Institutional development · Facilities and campus development · Singapore
NUS conservatory turns Orchestra Hall into 254sqm reconfigurable YST Cube arts space
The National University of Singapore's Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music opened the YST Cube on 22 October 2026, a flexible performance space with integrated lighting, projection and acoustic systems.
Why it matters: Students and faculty at NUS's Yong Siew Toh Conservatory now have a reconfigurable venue for multimedia and audience-surround performance formats.
NUS reported that the YST Cube, a 254sqm flexible arts space at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST), was officially opened on 22 October 2026 in the former Orchestra Hall, previously used mainly for rehearsals and masterclasses.
According to NUS, the space works like a black box venue that can be rearranged for different performance formats, including audiences surrounding performers, and has integrated lighting, projection and acoustic systems for multimedia work.
NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye, speaking at the opening of YST's triennial international artistic research symposium Performers(') Present, said the Cube would let students and faculty experiment and serve as a gathering space for visiting artists, educators and researchers.
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Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
For YST students and faculty, the opening means a former rehearsal hall is now available for reconfigurable and multimedia performance, and NUS says it will also host visiting artists, educators and researchers.
