Clare Barry & Mackenzie Foundation Support Asheville Music School with Transformative Gift
Interview by Linda Kendall Fields
Recently, Asheville Music School received a generous gift of $25,000 from local resident and AMS student Clare Barry through the Mackenzie Foundation. Clare sat down with us to share her connection to the school, her passion for mental health, and her hopes for the future of music education in our community.
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Play in a band this summer! Guitar, drums, bass, keys, vocals, and more are all welcome to enroll. Minimum 1-2 months experience on your instrument.
This camp will culminate with a live performance on Friday July 25. Click for more…
Join us in downtown Asheville on November 23 for the Holiday Jamboree in Pack Square Park. Our student rock band Minør performs at 1:30pm, and we have an unofficial Jamboree Afterparty at Farm Burger starting at 2:30pm. AMS bands Liminal Spaces and Neon Sages perform live, plus a solo set by Lucia Bluebird.
Dear Friends & Donors
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Asheville Music School continues its nonprofit mission of bringing music education and healing to our community, but we need your help.
While we have worked diligently to reopen, so that we can bring music back to the hundreds of students that we serve, the storm has left many families struggling. We are not back to 100% yet, as some remain out of town or simply don’t have the economic resources to continue lessons.
Like many other area nonprofits, we are facing the economic impacts and significant fundraising challenges on all fronts — funding for our scholarship and outreach programs, as well as economic loss impacting our operating costs from the temporary closing.
This is the time of year when we normally hold in-person fundraising events. This includes a silent auction that was scheduled to support AMS programs and outreach to our community. Unfortunately, the businesses that have been our major partners (and even the business in the River Arts District that was to host our silent auction) are struggling or no longer exist.
This is why we are requesting your support to help us fully bring the music back, so that we can continue to bring the healing power of music to our community.
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Scholarships applications are now being accepted for private music lessons and for our Sound Education Outreach ensembles.
Ensemble scholarship applications are due by August 31, 2024, and private lessons applications are due by November 30, 2024.
Feel more comfortable and supported while playing your instrument. Discover greater ease, fluidity and expressivity. Participants are encouraged but not required to bring their instruments. This workshop is a safe space to share questions, experiences and to explore together how to cultivate a sense of wellbeing while refining your artistry. All levels and abilities are welcome! Click for more…
Join us for Sound Effects Benefit Concert with our first ever…
Time Machine Dance Party featuring The Royal Suits
…our primary fundraising concert of the year.
Presented by ECE on Thursday, May 18th on the Indoor Stage at Salvage Station!
Bilingual Birdies: A foreign language and live music program for kids ages 0-5. Kids will learn Spanish through music, dance, and puppetry. Enroll online today
While we work on renovations to our new facility at 10 Ridgelawn Rd in West Asheville, we will be working out of various satellite locations around Asheville. It took some work, but we were able to secure teaching studios for all of our teachers in need, and rehearsal studios for our student bands.
AMS Student Recitals – Sunday, May 16
In compliance with Executive Order 204, we are staying as safe as possible and limited our capacity to 50% for recitals. We will only have a maximum of 10 students on each recital. As of now, we are planning on hosting our Spring Recitals in the Loft at Asheville Music School, but this could change to outdoors. We may announce a few virtual recitals if the need arises.
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