Ambitious Calgary music centre breaks ground, with millions of dollars still to be raised

Yes, it was ceremonial. Sure, it was heavily orchestrated. But to Andrew Mosker it was very, very real.

It was the moment that his vision became reality.

The National Music Centre broke ground Friday afternoon on its proposed $150 million new home in East Village, with a ceremony that featured Premier Alison Redford, Mayor Naheed Nenshi, other members of all three levels of government, dignitaries, Canadian snowbird, herself Anne Murray, and a beaming Mosker, the President and CEO of the NMC, looking very much the part of proud papa.

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