​Canal Music Studios Reopens In Stockton, Open House Is Planned

STOCKTON, NJ — Canal Music Studios will celebrate the grand opening of its new location in Stockton, N.J., with a public open house and celebration on Saturday, June 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The grand reopening and open house celebration is partly made possible by more than 150 dedicated donors who stepped forward to help after flooding from Hurricane Ida devastated its studio in Lambertville, New Jersey.

Canal Music Studios has since relocated to 16 Bridge Street in tranquil Stockton Borough where it will offer more classes, more space and new programming that will be announced during the public open house on June 10. The open house event will also offer light refreshments and live entertainment by various Canal Music Studios instructors and students.

Immediately after Ida’s flood, Canal Music Studio supporters and the community rallied together and raised funds to secure the school’s future.

“I was overwhelmed by the immediate community response to dive in and remedy our dire situation," said founder and executive director Adrienne Walsh. "I honestly thought our school’s doors were shuttered permanently. To my amazement, a GoFundMe page was created, a few benefit concerts organized by students, WDVR FM, and friends, raising over $60,000 to help us recover and secure our new home – our future never looked brighter.”

Future programming in person or virtually at Canal Music Studios will include:

• 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, Jazz/Rock Ensembles and Workshops

The new home of Canal Music Studios in Stockton, New Jersey.

Canal Music Studios (CMS), founded in 2013 by a classical violinist and a blues pianist, is an organization of more than 15 professional musicians. Now located in Stockton, NJ, in a new 2,000-square-foot home, CMS 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.

Guitarist Beppe Gambetta raises funds for Canal Music Studios during a benefit concert.