The Kids Are Alright
I get the sense there is a community of music teachers doing great things with their programs in Ontario of the kind I envied when I was a high school student.
Read moreI get the sense there is a community of music teachers doing great things with their programs in Ontario of the kind I envied when I was a high school student.
Read moreYou can catch all three of our high schools performing on Tuesday. OSS bands perform on all three days.
Read moreAlso appearing is Milli Schop, who you may recall I mentioned once or twice as being a fantastic singer.
Read moreIt makes me happy to be able to write about these bands and be able to consider intricate details of what is occurring instead of trying to find the right words to say, ‘well, they’re trying.’
Read moreIf you haven’t been, it’s fun, but beware the MC will probably find you and have some fun in a rude kind of way.
Read moreMany large music ensembles program their events with an easy tune or two off the top so everyone can catch a stride with long notes, moderate tempos, lots of time to warm up the lips and listen to each other for blend and balance. Not these folks.
Read moreI think setting up a recording studio is an excellent idea and having spent a lot of time in studios working on videos and music I can vouch for how it can eat time like you wouldn’t believe.
Read more“I can’t really pick a favourite moment. There was lots of highs on the trip. Just the trip on the whole was an absolute blast. I’ll never forget the people I was with, where we visited and what we did. We accomplished a lot just from being a small school from Orillia,”
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