I moved to a brand new campus a little over a year ago (middle school) and my band room was obviously designed based on the architect's 1 semester in Acoustics and Lighting class. The metal ceiling sloping the wrong direction, parallel walls, and plastic cubbies make my ears scream (literally). The drums can't play soft enough in that room, and everything mixes like a cluster @#$% of sound... or maybe that's just how my students play. At least they carpeted the room.