Kerry – Quebec Music Educators Association https://qmea-aemq.org Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:09:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 QMEA Music Festival Registration 2015 https://qmea-aemq.org/qmea-music-festival-2015/ https://qmea-aemq.org/qmea-music-festival-2015/#respond Sun, 22 Mar 2015 21:12:53 +0000 https://qmea-aemq.org/ We are currently accepting applications for this year’s festival.

Festival dates are May 8, 9 and 10!

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]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/qmea-music-festival-2015/feed/ 0 Viva!Sistema St Gabriel Concert June 16 https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-st-gabriel-concert-june-16/ https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-st-gabriel-concert-june-16/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:52:42 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ The Viva!Sistema kids from St Gabriel School, Point-St-Charles, will be performing alongside their fellow school-mates at the school’s End of Year Show.

It will take place at the School from 12:30pm.

Entry is free.

The Sistema kids will perform items they have been working on since December.

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-st-gabriel-concert-june-16/feed/ 0 Viva!Sistema Giant Steps Concert June 4 https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-giant-steps-concert-june-4/ https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-giant-steps-concert-june-4/#respond Mon, 26 May 2014 19:55:06 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ The kids of Giant Steps who have been taking part in the Viva!Sistema program since September will be performing songs, body percussion and instrumental items they have been working on during the year.

Entry is free.

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-giant-steps-concert-june-4/feed/ 0 Viva!Sistema Kahnawake Concert June 4 https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-kahnawake-concert-june-4/ https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-kahnawake-concert-june-4/#respond Wed, 14 May 2014 19:48:30 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ Viva!Sistema Kahnawake will be having its End of Year concert at the St. Francois Xavier church in Kahnawake on Wednesday June 4th at 6:30pm. Entry is free. Donations are accepted.

The Sistema kids will be performing all the choral, dramatic and instrumental items they have worked on since December.

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-kahnawake-concert-june-4/feed/ 0 FACE FIddlin’ Fiesta https://qmea-aemq.org/face-fiddlin-fiesta/ https://qmea-aemq.org/face-fiddlin-fiesta/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2014 23:57:45 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ [Read more...]]]> This coming Thursday, March 20, Viva!Sistema is planning another great event for the children of St Gabriel School and the Kahnawake Mohawk Schools: a Fiddling Fiesta.

The children will be assembling at the FACE School on University Ave. at 3:00pm for two hours of Fiddling Fun. There will be approximately 50 participants  from the two schools combined. They have been attending the after school music and social development program since September 2013. The program runs four days per week, 2 hours per day. They will be playing violins and cellos.

The QMEA and Viva!Sistema are pleased to be able to keep up this annual tradition.

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/face-fiddlin-fiesta/feed/ 0 Benefit Concert for Viva!Sistema https://qmea-aemq.org/benefit-concert-for-vivasistema/ https://qmea-aemq.org/benefit-concert-for-vivasistema/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:34:14 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ Benefit concert of I Medici di McGill for Viva!Sistema, February 28, 2014

Get more information from the I Medici official website.

Purchase Tickets Online here.

 

 

View the Flyer Here

I Medici McGill Benefit Concert – Viva!Sistema

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/benefit-concert-for-vivasistema/feed/ 0 Viva!Sistema Necklaces now available! https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-necklaces-now-available/ https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-necklaces-now-available/#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2013 17:37:04 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ [Read more...]]]> The perfect gift for any ocassion!
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Complete necklace

Naomi Garrett

Naomi Garrett

The Quebec Music Educators Association (QMEA) has teamed up with the Music Education Undergraduate Student Association of McGill (MEdUSA) to fundraise for their Viva!Sistema program in selling originally designed violin peg and bridge necklaces for this worthy cause.

Each necklace sold is hand-crafted and signed by violinist and craft designer Naomi Garrett , with proceeds going to the Viva!Sistema program to provide participating children with the opportunity to receive quality musical training , free of charge.

Necklace cost: $20.00 CAD each

Crafting

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Violin peg and bridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to purchase and collect your necklaces?

MEdUSA Office hours (E-106 McGill Music Building):

Monday 11:30-2:30
Tuesday 11:30-12:30
Wednesday 11:30-12:30, 3:00-4:00
Thursday 12:30-1:30, 2:45-3:45

Can’t get to the office at one of these times? Email [email protected] or [email protected] to set up a meeting time with a MEdUSA executive member to purchase your necklace!

 

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/vivasistema-necklaces-now-available/feed/ 0 Viva! Sistema 2013-2014 is taking Registrations Now! https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-2013-2014-is-taking-registrations-now/ https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-2013-2014-is-taking-registrations-now/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:52:59 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ The Viva! Sistema program is beginning its second year and is looking to further expand its community reach.

If you are interested, or if you know someone that may be interested in having their child participate, please print our flyer or send the website link.

Download the Sistema 2013-2014 Flyer

Sistema 2013-2014 Flyer

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-2013-2014-is-taking-registrations-now/feed/ 0 Viva! Sistema comes to the end of its First Year! https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-comes-to-the-end-of-its-first-year/ https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-comes-to-the-end-of-its-first-year/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:04:08 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ [Read more...]]]> The El Sistema inspired program, Viva! Sistema Montreal, comes to the end of its first year in Point St-Charles and Kahnawake.

Guided by Abreu’s promise of music, we put in place a community of children, teachers, tutors, composers, violin makers, administrators and parents, with music as the common bond. The program has been running at the St-Gabriel Elementary School and the Kahnawake Eductation Centre from Monday to Thursday for 2 hours after school at each of the locations.

The first year is scheduled to end with a public gathering, a lot more than a concert: it is a manifestation of Jose Antonio Abreu’s statement. Today we witness the power of music to “unite an entire community” and to feel the “solidarity, harmony, and mutual compassion” while listening to the children.

Location #1: St. Gabriel Elementary School, 600 Dublin, MontrealTime: 4:00pm
Entry: Free (monetary donations will be accepted)

Location #2: Turtle Island Theatre, Kahnawake
Time: 7:00pm
Entry: Free (monetary donations will be accepted)

“Music has to be recognized as an agent of social development in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values: solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. It (music) has the ability to unite an entire community, and to express sublime feelings” José Antonio Abreu, Founder of the el Sistema movement in Venezuela.

]]> https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-comes-to-the-end-of-its-first-year/feed/ 0 Video: El Sistema Program at St. Gabriel School https://qmea-aemq.org/el-sistema-program-at-st-gabriel-school/ https://qmea-aemq.org/el-sistema-program-at-st-gabriel-school/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:28:58 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ [Read more...]]]> Here is a video documentary published by the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) of the Viva! Sistema Motnreal program hosted by the Quebec Music Educators Association (QMEA).

In this documentary, the kids of St. Gabriel Elementary School in Point St Charles who participate in the program visit the FACE School to rehearse with the FACE Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Theodora Stathopoulos with assistance from tutors Gwenyth Epstein, Jenny Zhu, Kaia’tanoron Dumoulin Bush, Nicola Miller, Isadore Friedman and Program Manager Kerry Roebuck.

Also appearing in the video are the principal of St. Gabriel Elementary School – Jim Daskalakis, Governing Board Chair of St. Gabriel Elementary School – David Benoit, and composer/guitarist – Tim Brady

See the video of El Sistema Program at St. Gabriel School on Vimeo

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