Harbour View School to host Halifax Students, Professional Entertainers for national webcast marking the Coalition for Music Educations’ 10th Anniversary Music Monday
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On Monday, May 5, music will take the form of not only notes, words, and sounds, but also bits, bytes, and pixels. Music Monday will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a live webcast linking simultaneous cross-Canada events in St. John's NL; Halifax, NS; Charlottetown, PEI; Toronto, ON;; Edmonton, AB; Whitehorse, YT; Ottawa, ON; and Montreal, QC and Vancouver, BC. The event concludes with a synchronized nationwide performance of I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) with former Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, led by Maestro Bramwell Tovey of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The live webcast will air between 12 - 1pm ET on Monday, May 5, 2014 and can be accessed at MusicMonday.ca
The live web cast begins with a welcome featuring by two high school students in Gander, NL. The live web continues with segments from Charlottetown (12:02 p.m. EDT), Halifax (12:06 p.m. EDT), St John’s (12:10 p.m. EDT), Toronto (12:15 p.m. EDT), Ottawa (12:20 p.m. EDT), Montréal (12:24 p.m. EDT), Edmonton (12:30 p.m. EDT and 12:36 p.m. EDT), Whitehorse (12:36 p.m. EDT), Vancouver (12:40 p.m. EDT). Maestro Tovey will lead the singing of the official song at 12:51 p.m. EDT. *Timing may change on the day!
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On Monday, May 5, music will take the form of not only notes, words, and sounds, but also bits, bytes, and pixels. Music Monday will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a live webcast linking simultaneous cross-Canada events in St. John's NL; Halifax, NS; Charlottetown, PEI; Toronto, ON;; Edmonton, AB; Whitehorse, YT; Ottawa, ON; and Montreal, QC and Vancouver, BC. The event concludes with a synchronized nationwide performance of I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) with former Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, led by Maestro Bramwell Tovey of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The live webcast will air between 12 - 1pm ET on Monday, May 5, 2014 and can be accessed at MusicMonday.ca
The live web cast begins with a welcome featuring by two high school students in Gander, NL. The live web continues with segments from Charlottetown (12:02 p.m. EDT), Halifax (12:06 p.m. EDT), St John’s (12:10 p.m. EDT), Toronto (12:15 p.m. EDT), Ottawa (12:20 p.m. EDT), Montréal (12:24 p.m. EDT), Edmonton (12:30 p.m. EDT and 12:36 p.m. EDT), Whitehorse (12:36 p.m. EDT), Vancouver (12:40 p.m. EDT). Maestro Tovey will lead the singing of the official song at 12:51 p.m. EDT. *Timing may change on the day!
Halifax Regional School Board's Harbour View School is up at 12:06 p.m. EDT
with an event co-hosted by Coalition for Music Education Chair Eric
Favaro and grade 5 student Coady Turner. Featured guests are Fifth Wind, a Halifax-based woodwind quintet featuring members of Symphony Nova Scotia and Xara Choral Theatre, the top women’s choir in Canada.
Since its inception in 2005, Canada's annual celebration of music education, Music Monday has touched the lives of millions of students and teachers across Canada who take their music programs into their communities to perform the same song on the same day, at the same time, uniting the entire country in song. Music Monday takes place on the first Monday May each year.
Video conferencing and webcast technology are being provided by The Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education) and Memorial University's Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support (www.delts.mun.ca).
Music Monday 2014 is made possible with the generous support of TD Bank Group and The NAMM Foundation, as well as Titanium level support from Yamaha Canada Music Inc. and Long and McQuade and all of our partners.
ABOUT MUSIC MONDAY
Since its inception in 2005, Canada's annual celebration of music education, Music Monday has touched the lives of millions of students and teachers across Canada who take their music programs into their communities to perform the same song on the same day, at the same time, uniting the entire country in song. Music Monday takes place on the first Monday May each year.
Video conferencing and webcast technology are being provided by The Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation (Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education) and Memorial University's Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support (www.delts.mun.ca).
Music Monday 2014 is made possible with the generous support of TD Bank Group and The NAMM Foundation, as well as Titanium level support from Yamaha Canada Music Inc. and Long and McQuade and all of our partners.
ABOUT MUSIC MONDAY
Launched in 2005, Music Monday
is the world's largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for
music education. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students,
educators, and music makers participate in a simultaneous nationwide
concert performance of an original song written by a Canadian artist. In
2013, Music Monday extended its reach into space with I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)
co-written by former Canadian Space Agency Astronaut and musician Chris
Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson, and commissioned by
CBCMusic.ca and The Coalition for Music Education. More info: www.musicmonday.ca.
ABOUT THE COALITION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
ABOUT THE COALITION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
Music Monday is an annual initiative
of The Coalition for Music Education, an organization made up of
parents, students, educators, and business people from varying walks of
life who support school music programs and highlight the importance of
music education for all young people in Canada. More info: www.musicmakesus.ca.
ABOUT TD COMMUNITY GIVING
ABOUT TD COMMUNITY GIVING
TD Bank Group invests in communities
in order to effect positive change in the places where it operates and
where its clients and employees live and work. In 2013, TD donated over
$74.7 million to support community organizations in Canada, the United
States and the United Kingdom. In Canada, TD focuses on education and
financial literacy, creating opportunities for young people and the
environment. For further information, please visit www.td.com/corporate-
MusicMakesUs.ca
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