Canal Music Studios Cuts The Ribbon At Its New Home In Stockton

STOCKTON, NJ — Canal Music Studios cut the ribbon and opened the doors on June 8 at its new home in Stockton with local business leaders, township officials, students, teachers, and donors in attendance.

Cutting the ribbon with founder Adrienne Walsh was Board President of the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, David DeFreese, and donor Dr. Rajani Walsh. An informative tour and

refreshments immediately followed with live music on the violin by the school’s former student and 2022 Jim Hamilton scholarship winner Coco Smith.

Canal Music Studios, located initially in Lambertville, N.J., moved to the new Stockton at 16 Bridge Street after Hurricane Ida devastated its studios with flooding.

Cana Studios supporters begin to gather for the grand opening. (Contributed)

The new Stockton, NJ, location is approximately 2,000 square feet, offering an array of in-house, state-of-the-art instruments from piano to drums, and is ideally situated in the tranquil borough of Stockton.

With its new home, the organization will offer more classes, more space, and new programming. Future students of all ages are encouraged to visit the new facility.

“We welcome Canal Music Studios to the borough of Stockton," said Mayor Aaron Lipson. "Adrienne has already become an important part of the Stockton community, and we look forward to how their school will add to the vibrancy of our borough. We have a long and significant history of celebrating music and musicians in Stockton, and having the studio open just feet from Rogers
and Hart’s 'small hotel with a wishing well' is a great way to continue that tradition. We’re thrilled that Canal Music Studios will continue to train musicians who contribute to the artistic landscape of our area.”

Inside the new Canal Music Studios. (Contributed)

Canal Music Studios programming will include in-person and virtual options for summer camps, private lessons for all ages, group classes in music theory and composition, master classes, instrumental group classes for ages 8 to 85+, Chamber Music, and Jazz/Rock Ensembles and Workshops.

Canal Music Studios (CMS), founded in 2013 by a classical violinist and a blues pianist is an organization of more than 15 professional musicians. It houses a variety of onsite, state-of-the-art instruments, offering high-quality music education to a growing student body of 200 community members of all ages and abilities.

Teaching the love and craft of music of any style, CMS also stages recitals and concerts throughout the year, while presenting professional performance opportunities by arrangements with other music organizations, rock clubs, and competitions.

Learn more at CanalMusicStudios.com.

Raising a toast to the new Canal Music Studios in Stockton, New Jersey. (Contributed)