Music Centre of Christchurch

It was established in 1994 and provided office, rehearsal, tuition and performance space for a wide range of music groups.

The centre was adjacent to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and consisted of a group of four heritage buildings formerly the convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and Sacred Heart College, a Catholic secondary school for girls founded in 1881 which was amalgamated with Xavier College, a neighbouring Catholic boys' school to form Catholic Cathedral College in 1987.

The chapel, built in 1907, was designed by Joseph Munnings while he was in partnership with Samuel Hurst Seager and Cecil Wood.

It was restored with the girls’ boarding hostel for Sacred Heart College, constructed in 1930.

It was hoped that the music centre would reopen on the existing site but it moved to Antigua Street to a purpose-built building called The Piano.

The chapel fronting Barbadoes Street, which was the performance venue of the Music Centre, in 2007