there are plenty of other exciting ways to involve your students in the process as well. In addition to using student work to decorate your classroom, you can also involve your students in the process of choosing decor items. Shopping on Amazon with your students during class hours one day and choosing decor items based on a raise of hands is one great option to consider and an activity that your students are sure to enjoy.

Decorating

Now that you've chosen a theme and color scheme for your music room and considered its layout, it's time to get started shopping for decorations! For most music teachers, this is the most entertaining part of decorating a music room, and it's a process where there is unlimited room for creativity.

With so many different types of classroom decorations to choose from, it isn't feasible to cover them all. However, a few examples of the decor items you might want to consider purchasing or creating for your music classroom include decorations such as:

• Posters
• Wall decals
• Charts
• Bulletin boards
• Whiteboards
• Rugs
• Shelves
• Salt lamps
• Lights
• Hanging decorations

Once again, be sure to keep in mind the theme and color scheme of your classroom when choosing these items. Be sure to take into account the students who will be enjoying them every day as well, and try to choose decorations that your students will appreciate. It's also worth noting that while shopping for classroom decorations can be a lot of fun, be sure to not go overboard! A classroom that has too many decor items in it can often end up feeling a little cluttered, and it's also important to save plenty of room for activities and storage space.

Organization & Storage

Speaking, organization and storage are two highly important factors to consider when decorating a music room. To start, you'll need to make sure that you allocate plenty of space for storing both classroom supplies and musical instruments. Shelves and furniture with cabinets and drawers are great options for storing classroom supplies. Storing instruments, however, tends to be a little trickier.

For one, there's the fact that instruments tend to take up a lot of space. If you don't have a way to store them that maximizes the space in your classroom, you might not have much room left over for the other decorations and furniture that you want to include. If you are decorating a music history or general music curriculum classroom that doesn't store any actual instruments then this obviously won't be a concern. Band rooms, on the other hand, can often contain all the instruments of the orchestra - and, in this case, figuring out a way to maximize the space available will be key.

Along with freeing up as much space as possible in your classroom, another vital consideration when deciding how to store your instruments is protecting them from damage. One thing that music teachers know all too well is that students can sometimes get a little rowdy and rambunctious. If you leave your instruments lying on the floor where they can be stepped on or knocked over, it's only a matter of time before someone breaks an expensive instrument. A good instrument storage solution, therefore, needs to thoroughly secure your instruments in place and ideally keep them away from heavy foot traffic.

Of course, your classroom's instruments and how they are stored can also be a pillar of the room's decor. Musical instruments are almost as beautiful to look at as they are to listen to, and they are even more aesthetically pleasing when they are beautifully displayed. By choosing a storage solution that is as attractive as it is protective and space-saving, you can make your classroom's instruments the centerpiece of its decor!

Types of Storage Solutions

When it comes time to decide how you are going to store all the supplies and instruments in your classroom, there are plenty of different options available. Cabinets, drawers, and shelves are great places for storing various supplies and can even be used to store some small instruments. If you need even more storage space for your classroom supplies, you can always make use of boxes, bins, and tubs.

As for storing larger instruments, you've got a lot of great options to choose from here as well. At String Swing, we offer a wide variety of high-quality instrument storage solutions, including storage solutions for:

Guitars

Guitar wall racks and floor stands are your best bet for safely and attractively storing guitars. Both of these storage options will secure your guitars in place and prevent them from accidentally being knocked over, and both make for an attractive way to display your instruments. With guitar wall mounts, you also get the added benefit of maximizing the available space in your classroom.

Ukuleles

Wall hangers are an excellent way to store ukuleles, and String Swing offers several stunning wall hangers designed for storing and displaying ukuleles. Another great option for ukulele storage is our CC54 Tree Rack. This tree rack is designed for both ukuleles and violins and is capable of storing up to 24 instruments in a way that is secure and space-saving.

Violins

With both instruments being roughly the same size and shape, the storage solutions that work well for ukuleles will be ideally suited for violins as well. Violin wall hangers are a great choice if you want to mount your violins on the wall, and our CC54 Tree Rack is an excellent solution for storing them on the floor.

Brass and Woodwind Instruments

Wall hangers are the best way to store brass and woodwind instruments, and we at String Swing offer a wide selection of wall hangers for brass and woodwind instruments. This includes storage solutions for instruments such as trombones, trumpets, flutes, tubas, and more!

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