The VSPA is delivered and administered by fully qualified, professional classroom, instrumental, vocal and drama specialists. Its comprehensive programs aim to ‘inspire a sense of the extraordinary’ in everything from daily lessons and specialist recitals to grand concerts, productions and community performances. Specialist tutors cater to all standards of Performing Arts education from Beginner and Preliminary through to Associate and Licentiate levels. Staff are dedicated, caring and experienced performers in their particular specialty areas and enjoy encouraging young performers to reach their full potential. The Heriot McManus Music School and the Rosanove Auditorium are located at the St Margaret’s School, Berwick campus. The building includes music studios for individual and small group tuition and larger, acoustically designed rooms for class lessons, ensemble rehearsals and specialist recitals. Each studio is equipped with a fully maintained piano, while the specialist piano studio features two pianos. There is a fully equipped Mac Lab within the Music House which houses Mac computers and keyboards to suit a full class of students. In this studio, students can compose, arrange and record their own music. The beautiful Rosanove Auditorium provides a spectacular performance space for grand concerts, musicals and professional shows. The Drama Studio is a fully equipped performance space featuring a full theatre lighting rig and sound system with mixer desk. The studio provides students with the use of a green screen technique, cameras and equipment set up which provides students with the ideal opportunity to create an in-house news/current affairs/topical issues style broadcast program which is run by the senior students. Extensive costume and stage equipment provides wonderful resources for class, year level, whole school and major productions. There is also a spacious Drama workshop area based at St Margaret’s which houses an extensive theatre costume wardrobe and scenery store.
Berwick Grammar School provides rehearsal studios for individual and small group tuition, and the classroom area has keyboards and a Mac computer installed for every student in the class. Each room features a ‘Jam Hub’ for group sessions in contemporary music. The multi-purpose area on the lower level provides a large rehearsal area, recital and concert venue. VSPA provides the wider community with an extensive evening program that provides opportunities for people to take part in instrumental/vocal music lessons, theory lessons, workshops, seminars and special events.