Venue hire
Close to the Sydney Opera House and surrounded by the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music is located at the heart of Sydney’s cultural precinct.
Home to five performance venues, this music education facility offers the ideal location for staging your next concert, conference, lecture or private function.
Our venues are available for hire by students and staff of the University of Sydney, music and production companies, schools, community groups and members of the general public.
Verbrugghen Hall
A world-class venue with exceptional acoustics, the Verbrugghen Hall is the largest performance space at the Conservatorium.
- Stalls: 382
- Gallery: 105
- Choir stalls: 37
- Wheelchair: 2*
*Please contact our Venues Manager to discuss additional wheelchair seating
- orchestra
- chamber
- solo music performances
Music Workshop
With a range of configuration options available, the Music Workshop is our most flexible venue at the Conservatorium.
- Orchestra pit configuration: 256
- Wheelchair- accessible
- operatic and theatrical performances
- music performances
- multimedia presentations
- lectures
Audio/Visual and stage lighting equipment is available.
For further details contact the Venue Manager.
Recital Halls East & West
Both halls are perfect rehearsal and performance venues for soloists, small ensembles and masterclasses.
- Seating Capacity 116
- Standing Room 14
- Wheelchair- accessible
- soloists
- small ensembles
- masterclasses
Audio/Visual and stage lighting equipment is available.
For further details contact the Venue Manager.
Music Café
Split over two levels, with cabaret-style seating, this venue is equipped with a baby grand piano, a small PA system and basic stage lighting.
- Seated Capacity: 130
- Wheelchair- accessible
- cabaret
- jazz combo’s or big bands
- comedy/open mic nights
- functions
- recitals
Audio
- 2 x KV2 ESR-212 for FOH mains
- 4 x KV2 ESM-26 monitors (2 pairs over two sends, usually centre send and side-fill config)
- 1 x Midas M32R console
- 1 x Midas DL16 stagebox
- 2 x wireless hand helds
- Mic kit, leads, stands etc. tailored to specific event needs
Lighting
- 1 x Jands Stage CL
- 2 x Fresnels
- 8 x LED PAR colour changers
Joseph Post Auditorium
Designed as a space for choral and instrumental rehearsal, the Joseph Post Auditorium has a low level of acoustic isolation.
- Permanent seating: 169
- Retractable seating: 48
- Wheelchair-accessible
- soloists
- small ensembles
- lectures
- small-scale performances
- workshops