TORONTO (CelebrityAccess) — Canadian music training charity, MusiCounts, introduced that 74 faculties throughout Canada will obtain a share of $1 million price of musical devices, gear, and kit by means of its faculty funding packages.
The packages – the MusiCounts Band Support Program and the MusiCounts Slaight Household Basis Innovation Fund – are designed to offer under-resourced faculties with grants to maintain faculty music packages alive.
Moreover, the MusiCounts Slaight Household Innovation Fund, will even present assist to the trouble for the primary time this yr, offering faculties with as much as $20,000 for culturally-relevant or technology-forward programming.
“MusiCounts is thrilled to welcome college students again to high school and again to music with the funding of $1 million price of much-needed devices and kit,” mentioned Kristy Fletcher, President of MusiCounts. “As college students return to the music classroom, they’ll not solely discover guitars, drums, horns, and turntables, they’ll additionally discover a secure area of their faculty the place they’ll join with their friends, construct their confidence, and discover their voice. Congratulations to all the MusiCounts College Music Program Recipients!”
The packages have helped faculties such because the Gilbert Paterson Center College in Lethbridge in Alberta, which was in a position to accommodate only a third of scholars of their music packages as a result of inadequate stock and damaged devices. With assist from MusiCounts, the varsity is ready to increase an present rock band program and guarantee all college students have entry.
To be taught extra about MusiCounts, or to donate in assist of the charity’s faculty funding packages, please go to https://musicounts.ca.
MusiCounts College Funding Recipients For 2024
MusiCounts Band Support Program
AB
C. Ian McLaren College – Diamond Valley, AB
Chilly Lake Junior Excessive College – Chilly Lake, AB
Joey Moss College – Edmonton, AB
Robina Baker Elementary College – Devon, AB
BC
Chief Dan George Center College – Abbotsford, BC
Eagleview Elementary College – Port Hardy, BC
H.D. Stafford Center College – Langley, BC
Nakusp Elementary College – Nakusp, BC
Port Hardy Secondary College – Port Hardy, BC
Tatla Lake Elementary Jr. Secondary College – Tatla Lake, BC
MB
Riverview College – Brandon, MB
NB
École Communautaire Ernest-Lang – Saint-François de Madawaska, NB
École Étoile de l’Acadie – Rogersville, NB
École Mgr-Matthieu-Mazerolle – Rivière-Verte, NB
École Terre des Jeunes – Paquetville, NB
Fundy Shores College – Dipper Harbour, NB
Havelock College – Havelock, NB
NL
Bay d’Espoir Academy – St. Alban’s, NL
NS
Cusack Elementary – Sydney, NS
John Martin Junior Excessive College – Dartmouth, NS
Sherwood Park Schooling Centre – Sydney, NS
NT
Diamond Jenness Secondary College – Hay River, NT
ON
Alexander Mackenzie Secondary College – Sarnia, ON
Assumption School College – Brantford, ON
Ford Metropolis Public College – Windsor, ON
George Peck Public College – Toronto, ON
Hodgson Center College – Toronto, ON
John McCrae Public College – Scarborough, ON
Kilbride Public College – Burlington, ON
Mount Hope Elementary College – Mount Hope, ON
Pape Avenue Junior Public College – Toronto, ON
St. Marcellus Catholic College – Etobicoke, ON
St. Thomas Extra Catholic Secondary College – Hamilton, ON
Thousand Islands Secondary College – Brockville, ON
Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute – Thunder Bay, ON
W. Ross Macdonald College for the Blind – Brantford, ON *CBC Music Class Problem Ardour Prize
York Avenue Public College – Ottawa, ON
QC
Dorset Elementary College – Baie d’Urfe, QC
École du Bon-Pasteur – Cap-Santé, QC
École Paul-De Maricourt – Longueuil, QC
SK
Dr. George Ferguson Elementary College, Glen Elm Neighborhood College, Henry Braun College, Choose Bryant Elementary College, (Johnson Space Band Program) – Regina, SK
Sturgis Composite College – Sturgis, SK
MusiCounts Slaight Household Basis Innovation Fund
AB
Chief Large Stomach Center College – Tsuut’ina Nation, AB
Gilbert Paterson Center College – Lethbridge, AB
Nakoda Elementary College – Morley, AB
BC
École Elementaire Okay.B. Woodward – Surrey, BC
École Glenmore Elementary College – Kelowna, BC
Kenneth Gordon Maplewood College – North Vancouver, BC
MB
Jack River College – Norway Home, MB
Kisemattawa Kiskinwahamakewikamik – Shamattawa, MB
Thunderbird College – South Indian Lake, MB
NB
Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary College – Fredericton, NB
Dr. Losier Center College – Miramichi, NB
NL
Gander Collegiate – Gander, NL
St. Michael’s Elementary College – Stephenville Crossing, NL
NS
Auburn Drive Excessive College – Cole Harbour, NS
NT
Chief Albert Wright College – Tulita, NT
École St. Joseph College – Yellowknife, NT
ON
Alexander Stirling Public College – Scarborough, ON
Jarvis Collegiate Institute – Toronto, ON
Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institute – Peterborough, ON
Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary College – Mississauga, ON
Moosonee Public College – Moosonee, ON
Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate Program – Ottawa, ON
Sir Ernest MacMillan Public College – Burlington, ON
Stephen Lewis Secondary College – Vaughan, ON
Winchester Junior and Senior Public College – Toronto, ON
QC
Chelsea Elementary College – Chelsea, QC
École Horizon-Soleil – Saint-Jérôme, QC
École Mikizicec – Kitcisakik, QC
Yeshiva Gedola Montreal – Montreal, QC
SK
Bert Fox Neighborhood Excessive College – Fort Qu’Appelle, SK
Maverick College – Swift Present, SK
Seven Stones Neighborhood College – Regina, SK