Music Facilities

Creative Music Production Facility

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The new Creative Music Production facility is fast becoming a nucleus for musical technological creativity. The area is attracting international interest with students auditioning from around Australia and overseas.

 

A $750,000 renovation took place throughout 2011 and has produced a unique and innovative facility. The area contains a lab (20 music workstations), control room, recording room, editing booths, a seminar room plus an analog recording studio. It has over thirty digital recording systems including four mobile recording studios (for onsite-recording of music performances), three rooms equipped with surround sound and a mastering suite.

 

Students use the area as part of their undergraduate studies (Bachelor of Music) for composing music, creating film soundtracks, recording music, editing audio and video and mastering recordings. New and innovative forms of music making are being fostered such as virtual instruments and an iPad ensemble. A key feature of the new area is a customised video conferencing facility allowing students to obtain lessons with music professionals from anywhere in the world. The facility also includes an integrated ethernet audio network providing high quality low latency recording from any room in the Conservatorium and from anywhere in the world (over the internet using IPv6).

 

The end of 2011 marked the completion of the first group of students to graduate with a Bachelor of Music majoring in Creative Music Production (technology).

 

OFFICIAL OPENING

 

The public launch of the Creative Music Production facility was held on October 27th 2011 and included student performances and a demonstration of final year music technology projects. This will be followed by a presentation by two recognised speakers: Peter Lee (co-founder of Rising Software) and Katie Wardrobe( Composer & Educator) outlining the latest advancements in music software (5pm-7pm) (sponsored by Music EDNet).

 

ABC radio 1233 Newcastle broadcast a tour of the facilities for it's listener. To hear the audio tour Click Here



Conservatorium Concert Hall

The Conservatorium Concert Hall is a 500 seat concert hall located in the heart of the Newcastle CBD.

The Hall is regularly used for concerts, lectures, and masterclasses by many local, national and international performing artists. It is also available for hire for private functions.

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