Facilities
ICOM has one of the best, if not the
best music facility, in the Asia Pacific region
and ranks among the best-equipped music colleges
in the world. Thus far, the college has invested
RM 50 million in ensuring that its facilities
are at par, if not better than, the leading
music colleges in the world. Its six-storey
building is solely dedicated to the teaching
and learning of music at its highest standards.
The facilities provided at the college are as
follows:
i)
Recital Hall (click
here)
The recital hall has a seating
capacity of 150 people, enabling for the staging
of various concerts. In addition, it is also
serves as the venue for special seminars,
clinics and master classes.
The hall is equipped with
a 24-channel live console, which also allows
for industry-standard recording of events
and concerts. The hall is fully equipped with
a baby grand piano, keyboards, amplifiers
and a full set of gamelan.
ii)
Synthesiser Laboratory (click
here)
The synthesiser laboratory
functions as both classroom and laboratory,
allowing students to receive hands-on instruction
and supervised private practice time in the
finer points of computer and synthesiser programming,
production and performance. Each workstation
in the lab is equipped with a sound module,
apple computer, keyboard, mixer, and patch
bay module.
iii)
Keyboard Laboratory (click
here)
The laboratory is equipped
with keyboards and synthesisers and functions
both as a classroom and a laboratory. It allows
students to receive hands-on instruction in
piano and keyboard related studies.
iv)
Multimedia Laboratory (click
here)
This laboratory is fitted
with iMac computers and provides the facility
to burn CDs, access the Internet, utilise
word processing software and stream audio/video.
The laboratory is also equipped with Finale
and Protools software. Student may take advantage
of these facilities to work on their assignments
and projects with the latest in audio and
music software.
v)
Ensemble Rooms (click
here)
The ensemble rooms of various
sizes have been specially constructed with
acoustic materials and are designed for ensemble
sessions where every imaginable style of music
can be played. The ensemble rooms are equipped
with a piano, synthesiser, bass amplifier,
guitar amplifier, self-powered mixer and a
five piece drum set.
vi)
Private Practise Rooms (click
here)
The college has thirty eight
acoustically treated practice rooms, including
twenty piano rooms, four drum rooms equipped
with five piece drum sets and the remaining
fifteen for other principal instruments such
as saxophone, guitar, bass, trumpet, clarinet,
trombone and voice.
vii)
Recording Studio (click
here)
The college maintains a multi-track
recording studio, which is at par with international
industry standards. It has acoustically treated
rooms designed specifically to facilitate
recording of drum kits, vocals and other acoustic
instruments.
It comes fully equipped with
a 48-channel AMEK console with full automation,
24-track recorder, sound modules, effects,
synthesisers, high-end microphones, 2-track
mastering equipment, CD-mastering facilities
and digital recording facilities.
viii)
Library (click
here)
The college maintains a large
collection of reference books of music, scores,
compact discs, music videos, journals, magazines
and periodicals to enable students to carry
out independent research in the various genres
of contemporary music. About 90% of the library
holdings are sourced directly from the United
States of America and the United Kingdom.
The library is also equipped with both audio
and visual equipment.
ix)
Digital Recording/Mixing Suite (click
here)
In line with the innovative
move towards digital audio by the industry,
the college has invested in Protools digital
audio workstations that enable digital recording,
non-linear editing and fully automated mixing
as well as mastering. The studio is also equipped
with a digital mixer with dynamic automation
and built-in processing.
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