Capital Campaign Current and Future Projects

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Current and Future Projects

Practice and Teaching Village Renovations

Over the past five years, we have seen incredible growth in the number of students attending Luzerne Music Center, as well as the overall level of musicianship that each and every student brings. Welcoming our new student cabins has not only boosted our student enrollment numbers, but also led to higher rates of retention from year to year. The feedback is unanimous – with each capital improvement we embark on, the quality of experience exponentially improves for all who join us each summer. We must meet the needs of a rapidly evolving program.

In the spirit of the saying “if you build it, they will come,” we share with you – they have come, and we must build it!

With your support, we completed our North Practice Village with 18 individual practice rooms ready for Summer 2025. Looking ahead, we plan to open the all-new South Teaching Village in Summer 2026, featuring 18 dedicated studios for teaching and chamber music coaching. Together, these projects will more than double the number of practice and teaching spaces on our campus.

Our students inspire us with their never-ending work ethic and desire to grow, often waiting for available practice space from sun up to sun down. They are thriving when immersed in a tech-free environment, and we find it essential to continue to be a community that provides them with the focus needed to grow their confidence and communication skills with each other. These young adults are showing up every day to work hard, treat each other with kindness and try to make the world a better place. They are an incredible generation of musical leaders and we excitedly seek to support them as much as we can!

Help us continue to build artists and audiences of the future—one cabin at a time.

North Practice Village

Prior to summer 2025, we completed the North Practice Village project consisting of 18 practice studios where students came each day to do the work that actually makes them better, tirelessly running a passage, tuning a tricky chord, finally working out what had been wrong with the third movement. The North Practice Village also includes two larger studios where student chamber groups can comfortably rehearse together or where students can work with collaborative pianists.

These climate-controlled spaces are equipped with mini-split air conditioning and heating systems, ensuring optimal comfort on chilly Adirondack mornings and warm summer days. Built for durability and low maintenance, the cabins include LP Smart Siding engineered wood exteriors and resilient vinyl plank flooring. Inside, the natural tongue-and-groove pine walls and ceilings are complemented by elegant recessed lighting, creating a serene and well-lit environment for practicing.

Sponsor a Practice Room

The North Practice Village is finished and our community unanimously loves it. Now, we invite you to sponsor a room and contribute to completion of the South Teaching Village for summer 2026. Your philanthropic support will directly provide dedicated, high-quality space where emerging artists can hone their craft and grow.

$10,000 – Sponsor a Practice Room

As a sponsor, your name will be honored with a plaque displayed near the door of your sponsored room, serving as a lasting tribute to your generosity and commitment to fostering the next generation of musicians.

For more details on this special opportunity, please contact Szymon Rywalski, Officer of Philanthropy and Development, at srywalski@luzernemusic.org.

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South Teaching Village

For the past five years, Luzerne Music Center has experienced extraordinary growth, welcoming more students than ever before and witnessing rising levels of musicianship across the board. Every time we have invested in the campus, we have seen it pay off. New student cabins kept more campers coming back. It is clear that every capital improvement we make transforms the summer experience for our young students.

Private instruction is the heart of what happens at Luzerne Music Center. It is where a student and a teacher sit down together and where real musical growth takes place. Our 35 faculty members give over 750 one-on-one lessons each summer, and for years that work happened in spaces that were never quite right. The new studios change that and provide an environment our students and faculty deserve: temperature-controlled rooms that protect LMC's pianos and the sensitive instruments students bring with them, like oboe and violin.

We are now focused on completion of the South Teaching Village consisting of seven buildings housing 18 dedicated studios for private lessons, rehearsals, and chamber music coachings. The studio acoustics were designed
by WSDG, an award-winning firm specializing in acoustics and audio-visual design. Each studio runs about 200 square feet. Walls are angled and built with air space and mineral wool insulation throughout. Floors are spray-foam insulated with warm vinyl plank. The roofs are insulated metal. Each studio is equipped with its own mini split system, keeping the temperature exactly where students and their instruments need it to be. These are spaces that will hold their temperature, hold their quiet, and hold up.

Sponsor a Teaching Studio

We are now inviting sponsors to put their name on a studio and be part of what this village will mean to students and faculty for years to come.

Teaching Studio - $25,000
Percussion Studio (19b) - $25,000
Percussion Practice Room (19a) - $15,000

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Performance Center Complex

Luzerne Music Center is thankful for the completion of the initial two phases of our campus reconstruction, marked by significant enhancements and additions to our housing, infrastructure and performance venues. As we eagerly look to a bright future, we are embarking on the third phase of our transformative capital campaign, focusing on the Performance Center Complex. This will include a new Performance Center and the Performance Center Annex.

The 5,000 sq. foot Performance Center Complex will be a versatile multi-purpose space, catering not only meals but serving as a spectacular concert venue with peaceful views of nature through large windows, inviting natural light and views of the trees and ravine. With the expanding enrollment of the camp, it is imperative that we provide a modern Kitchen and Dining Hall capable of meeting the highest standards for cleanliness, size and utility, as well as a suitable maintenance building to properly care for our new facilities for years to come. When not in use for mealtimes, it will transform into a world class air-conditioned space with a grand piano which will be constantly in use for piano lessons, chamber music rehearsals and coachings, studio class recitals, The Philadelphia Orchestra masterclasses, concerts and receptions. It will also be home to the Camp Store, Storage facilities, as well as a Green Room for the performing artists. The inclusion of Restroom facilities for public and student and staff use brings LMC’s campus up to code for the 21st century.

Our goal is to open with these upgrades by the summer of 2026, ensuring an even more enriching LMC experience for students, resident faculty artists, distinguished visiting guest artists and our loyal and devoted audiences.

For naming opportunities, please reach out to Szymon Rywalski, Officer of Philanthropy and Development, at srywalski@luzernemusic.org.

Architectural renderings by Phinney Design Group.