On the 15th Sept 2006, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin, T.D., performed the topping out ceremony on the new Murray O’Laoire Architects designed Cork School of Music.
Speaking at the ceremony Dr Brendan Murphy, Director of Cork Institute of Technology, of which Cork School of Music is a constituent college, said:
"it is great to see a new Cork School of Music rising phoenix-like from the old. What we see here today is the completion of the first phase on a new landmark building for the city and a fantastic education and cultural resource for the region."
The new School of Music will be the first purpose built building of its kind in Ireland, consisting of specialist tuition areas, rehearsal hall, live recording studio, drama suite and lecture rooms.
This is the first educational Public/Private Partnership project undertaken by the Irish Government. It will initially accommodate 400 full time students and 2000 part time students.
The new project is progressing on time and on budget with students expected to arrive in the new facility in September 2007.
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