TORONTO (CelebrityAccess) — Canadian music schooling charity, MusiCounts, introduced that 74 colleges throughout Canada will obtain a share of $1 million price of musical devices, gear, and kit by means of its college funding packages.
The packages – the MusiCounts Band Assist Program and the MusiCounts Slaight Household Basis Innovation Fund – are designed to supply under-resourced colleges with grants to maintain college music packages alive.
Moreover, the MusiCounts Slaight Household Innovation Fund, will even present help to the hassle for the primary time this yr, offering colleges with as much as $20,000 for culturally-relevant or technology-forward programming.
“MusiCounts is thrilled to welcome college students again to highschool 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 protected area of their college the place they will join with their friends, construct their confidence, and discover their voice. Congratulations to the entire MusiCounts College Music Program Recipients!”
The packages have helped colleges such because the Gilbert Paterson Center College in Lethbridge in Alberta, which was capable of accommodate only a third of scholars of their music packages attributable to inadequate stock and damaged devices. With help from MusiCounts, the varsity is ready to broaden an current rock band program and guarantee all college students have entry.
To study extra about MusiCounts, or to donate in help of the charity’s college funding packages, please go to https://musicounts.ca.
MusiCounts College Funding Recipients For 2024
MusiCounts Band Assist 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 Training Centre – Sydney, NS
NT
Diamond Jenness Secondary College – Hay River, NT
ON
Alexander Mackenzie Secondary College – Sarnia, ON
Assumption Faculty 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 Road 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 Group 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 Group Excessive College – Fort Qu’Appelle, SK
Maverick College – Swift Present, SK
Seven Stones Group College – Regina, SK