A mix of public and private investment will deliver state of the art acoustics for the new Ian Potter Centre by 2018.

The Victorian Government has today announced a new $45 million arts complex to be developed as part of Melbourne’s Monash University. A mix of public and private funding will see the government committing $10 million while $5 million will come from the Ian Potter Foundation. The rest of the monies will come from the university itself. In recognition of the substantial private philanthropy, the new complex will be named The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts.

The cornerstone of the new project will be a revamp of the existing 586-seat Alexander Theatre and the addition of two new performance venues: a 130-seat Sound Gallery and a 200-seat Jazz Club. In order to accommodate both dramatic and musical performances, the theatre will benefit from in installation of a swanky new Meyer Sound Constellation System (what is known as an ‘active acoustic system’). Considered one of the best ways today to achieve state of the art acoustics, the Meyer system allows a venue’s soundscape to be digitally adjusted in real time to achieve optimal results. The Monash project will be...