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Discover our studios and facilities
Te Korokoro o te Tūī (the voice-box of the Tūī) incorporates nine purpose-built studios, including a two-storey recording studio, flexible teaching and performance spaces, and communal areas for students to collaborate and showcase their work within their learning environment.
- The industry-leading two-storey studio is equipped for recording everything from small orchestras to solos, and for teaching contemporary and rock music performance.
- The ground floor of the two-storey main studio houses the main control room, two isolation booths for recording and the main recording space. This studio can accommodate an orchestra and host performances for audiences over 100 people.
- A gantry around the upper interior walls can be used to hang microphones, lighting, video screens, and speakers, and has positions for cameras.
- Additional studios as well as teaching and practice rooms are located on the first floor.
Explore Te Korokoro o te Tūī
Follow Theatre and Dance student Jacinta Muir as she explores dance studios, state-of-the-art music rooms, recording suites, and theatre spaces in Otago's Performing Arts building.
Design elements
Cultural engagement with Ngāi Tahu conceived a narrative of birdsong and each studio space has a distinct colour scheme based on the feathers of individual native birds. Innovative design features include 'floating' concrete floors and 780 bespoke wall-mounted timber boxes to safeguard the acoustic integrity of the recording spaces.
Sharing video, data and audio
The teaching room, music practice room and studios can be linked simultaneously to share video, data and audio. Alternatively, selected spaces can be connected as needed, or each room can operate independently for different activities.
The shared premises make it easy to collaborate on teaching, research performance, and production across the school and with the College of Education.
Collaborations with the wider University and the local community are also possible, as well as nationally and internationally through easy access to ultra-fast technology.
Other Otago teaching and performance spaces
The nearby College of Education music block also has a flexible theatre and music studio, a smaller teaching room, a guitar lab, four music and theatre rehearsal/practice rooms, a workshop and spaces for storing instruments and equipment.
We have studios available for community and commercial use
Visit the Te Korokoro o te Tūī website for more information.
Visit our websiteStudent showcase
Explore photos of our students performing across music, theatre, and dance.
