Sadly, we've had two drummers suffer injuries this week (including a broken/fractured wrist). We have a couple of drum spots now available for Summer 2010.
Week 1: 1 spot
Week 3: 1 spot
Week 4: 2 spots
If you know someone who'd like to join us on Drums for Summer 2010 let them know! We were sold out (1 spot only) until these injuries. One of the young musicians will be joining us later in the summer, wrist permitting. We wish both of these young musicians a speedy return to health and look forward to seeing them during the last two weeks of Summer 2010.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
CityArts Volunteer Training Session: July 2, 2010
We are hosting a training and camp set up day for staff, volunteers and interns at our CityArts Toronto Rock Camp facility in downtown Toronto. If you applied to volunteer with CityArts this summer or on Staff, you are required to attend the training session on July 2, 2010.
- Volunteer and Intern schedules will be handed out.
- Staff and Volunteers will set up the CityArts Rock Camp: Drums, PAs, Amps, etc.
- Staff and Volunteers will go over Camp procedures and daily routines.
Location:
CityArts Summer Camps
444 Sherbourne Street
Toronto, Ontario M4X 1K2
Canada
Time: 9 AM to 5 PM (we may finish early)
Attendance is Mandatory
Please note that this is a mandatory training session. We have a large number of volunteer and intern applicants this year and their will only be one training session prior to the commencement of the 2010 CityArts Toronto Rock Camp. If you would like to work with us during Summer 2010, you must attendthis mandatory training session. This session will also count towards your volunteer hours (40 Hours) for Summer 2010.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
CityArts MediaCamp Music Video: "Media Computer"
On June 19th, 2010, four teens gathered at the CityArts offices at the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, Canada. The plan: write an original song (music and lyrics) to promote the CityArts MediaCamp and shoot a short music promotional video, all in a few hours. MediaCamp Stars
Carmen North
Alexander Marcopoulos
Daniel Jones
Garnet LollarMediaCamp Instructors
Liz Do
Devin Dubeau
Carmen North
Alexander Marcopoulos
Daniel Jones
Garnet LollarMediaCamp Instructors
Liz Do
Devin Dubeau
Friday, June 18, 2010
CityArts Rock Camp Summer 2009
Photo slide show from the CityArts Toronto Rock Camp Summer 2009 Edition. The song is called "Bad Feeling" and was written by Carmen North.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
CityArts grants 20 full scholarships to children from Toronto Public School
CityArts is pleased to announce the granting of 20 full scholarships to the students of the Our Lady of Lourdes Public School in Toronto. The scholarships will allow twenty children from the school, aged 11 through 14, to attend one week of the CityArts Toronto Rock Camp during Summer 2010.
CityArts thanks the Toronto Catholic District School Board, Jo Nazar, Principal of Our Lady of Lourdes, Andre Fullerton, Director of Community Outreach, TCDSB and William Jesty, Focus on Youth, TCDSB, for their support over that past three years.
The CityArts Toronto Rock Camp is Canada's biggest Rock Camp and was featured by the YTV Television network in the "I'm a Rock Star" video promotion during the fall of 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.rockcamps.ca
Friday, June 11, 2010
CityArts Scholarships for Summer 2010 Announced
CityArts is set to announce its first batch of scholarship winners for its summer music camps, including the CityArts Toronto Rock Camp. The first round of scholarship recipients, based upon submissions received up to May 31, 2010, through the CityArts Rock Camp website - http://www.rockcamps.ca - will be announced on Friday, June 11, 2010. Scholarship winners will be notified via email and telephone.
We have a very ambitious scholarship program this year and will be announcing more scholarships and contest winners throughout June 2010. If you haven't already applied, its not too late! Enter through the relevant CityArts websites (http://www.rockcamps.ca and http://www.mediacamps.ca) for your chance to win a fully funded scholarship to one of either the CityArts Summer Camp programs.
CityArts is committed to working with school boards, community groups and other non-profit organizations in order to bring our Art, Music, Media and Technology programs to communities at risk. The CityArts "Learn to Rock" program is launching in Summer 2010 with sixty fully funded one week Learn to Rock Camp scholarships on offer.
Looking to bring the CityArts Learn to Rock program to your school? Contact us about our Summer 2010 "Learn to Rock" Camp scholarship program and Fall/Winter 2010 Music and MediaCamp programs today. Please address your inquiries to:
Seraphim Marcopoulos
Executive Director
CityArts Creative Learning Inc.
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 424,
Toronto, ON, Canada, M5T 2C7
Email: contact@cityarts.ca
Music Education hits all the Right Notes
If there were a course to teach your child self-discipline, time management and self-reliance, would you enroll him? If this class would raise his SAT score by an average of 107 points and significantly increase his mathematics proficiency, is it worth your tax dollars? If that same course would place him in the group with the lowest lifetime and current use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs, would you camp out to guarantee him a spot?
You don’t have to. Just support the music programs in your school. March is “Music in Schools” month. More than ever, taxes are being scrutinized, school budgets slashed. Even worse, parents have less discretionary funds for elective classes. Music and the arts are the first casualties in the battle for educational dollars. Before we unholster, load and blast a few more rounds at music and the arts, it’s worth considering the value of music education.
Read more after by clicking the link: Tracy Begland: Dallas Morning News Op-Ep Original Link
You don’t have to. Just support the music programs in your school. March is “Music in Schools” month. More than ever, taxes are being scrutinized, school budgets slashed. Even worse, parents have less discretionary funds for elective classes. Music and the arts are the first casualties in the battle for educational dollars. Before we unholster, load and blast a few more rounds at music and the arts, it’s worth considering the value of music education.
Read more after by clicking the link: Tracy Begland: Dallas Morning News Op-Ep Original Link
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
CityArts launches "Learn to Rock!"
Have you ever dreamed of learning to play guitar, bass, drums or being a singer in a Rock and Roll Band? Do you love Pop, Rock, Rhythm and Blues and Funk? This is your program.
CityArts is launching the Learn to Rock! Program. A program designed to give kids aged 10 through 17 years of age, who don't play an instrument, an introduction into the exiting world of modern music making.
Learn to Rock is delivered as a multi-week after school program and an intensive five day, action packed, Learn to Rock Camp program.
CityArts is very excited about bringing this program to schools in the Greater Toronto Area starting in the summer (Learn to Rock Camp) and the fall (after school programs) of 2010.
Teaming up with our sponsors we hope to expose hundreds of Toronto kids to the joy of making music together.
Learn more about our Learn to Rock programs at: www.learntorock.ca and www.learntorock.org
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