The renovations fully support Carnegie Hall's non-profit mission—making great music accessible to as many people as possible. The project will create new inspirational spaces dedicated to music education within existing upper floors of the building and also fully refurbish Carnegie Hall's backstage areas, upgrading and reconfiguring them to achieve maximum efficiency.

A new Education Wing will include ensemble rooms, practice rooms, and teaching studios, as well as a state-of-the-art home for Carnegie Hall's Archives. Adjacent to the Education Wing will be a new outdoor Roof Terrace—a gathering place for visitors to the building. These new facilities will ultimately provide a wonderful setting in which to inspire a lifelong love of music in young musicians, students, and educators.

Carnegie Hall's education and community programs currently engage more than 170,000 people around the world annually, including tens of thousands of New York City public school students.

Construction work will be completed over multiple years, coordinated with Carnegie Hall's performance and rehearsal schedules. Carnegie Hall's three auditoriums will not be touched by the renovations, and performance calendars will be largely unaffected in future seasons.