Swift gives $4M for children's music centre

Swift gives $4M for children's music centre Taylor Swift has taught a generation of kids to appreciate country music over the last five years. Swift's education centre will have its own exterior entrance and is 7,500 square feet-plus spread over two stories. The expansion also would allow the museum to begin new programs and workshops and for teens and senior citizens as well as continuing workshops. She has a long history with the museum. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter is country music's top-selling artist and current ambassador to the world. I was only joking. "For Taylor to want to engage herself in the life of this place in such an appropriate way . pop charts. The new space will house interactive activities such as a musical petting zoo and a "wet" classroom space to make concert posters and other art projects. I was joking we ought to be paying her to do that. Is there a better person out there who's in touch with a young audience? I think not. The new education centre is part of the museum's $75 million "Working on a Building" expansion project that will improve the space more than 200,000 square feet to 350,000. She signed her record contract there. And she has donated her time to the museum's "All For The Hall" fundraisers. "In terms of what it will allow us to do, we do education very well now," museum director Kyle Young said. Swift gives $4M for children's music centre Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 19/05/2012