Last Friday saw the ‘topping-out’ ceremony for the new Colyer-Fergusson music building, a significant moment in the life of the new edifice.
Gathered together were senior University figures, guests, supporters, members of the architectural and construction firms, and friends to celebrate this major landmark in the project, and to witness the symbolic turning of the final nut in the roof’s construction.
A tour of the construction site gave the assembled visitors the chance to see the shape of the emerging building, the concert-hall, foyer, and practice rooms.
Ending up in the roof, and to an heraldic fanfare from the University Brass Ensemble waiting below, the party looked on as Chairman of the Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, Jonathan Monckton, wielded the spanner and officially closed the construction of the roof.
Exciting times…
View all the images from the event by clicking on the album below.
Photos: Mick Norman.
Love the picture of the University Brass Ensemble wearing their hard hats 🙂 Nearly there now! What a fantastic achievement.
Perhaps they should become standard-issue wear for all future performances: what do you think ?!
Not a bad idea because hats can also be used as makeshift mutes for brass instruments, particularly the trumpet :-). Lol