05/19/2026
“People often point to YouTube and say, ‘Well, it’s all available online.’ But available is not the same as around. When you come here, you are surrounded by inspiration. The things that inspire me are the same things that inspire the students: walking past a room and hearing eighteen different instruments being played by people who are six years old or fully grown. It’s the magic of all those different modalities — the music, the dance, the history — all happening in one big building with big windows. It’s a place where art truly has the chance to rub off on you.”
— Maximilian Fleischman, Piano Department
That environment — the chance encounter, the unexpected discovery — is what no screen can replicate. For Max, it also shapes the way he sees every student who walks through his door: “I teach every student as if they’re going to end up at Carnegie Hall,” he says. “Promoting a place that is really serious will result in more and better music in this city, and in stronger, more capable minds.”
Every person who walks through these doors is looking for something — a voice not yet found, a rhythm not yet heard, a story not yet told. Your gift helps make that possible. Thanks to a generous donor, all donations made between now at June 13th will be matched, up to $10,000.
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