Stream music from iMac and control via iPad

Here is what I want to do - let me know if possible.

Awaiting release of next iMac - house all my music on iMac on external drive - use apple tv in my living room connected via optical to my stereo and bring up my music collection on my ipad (housed on iMac) to play on my stereo. Id like to use iPad or iPhone as the main control and be able to see my full music library on either portable device. My apple tv will connect via wireless as I don't have a wired home network. Is this possible?

Yes - download remote from the Apple Store - it's free. http://www.apple.com/itunes/remote/

I have speakers throughout my house so if I'm in another room and not in front of the tv/stereo will this still work?

Ideally I don't want my TV to be on - more or less like my ipad/iphone is a jukebox controller.

Yes - read through the link I provided. It's pretty much exactly what you're asking for.

Thanks!

I do this all the time. With Apple TV, iTunes Match and Apple Remote on my iPad or iPhone I can listen to and control all my music. If I am in the main room, I have an AirPort Express plugged into the main stereo and can do the same thing. It is awesome.

The total amount of setup time was about 15 minutes which consisted of turning on AirPlay on the devices and the initial setup of the AirPort Express.

The link above will help a lot.