Brighter Futures Through Music
- Dates: May 5, 2026
- Presenting Organization: Community Music School
- Venue: A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
- Location: Downtown Raleigh
- Address: 2 E. South St., Raleigh, NC 27601
- Times: Tues. 6pm-8pm
- Admission: $100 suggested donation
About
We cordially invite you to join us for the 6th Annual Brighter Futures Through Music Event! This annual event honors the late Tom McGuire’s passion for music and his dedication to children’s welfare. Tom was committed to building a better world through his philanthropy.
There are several opportunities to sponsor our event with Featured Artist 2025 GRAMMY Award Winner Taylor Eigsti, as well as bid on the art auction. Proceeds benefit Community Music School, whose mission is to enrich and inspire children through music instruction.
Two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning NYC-based pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old. Growing up in Menlo Park, CA, Eigsti was quickly labeled a prodigy, and has since released 9 albums as a bandleader, in addition to appearing on over 80 albums as a sideman.
In February 2025, Eigsti won his second GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for his ninth album “Plot Armor” (2024, GroundUP Music), following a 2022 GRAMMY® Award win for his eighth album “Tree Falls” (2021, GSI Records) in the same category.