QMEA – Quebec Music Educators Association https://qmea-aemq.org Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:38:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Registration Form Nuance Conference 2019 https://qmea-aemq.org/nuance-conference-2019/ https://qmea-aemq.org/nuance-conference-2019/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:25:49 +0000 https://qmea-aemq.org/ Please download the latest schedule and registration form!

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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.

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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

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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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Viva! Sistema – Music for Social Change: A QMEA/Aemq Initiative https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-music-for-social-change-a-qmeaaemq-initiative/ https://qmea-aemq.org/viva-sistema-music-for-social-change-a-qmeaaemq-initiative/#respond Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:36:52 +0000 http://www.qmea-aemq.org/ [Read more...]]]> El Sistema, a movement that uses musical group instruction as a mean to affect social change in children and youth, is implemented in two Quebec communities for the first time.

Music…has the power of forming the character and
should, therefore, be introduced into the
education of the young.” – Aristotle

On October 22, 2012, the Québec Music Educators Association/Association des éducateurs de musique du Québec (QMEA/Aemq) will launch the first El Sistema – inspired music program (Viva! Sistema), in two distinct school communities in Quebec.

In its first year, Viva! Sistema will provide 320 hours (10 hours/week) of after-school music education free of charge to elementary school students. Within three years, the program will have expanded and will include a regional “all-star” orchestra and choir.

The design of the program directly meets numerous social and educational objectives by providing young people with an opportunity for cultural  and artistic enrichment and serving as a direct solution to problems such as bullying and violence. By actively engaging youth and at-risk children in a daily, after-school, community-focused activity, Viva! Sistema will build an inclusive network through which these students may develop resiliency, social capital, and the sense of accomplishment that stems from hard work, both as individuals and as a collective.

About the El Sistema movement in music education

El Sistema presently provides opportunities for inclusion and growth through music participation to more than 500,000 young people, many of them otherwise disadvantaged, at over 205 centers or nucléos throughout Venezuela. The program is now being adopted as a model for similar music education initiatives in more than 25 countries worldwide, including Canada. At least ten Sistema-inspired programs currently exist in Canadian cities across the country

About QMEA/Aemq

The QMEA/Aemq, is a professional association that was established in 1939 in order to promote, support and develop music education programs across Quebec. It nurtures a vital music learning community and seeks to accomplish this vision by serving and connecting those interested in music education, including current and future music educators.

For more information: [email protected]

Kerry Roebuck: 514‐261‐3365
Viva! Sistema Program Manager

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