This was the first Australian purpose-built Conservatorium of Music located outside of a capital city. All spaces within the building have been designed to be multifunctional as the building is used as both a teaching and performance facility.

The complex contains a 200 seat fully equipped training theatre, a recording studio and a dance studio, as well as teaching and practice facilities. Through innovative design, the creative use of low-cost materials the conservatorium was constructed at two thirds the cost psm as the Queensland Conservatorium of Music at Southbank in Brisbane.

Our design combines the theatre and foyer air-conditioning systems. This reduces the air-conditioning capacity required to cool the building by providing air conditioning only to areas currently in use. Through CO₂ monitoring, we reduced the fresh air intake when in teaching and rehearsing mode.