Music academy Menen gets new wing

The Academy of Music and Word is bursting at the seams. Due to the increased number of students and a greater diversity of training courses, the need for additional spacious and multi-purpose classrooms, as well as an adapted room for presentations and activities, grew.

The new wing will serve as the new main entrance in the future. The City of Menen is investing 750,000 euros in the infrastructure and functioning of the academy. The works must be completed by the end of the current academic year, no later than September 2023. Griet Vanryckegem, Alderman for Art Education: “I am very pleased that with this realization we can anticipate the success, the accompanying growth and the further expansion of our highly valuable, urban art education. This is a big step forward for everyone involved: students, teachers, management….