Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music has reached its CAN$60 million fundraising goal early, and a groundbreaking ceremony was held this week for the school’s spectacular new Telus Centre for Performance & Learning. The early start was made possible when an elderly alumnus of the school chipped in an unexpected CAN$2 million gift to put the campaign over the top. The new building will provide the RCM with “two floors of academic space, more studios and classrooms, and state-of-the-art technology facilities.” A second round of fundraising, with a goal of CAN$25 million, will begin in the fall.