Music Education

• New Brunswick committing $8M for after-school music program

  Sistema New Brunswick offers free music programming for school-aged children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2022
  
• How Black classical musicians are building communities to support each other

  Black classical musicians are starting to tell their stories and step into leadership roles, say Gloria Blizzard of Dalhousie and Gillian Turnbull of Ryerson.

  Commentary

  Oct 11, 2020
  
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• 87-year-old MacEwan University student mastering 4 musical instruments

  He went on to learn the piano, violin and the euphonium. McKnight just passed his Grade 2 Royal Conservatory of Music practical examination on clarinet.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2020
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• London school receives $15K in instruments from MusiCounts charity

  Charity officials unveiled the donation alongside Juno-nominated pop singer-songwriter bülow, who performed a special surprise acoustic set for those in attendance.

  Education

  Mar 4, 2019
• Villa Maria students protest closure of Montreal school’s private music program

  The individualized music program is scheduled to end this June due to declining enrolment, school officials say.

  Education

  Apr 7, 2018
• Access to arts education varies widely across Ontario: report

  A new report says students in small and rural schools, in schools with higher levels of poverty, and in schools with lower levels of parental education, are less likely to have access to the arts in the classroom.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2018
• Edmonton’s Backbeat builds confidence and community through rock music

  Edmonton school of rock 'Backbeat' teaches kids confidence and musicality by creating rock bands. The initiative has grown from 25 musicians to 200 in just four years.

  Education

  Jun 16, 2016