New Music Centre Proposed For The Square Mile
A new Centre for Music might be coming to the Square Mile. The City of London Corp’s Court of Common Council OK'd £2.5M in funding to study the business case for the new music facility. Proposed by the Barbican Centre, London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music, the centre will be a world-class concert hall for the digital age, and include educational offers to bring music-making to the widest possible audience.
The business case will test whether it is viable to build the centre on part of the 140–150 London Wall site, which houses the Museum of London and Bastion House.
The study will be completed by December 2018 and a final decision on whether to go forward with the project will then be taken by the City of London Corp.
The preferred site for the Centre for Music, which the City of London Corp has agreed in principle to make available, is occupied by the Museum of London, but will become available when the museum moves to a larger site at West Smithfield.
