Building/Treating room with curved ceiling

Hi there, looking for a bit of advice. Im building a room primarily for band practice purposes. The space is slightly unusual in that the ceiling is curved. The room measures 22'x13'. At its lowest point the ceiling is 6' (where the drum kit is) raising up to 12' at the highest and curving back down to 11'( where the doorway is). The walls and ceilings are finished with paint on plasterboard. The 4 corners are angled 1.5' wide rather than 90degree. The floor is currently concrete. Was going to put down a laminate wood floor. I'm not sure where is going to be the key areas to position acoustic panels. Where should my main focus be besides behind the kit? I would like to avoid adding any traps to the ceiling if possible. Is this curved ceiling going to be a help or a hinderence? Do I just treat this room like any with a normal ceiling? Any suggestions greatly appeciated. Thanks.

" Is this curved ceiling going to be a help or a hinderence?" Curves tend to focus sound. Think of an amphitheater and how this area was set up to reach the target audience. That works fine in an open environment or for a live environment. But not in a control room or a tracking room since the sound will focus due to this shape and what sounds clear in the front will sound clear at the back. I know what you are thinking. This clearness of sound is because the waves/rays are following a path, they are not specifically engaged in the room, it is the path of least resistance. So yes, soft sided clouds always help, but how much will you need and what type of issues might exist above the cloud will take some time to figure.

Is this intended to be a control room, or just a rehearsal space? - Stuart -

Thanks for the responses. the room is going to be used primarily for rehearsal but also as a live room occasionally. If the curve focuses sound like mentioned then is the position of the drum kit the best place in the room? I had thought of setting up drums on one of the long walls, essentially turning room sideways but by the sounds of it where it is is better. Is there anything I should pay particular attention to?

You guys are going to have to work with the room, especially with a hard curved ceiling that moves sound from the front pair of ears to the back pair of ears...quickly. This can be an advantage. You are going to have to just test your set up and see how it works...modify the instrument setup as the sound tells you. Drums in the back with the low ceiling will push the acoustical noise made by the percussion to the front and across everyone's head...essentially covering the entire space with drums. But it does not stop there. Everyone else in the room making noise gets to be on this path and has ability to disturb the other, if you will, with noise. Over head clouds could help bring the room into shape as well as side wall treatments.

Thanks for the response. Yes I think we'll just have to try it out. I was debating setting up the room sideways instead but I think I will leave as is and see how it goes now. Will be putting in some clouds and treating the walls too.