Music For Our Community Campaign

Music For Our Community is a campaign to raise funds for the purchase and restoration of the former St. Mary’s Paper office building to house the Algoma Conservatory of Music. With the generous support of our donors, funds from Canadian Heritage, FedNor and NOHFC as well as long-range financing through BDC we are producing a regional centre for music education, concerts, recordings and special events.

This includes the development of a distinctive 200 seat performance venue - The Loft - which is directly linked to a professional recording studio on the same level. This will give artists the ability to perform and produce a professional audio and video recording - all at one location.

This is having a major impact on four levels: Music Education, Performance, Heritage Preservation, and Downtown Development. Building on its 50 year reputation of excellence, it is allowing the Conservatory to greatly expand its education and performance programs, while breathing a second century of life into this historic landmark.