The Montreal Academy of Music, along with our partner school The Canada Music Academy is proud to be an official sponsor of the 1000 Islands Jazz & Blues Festival taking place this June in Brockville Ontario. Featuring major Quebecois artists such as Oliver Jones and Julie Lamontagne, the festival will run from June 13th until the 17th and has earned a reputation for being the best small jazz festival in Canada. Our partner store All You Need Music will also be hosting the closing event, a jazz and blues BBQ featuring Barry Greene, outside their flagship store in Brockville. Contact our Montreal music school directly at 514-376-8742 for more details about the event, or visit us at www.montrealacademy.com to learn more about our music school. This celebration of jazz music is not to be missed!
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Joanna has always volunteered in her community and in schools to help bring music back into the classroom however this past year, she went a step further and altered the landscape of one school’s music program. Having heard about Musicounts, a charitable organize that provides band grants to schools across Canada, she filled out a 30 page application for her local school and was ecstatic to learn the school had been granted $5000 to spend on instruments.
Joanna and the school’s music teacher then turned to Le Magasin de L’Academie / All You Need Music and were able to buy a wide range of instruments from the store at educational rates that stretched their budget as far as it could go. With students now having access to xylophones, metallophones, hand drums, and various other percussion instruments, their music education program can now attain a level that it could never have in the past. To see the full story as depicted on CTV news, please click on the link below:
“The students and staff at Sinclair Laird Elementary School in Montreal would like to say Thank-You to Le Magasin de L’Academie / All You Need Music for providing the instruments we bought after being awarded the Band Aid Musical Instrument Grant from MusiCounts this year. The new instruments are an exciting addition to our music program. It is such a pleasure to see the children enjoying a variety of new instruments in class as well as in the preparation of our upcoming Spring Concerts. Le Magasin de L’Academie / All You Need Music played a big role in fulfilling our instrument “wish list” within our given deadline, they were always so friendly and ready to help. The CTV coverage is testament to how happy the students were to open the new boxes of instruments for the first time and discover what would become part of our school’s inventory. Thank-You Le Magasin de L’Academie / All You Need Music for helping us with the last and most exciting part of fulfilling our goal.” - Mme. Helene Diguer, Music Teacher, Sinclair Laird School
“As a parent at Sinclair Laird and member of the Parents Participation Organization, I would like to say Thank-You for all the great instruments that Le Magasin de L’Academie / All You Need Music supplied us with. We are always trying to help raise the bar in the students’ education and bringing greater exposure to music and the arts is a big part of this process. They were so excited to discover so many new instruments and equally happy to have new instruments in good shape and in more abundance. Thank-You for being such and integral part of this process, we are excited to see all the instruments we have now being played by our kids.” - Joanna Peters Mother and Volunteer, Sinclair Laird School
Montreal Academy store Le Magasin de l’Académie is your authorized Canadian Selmer dealer. Selmer is a leading manufacturer in the industry whose brass instruments are always tops when it comes to quality and craftsmanship.
With Selmer options for the amateur, student and professional, there is truly something for everyone. Montreal Academy students are also eligible to receive discounts on any Selmer purchase from the music store.
Le Magasin de l’Académie is proud to feature Selmer instruments along with the many reputable brands already available such as Gretsch, Tama, Ibanez, Vox, and many more.
Visit us at magasin.academiedemontreal.com, or check out the full line of Selmer products here: www.selmer.com. Contact us today to inquire about your education discount!
Wishing you happy holidays and a year full of health, happiness and prosperity.
Looking forward to a musical and successful 2012!
From the team at the Montreal Academy of Music
Lessons can be begin at anytime so contact us by phone at 514-376-8742 or register via the link below to get started:
http://www.academiedemontreal.com/Teacher&rates.html?l=fr&icID=0
Jack Layton, who was an accomplished musician, plays the electronic keyboard on a campaign plane while flying to Vancouver from a stop in Whitehorse Sunday in June, 2004 (Chuck Stoody/The Canadian Press)
Jack Layton defined the meaning of being Canadian. This is the moment when we feel so very sad and so very proud to be Canadian all at once.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged the sheer determination of his “colleague and friend.”
“We have all lost an engaging personality and a man of strong principles,” he said.
Jack Layton, who had an easy rapport with the average person, plays the accordion with local St. John's candidate Ryan Cleary looking on, while visiting a music shop April 16, 2011. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)"
Harper recalled that Layton was a natural musician. “And we always talked about getting together to jam. But it seemed we were both always too busy. I will always regret the jam session that never was. That is a reminder, I think, that we must always make time for friends, family and loved ones while we still can.”
Whether you’ve decided to learn a new instrument or simply need to upgrade your current one, our music store has a wide selection of instruments for you to choose from at special student prices. Contact us at 514-376-8742 and our helpful advisers will guide you in the right direction!
The easy rhythm of the summer season is almost upon us. Take advantage of this relaxed time of year to try out and explore new instruments, or simply keep in tune with your current one. Our teachers are flexible and can schedule your lessons around vacations and other summer activities, so give us a call today to get registered!
Get ready for the fall session. Returning student registration deadline is June 3rd.
Due to high requests for the Fall session from the general public, we are currently reserving spots for returning students up until June 3rd.
* Avoid the September rush and register before the public to guarantee a spot with your current teacher for the fall session.
* After June 3rd, registration will be open to the public, so registering early also means you get the best choice of lesson times to fit your schedule.
* Registration is quick and easy and can be done online, by phone at 416-207 0884 / 905-918 0791 or just send us an email and we’ll take care of it for you!
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