A&M Receives $10M For Music Activities Center

The Ed Rachal Foundation announced it will give $10 million to the Texas A&M Foundation, the largest gift to date in a campaign to build a new Music Activities Center at Texas A&M University.

The center on the south end of campus will be home to all of the university’s orchestras, choral groups and bands, including the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.

The new Music Activities Center, located on the corner of George Bush Drive and Coke Street, will accommodate more than 1,300 student musicians who are part of 14 different musical groups on campus. The proposed facility is expected to cost $40 million, with half the funds coming from the university and the other $20 million generated by donor support through the Texas A&M Foundation. The Rachal Foundation’s gift brings the giving total to approximately $18 million. The new building will replace the E.V. Adams Band Hall.

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