In 2014, when Scuola Nuova Vita Charter School raised enough money to move into its own building down the street, Northeast Community Center Executive Director Laura Shulz had a problem. “What am I going to do with all this space now?” she recalls thinking. Then she discovered Harmony Project.

Their fans are hooked on the Goldenberg duo’s twice-yearly concerts at venues around Kansas City. “Quirky, heartfelt and endearing,” is how regular Venne-Richard Londré describes the one-hour free performances featuring pianist William Goldenberg, distinguished professor and chair of the piano department at Northern Illinois University, and his sister, violinist Susan Goldenberg, a longtime member of the Kansas City Symphony.