Flack envisions a music school
R&B; singer Roberta Flack plans to transform two abandoned brownstones in Harlem into a school of music to be opened next fall.
The 126th Street facility will offer free liberal arts classes for talented students, Flack told the New York Post in Monday editions. It will house a permanent faculty of teachers, classrooms, a recording studio, an auditorium and performance cafe.
Flack has already secured a $1-million investment from Carver Federal Savings Bank and is seeking an additional $2 million in donations and private investments.
“I had such good teachers when I was young, I just wanted to give some of that back,” said the 65-year-old Grammy-winning singer.
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