 Joshua Ives was brought out from England in 1885 to initiate the Bachelor of Music course for the University of Adelaide.In 1898 Reimann accepted Ives's offer to merge his college into the about-to-be-formed Elder Conservatorium of Music, forming its nucleus, with Reimann appointed as deputy-director and teacher of piano.And for the first two years of its existence the Conservatorium was located at the old College premises in Wakefield Street.