16 events found.
October 8, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
What are the unique qualities of music that make it such a powerful force in the early development of children, whether lullabies at bedtime, singing nursery rhymes, jumping in time...
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October 8, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
In 1975, Venezuelan economist and musician Dr. José Antonio Abreu had the idea of expanding the reach of music education to make it available more widely to the young people...
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October 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
This award-winning 2015 documentary tells the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, one of the world’s most remarkable and inspiring musical ensembles. In a deeply impoverished town of 2,500...
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October 8, 2025 @ 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
A captivating, and deeply insightful conversation, recorded exclusively for The Promise of Music, exploring the profound connections between trauma, childhood development and emotional healing and music. Dr. Maté is joined...
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October 8, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
MusiCounts is Canada’s music education charity, having directed over $18 million in instruments and resources to thousands of underserved schools and community music programs across Canada. Join MusiCounts as they...
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October 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
In this powerful keynote, internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and arts advocate Lil Buck shares how Memphis Jookin’ – a street dance style born in the neighbourhoods of his home town...
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October 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
This session focuses on the specific skills, training and personal qualities required of musicians who facilitate participatory music projects
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October 8, 2025 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
When young people grow up facing adversity, whether through economic deprivation, violence, displacement, or multigenerational trauma, feelings of hopelessness, disengagement, and hostility can become internalized responses to their outward circumstances....
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October 8, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Across Canada, music educators are reshaping their music programs to better reflect the needs, interests, and identities of their students. This session brings together panelists who are moving beyond traditional...
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October 8, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Experience the trailblazing Firdaus Orchestra, an all-female ensemble whose name means “paradise” in Arabic and whose spirit embodies empowerment and unity. Comprised of exceptional musicians from nearly 30 countries, Firdaus...
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October 8, 2025 @ 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Music therapy harnesses the power of music in a therapeutic relationship guided by a trained professional to address a wide range of conditions in order to improve wellness and quality...
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October 8, 2025 @ 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
In recent decades, research into the effects of music on the brain, cognition, and neurological development – from early childhood through end of life – has surged. The massive body...
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October 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
With narration by Viggo Mortensen From bestselling Author Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code) comes a magical, immersive concert experience that brings his whimsical children’s book Wild Symphony to life...
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October 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Created by the world-renowned Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, Sinfonia por el Perú (“Symphony for Peru) is committed to catalyzing social transformation through group music teaching. Modeled after Venezuela’s El...
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October 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
With this special Canadian premiere performance by the world-renowned Lara Somos Ensemble, we pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of El Sistema, the revolutionary music education program that has changed...
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October 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
It’s an evening of pure joy, and a story that has caught the world’s imagination. The Recycled Orchestra features gifted young musicians performing timeless music on instruments made entirely of...
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