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"A Little Music" On Music Monday

Music Monday '05 is taking place on May 2nd, 2005 and will be the very first annual event to celebrate the power of music in Canada. Designed by the Coalition for Music Education in Canada (CMEC), the event hopes to reveal that the power of music in Canada is rooted in our school music programs.

On Monday May 2nd, elementary schools right up through secondary schools, from all across Canada, will head outside onto their school grounds to perform the Music Monday song called " A Little Music", written by Canadian composer and musician Chris Tait. All of the concerts will take place at the exact same time during that day, 10 a.m. Pacific time, 11 a.m. Mountain time, 12 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Atlantic time, and 2:30 p.m. in Newfoundland, to unite our voices.

The song "A Little Music" is available to all schools in a variety of formats and arrangements. There is music for primary choirs through to secondary school bands and orchestras. It is a piece of music that has the power to transcend all genres, and unite everyone in the music at the same time. Hopefully, everyone across Canada will be able to open his or her front door on May 2nd, 2005 at the appropriate time and hear music filling the sky.

A complete teacher toolkit is available on the CMEC Web site under the Music Monday section. There, teachers can find the music in all of its forms and receive instructions on how to download and burn the demos on CD.

This celebration of music organized by CMEC is in response to Canada's endangered music programs. In Canada, we have seen budget cutbacks, a decrease in the quality of instruments and resources and the retraction of music specialists. The goal of this event is to celebrate music, and to show its importance in our society. Moreover, the event hopes to demonstrate the importance of music education to all Canadians.

Music Monday will be a leader for music education in Canada. The various concerts throughout Canada will create a public interest, hopefully leading to the support of music education. It will show the unifying power of music and the need for music to be strongly rooted in our educational systems.

In a personal message from Ontario's premier, Dalton McGuinty, he congratulated the CMEC on their launch of Music Monday. He wrote, "I am confident that Music Monday, a celebratory coming together of school musical groups from across Canada, will do much to bring attention to the joys and benefits of music education."

Likewise, Pinchas Zukerman, Music Director for the National Arts Centre in his letter of support to the CMEC wrote, "Music has the power to unite us. It proves that by working together, we can create something truly beautiful. We must keep music programs in our schools. When our children learn how to make music, we nourish their self-confidence, creativity and compassion. There is no greater demonstration of our determination to keep music for our children, than by a country united by one voice."

The foundation of music in Canada is deeply rooted in our schools. Music Monday will celebrate music this spring. It will make music matter and make Monday magnificent.

For more information contact, The Coalition for Music Education in Canada, PO Box 556, Agincourt, ON M1S 3C5 (416) 298-2817, FAX (416) 298-5730, [email protected], www.weallneedmusic.ca

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