Existing building renovation occurred after the new addition was complete and occupied. Existing building work includes fire protection and alarm upgrades throughout the original building, practice room replacement and existing band room renovation. Music Addition and Renovation construction includes site work utilities, concrete walk, landscaping and asphalt paving. The structural components of the Music Addition and Renovation are a concrete, CMU and steel structure. The building skin is concrete, CMU, sandstone veneer and a clay tile roof.
Interior partitions are drywall and masonry.
The practice rooms involved significant acoustical work. Construction started in April, 1996. Mechanical and electrical systems tied into existing plant services. Structural system consisted of load-bearing CMU and interior beams and columns with bar joists and metal deck. Building was Type II - 1 hour.