Since being completed in 1901, the School of Music has been reworked numerous times – but never as significantly or as successfully as it has with this refurbishment. Irving Smith has orchestrated a complex but discrete seismic upgrade of the auditorium, re-introduced exterior ornamentation – notably reinstating the parapet – and exceeded all spatial and acoustic requirements for a building of this type. In the process of re-establishing lost grandeur, the architects have made transformational changes that will serve the community well for generations to come.