Building Expansion Project
Harmony Capital Campaign
Creating the future
The Kanack School of Musical Artistry is more than just a wonderful music school. It is a leader in the field of creative artistic education, annually drawing teachers from around the world who come to learn more about founder Alice Kanack’s visionary work, Creative Ability Development (CAD). On a local level, the Kanack School is committed to “nurturing musical brilliance while bringing out every child’s unique voice.” At the same time, it continues its mission of guiding the direction of the CAD movement worldwide.
Where we started
The Harmony Capital Campaign began with a desire to create for CAD a forever home at the Kanack School: a home capable of sustaining itself and bringing the unique educational opportunity the school represents to as many people as possible. With the acquisition of adjoining land, the Kanack School began to double its footprint.
What it looks like
The design of our forever home includes the addition of a multi use performance hall, a green room, multiple teaching studios, a foyer, adequate parking and all accessible facilities. It will also include reconfiguration, enlargement and soundproofing of existing spaces within the school.
The capital improvement project will:
• Make the school all accessible, allowing the development and implementation of programs for challenged individuals from all walks of life
• Allow the school to open a multi genre CAD based pre-school to develop programs for use around the country
• Allow the school to be self sustaining (potentially more than doubling current income from music lessons)
• Allow the school to provide more scholarships and to further develop outreach programs (The school currently offers financial assistance to all who request it and recently presented a CAD multi-genre pre-school program in 5 city pre-schools thanks to a generous grant from the William G. McGowan Foundation)
• Create space for community performing groups, lectures, contra dancing, and more
How you can create it, too
Phases 1 & 2 have been completed:
• Clearing of the land
• New parking lot
• Masonry
• Complete framing and outer shell including doors windows and roof
How you can help with Phase 3:
We have raised over $1.2 million of the 1.75 million needed to complete the project. We need individuals, foundations, and fundraisers to help raise the rest of this challenging amount of capital and bring us to the finish line.
