Music Hall of Jan Drtina

One of the most dominant and beautiful elements of the palace is undoubtedly the large concert hall, named after the first director of the conservatory - The Jan Drtina Hall. This was not always the case; at the beginning of the 19th century the house was used as a tenement and the historic interiors with their decoration were subject to insensitive alterations. Ceilings were lowered, the great hall was divided into three parts by partitions and the murals were plastered over. The palace was even to be demolished, but after many protests the decision of the city council was reversed and the restoration of the interiors and the removal of the partitions in the great hall began.

The murals in the hall are illusory, they are related to the architecture and together with other decorations they form a unified whole, creating allegorical scenes. The exact dating and authorship of the palace's interior decoration is unknown, but it is believed that a substantial part of it dates from the Prague stay of the Swiss painter Jan Rudolf Byss between 1689 and 1713, who was involved in the decoration of several Prague palaces at that time, including Straka's Palace.

On 8 November 2012, the concert hall was named after PhDr. Jan Drtina, the long-time director of the school. Today, The Jan Drtina Concert Hall is used by the school for artistic purposes, hosting a number of internal concerts, concerts for the public and the hall is also rented out as a worthy venue for an artistic concert experience.