The west side's Harlem School of the Arts overcame a major financial crises this year and Opus 118, the Harlem School of Music on the east side, faces the same fund raising issues to keep it operating. The above New York Post clip from last month provides the history and financial challenges that the school must overcome to stay open for the rest of 2010 (also shown are clips from the 1999 movie, Music of the Heart, which was based on the story of Opus 118 founder, Roberta Guaspari). Right now, a quarter of $500,000 needed to keep the institution going has been raised through various concerts and the final deadline is at the end of June. Go to www.opus118.org to donate: LINK
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