Experience the World of Music at UTS!
Full-day programming!
Daily lunch option!
Free extended care!
Try an instrument for the first time –
or build on your current skills.
Beginner to intermediate players welcome!
Work with UTS teachers and students.
March Break Music Program | $525
March 13, 2017 to March 17, 2017
About the Program
For students in grades 5 to 8, as of September 2016.
Experience the world of music at UTS! This program welcomes beginner to intermediate players who are encouraged to try an instrument for the first time, or build on their existing skills playing alongside UTS teachers and students. Students will have small group and ensemble opportunities and will enjoy unique offerings such as jam band and ukulele! This program offers students the freedom to explore. With elements of dance and theatre woven into the day, student have a full range of offerings to keep them engaged and entertained throughout the week.
Guest Musicians & Performers
Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone is a strong Indigenous woman who honours her hand drum teachings from her mom and the many Elders who have guided her on her journey. She crafts her circles with traditional, contemporary, and original hand drum music. Infusing teachings of her Anishnawbe heritage and continuous life lessons. Her circles are known to heal and open the heart to creating music purely for the joy of creating. Take a look at Aqua's website and get a taste for her original hand drum music from her album Hand Drum Stories. www.aquamusic.ca
Anthony M. Lee is an Asian Art dealer, consultant and educator working with museums, auction houses and universities. An alumnus of UTS class of ’86, he was originally immersed in the Taiko world in Japan 25 years ago and played for 8 years with Goryu Taiko, 6 years with Kaiju Daiko in Chicago, and established UTS Bakudan Daiko almost 10 years ago. His drumming is based heavily in the Tokyo O-Edo Sukeroku style, with many elements of Kodo and the modern tradition added in over the years.
Taiko is a Japanese traditional performing art, a rarity in Canadian schools, focusing on performance, movement and rhythm. It can be delicate and yet explosive in energy, the rhythms based on folk festivals and artistic philosophies. Even more challenging is that of all the music components presented, Taiko is one of the only ones that is completely based on an oral tradition - everything has to be memorized and nothing is written down. Body movement and natural rhythm replace sheet music. UTS has a decade-long tradition of Taiko drumming, and two groups from UTS have won Kiwanis Festival Platinum Awards.
Hand Drumming
Taiko Drumming
Ciara Adams is a performer and an arts educator with over 10 years of experience. A singer, song-writer, interdisciplinary artist and co-artistic director of bluemouth inc. Ciara is a graduate of Queen's University (BMus), the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Royal Conservatory of Music's Professional Artist Educator certification program. Facilitating self-expression and creative collaboration are key components of her approach to teaching.
In this session students use garageband on ipads to learn about popular song structure, how to use a chord progression, layer instrumentation, compose melody and write lyrics. Students will have the opportunity to share their work in the final concert.
Garageband Songwriting
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Registration Closes
Wednesday, March 8