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The Music School
An update from Richard Hayes, Estates Bursar
There’s nothing like the drama of ear-splitting
demolition to launch a building project.
Last year, we said a fond farewell to the
Ferguson Music School, the Music Annexe
and the Shooting Range to make way for an
impressively appointed new Music School.
We also moved the Laundry and Maintenance
Departments, and built a temporary Music
School next to the Maths Block. As we went
to press, the roof has been completed, the
external brick and stonework is half way up
the entire building and the internal technical
systems are being fitted.
The new Music School, set for completion
in the autumn, will give our talented young
musicians the space they need to create and
make music, to practise and perform. Music is
a huge part of life at St Edward’s and the new
facility will enable our musicians to breathe
and to thrive. The new building will contain 20
practice rooms, seven ensemble rooms, a rock
room and recording studio, three classrooms,
a recital/rehearsal room, a music library,
various offices and a staff room.
F E A T U R E S
A birds-eye view of the site
Building the second floor
Inside the Recital Room