The Provincial Government is investing $973,780 over three years for Laughing Heart Music Limited to implement a music sector workforce development plan in the City of Corner Brook.
With funding provided through the federal-provincial Labour Market Transfer Agreement, Laughing Heart Music Limited will hire four staff to deliver programs essential to developing and sustaining a thriving music sector. Additional funds will be used for equipment, leases and community engagement.
Emerging and established music professionals will benefit from access to new programs, workshops, mentorships and studio space. Area residents will benefit from new conferences, exhibits, festivals and meetings hosted in Corner Brook.
Staff will work out of the burgeoning arts hub located at 62 Broadway, Corner Brook. The main floor will be used by Laughing Heart Music as office space, and will also feature a co-working space for artists, arts entrepreneurs and arts organizations. The lower level will be operated by the Rotary Arts Centre as an arts hub space that will include: an audio recording studio, an instrument and equipment library for audio recording, visual arts rooms, studio spaces and a soft crafts room for sewing, knitting, and quilting.
Laughing Heart Music is a full-service Canadian music business that has worked with notable acts such as Rum Ragged, Classified, Hillsburn, Heather Rankin, and Ben Caplan. For more information about the business please visit its website.
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“By investing in workforce development for the music sector we can more effectively harness the talent of industry professionals. Corner Brook, a community with a storied history in the visual and theatre arts, now has the prospect of becoming a thriving musical hotbed as well.”
Honourable Gerry Byrne
Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills
“This is a really exciting, creative project. Our provincial musicians are invaluable to Newfoundland and Labrador’s cultural identity, and are intrinsic to the success of our tourism and hospitality sector, as well. I look forward to future musicians attributing their success to time spent at the Laughing Heart Music Arts Hub. Congratulations to all involved.”
Honourable Steve Crocker
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation
“It is a privilege to have been approved for this funding which we will use over the next three years to help grow and nurture the music sector here in Corner Brook and Western Newfoundland. We have the support of so many incredible partners who will help to realize our shared vision for a thriving and unified music and arts community. I am grateful to the province for their support in this endeavor, and look forward to the hard work and success stories that will come from this project.”
Nigel Jenkins
Owner, Laughing Heart Music Limited
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