SUMMER 2010, VOLUME 14www.queensu.ca/music

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

For almost forty years, students, faculty and staff have hopedfor their own performance venue, but never dreamed of aPerforming Arts Centre to be located on the shore of LakeOntario on one of Kingston and Ontario’s oldest heritage sites.

Now we look forward to a centre where music students willbe able to perform ensemble concerts, juries and recital exami-nations in a dedicated space. In addition, there will be thepotential for music students to interact more closely with film,art and drama students, as well as groups from the Kingstoncommunity – all creating alongside each other!

The reality of such a wonderful addition to Queen’sUniversity came about initially on May 13, 2009 when federaland provincial governments announced the matched commit-ment of $30M towards this $63M project. In addition to thelead gift of $18M from Drs. Isabel and Alfred Bader, theUniversity would undertake the remaining fundraising.

On October 1, 2009, Queen’s benefactors Drs. Isabel andAlfred Bader were honoured participants at the official ground

breaking ceremony of the Isabel Bader Centre for the

Performing Arts. Chilly temperatures had no effect on theover 250 people who attended the event, as hearts werewarmed by the fact that a Performing Arts Centre wouldsoon become a reality. The Isabel Bader Centre for thePerforming Arts will include:• A 560-seat Concert Hall with a drop down screen for filmpresentations• Sound studio and recording facilities for local and nation-al recording • Large public lobby with café on the waterfront for stu-dents and the community• Climate controlled public Art Gallery• 100-seat studio theatre, offering maximum configurationflexibility for student and community use• 90-seat Film Screening room• A multi-purpose Rehearsal Hall

Name that Tune Winner: Andrea Lawn, BMus ’83

correctly recognized the Wedding March fromMendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Don’t forget our new contest – entries are due: Sept. 1/10. Please send entries to sr14@queensu.ca

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• Teaching and performance space for the School of Musicand the Departments of Drama, Film and Media, and Art aswell as operating space for the Queen’s Performing ArtsOffice.

Queen’s University is greatly honoured to have been therecipient of many generous gifts and donations from theBader family. Now thanks to Dr. Isabel Bader’s love of thearts, this $63 million dollar project will soon be a reality.With only a few hundred thousand to go in fundraising,Queen’s is looking forward to preparing the site for start ofconstruction in 2011.

For further information on how you can help reach thebuilding goal, please contact Beth McCarthy 1-800-267-7837or beth.mccarthy@queensu.ca and help us realize the dream.

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Queen’s continued the “Homecoming” tradition with ReunionWeekend on May 28, 29, 30, 2010. The School of Music wasvery proud to feature our three Juno Award Winners at a display table where composer/performer CD’s were exhibitedalso.

Also this year, BMus ’79 alumni Brad Mills, Bruce Cowelland Andrew Olscher organized their 30-year reunion to coincide with the Showcase Performance on October 16,2009. To make the evening extra special, alumni were pre-sented with complimentary tickets and preferred seating inGrant Hall. The performance reminded them of years gone byand it was quite an emotional evening. On Saturday morning,Alumni attended a small reception in Harrison-LeCaine Halland had an opportunity to view concept drawings of the planned Isabel Bader Performing Arts Centre. Later, some faculty members and Shirley Roth joined alumni for dinner at a local restaurant.

Kathryn (McDermott) Edmondson BMus ’80 has volun-teered to organize the 30-year reunion the weekend of October15, 2010. We look forward to a large turnout for this event.Kathryn may be contacted at: Kedmondson@sympatico.ca

Would you like to organize an alumni get-together?Since the Showcase performance features all of thelarge ensembles performing on one evening, it is awonderful time to schedule an alumni get-together.

1. If you would like to organize a get-together withmembers of your graduating class, you are more thanwelcome to do the following: contact Shirley Roth atsr14@queensu.ca to find out when we have scheduledthe Showcase performance for the next year, and provide her with your graduating year. She will thenprovide you with a contact name from the Queen’sAlumni Office.

2. Queen’s Alumni Office would be happy to send outa confidential letter from you (in fact we now have adraft letter in our office) to everyone in your class.Once your classmates receive the letter – it will be upto them to get back to you.

3. The School of Music will be happy to: (a) arrange for complimentary seating in Grant Hall forthe Showcase performance, (b) organize a small reception on the Saturday morn-ing in Harrison-LeCaine Hall, and (c) make reservations for dinner at a local restaurant.

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Homecoming and Alumni Get-Together

Isabel and Alfred Bader with Michael Ceci, AMS President, in background

Left to right: Shirley Roth, Alistair McLean, Ireneus Zuk, Beth McCarthy

October get-together for BMus, class of ’79

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With rising operating expenses and diminishing federal andprovincial funding, many Canadian universities are strug-gling to maintain quality programs. Several units at Queen’sincluding our School have benefited from generous donorsupport from other sources. We feel particularly fortunate tohave received the following:

“A Night In Vienna”In addition to profits from the show, we received donationsfrom faculty, alumni, staff, students and members of the com-munity. All these have gone towards Operating Expenses tohelp us continue offering a high quality program. It is remark-able and heartening for us that the current BMus student whowon the 50/50 draw held at this event donated his cash prizein support of the music program.

Current Music StudentsIn April 2010, the DSC presented a cheque for the amount of$1,000.00 to the School of Music in support of our program.

Faculty Artist SeriesMrs. Margaret Farr, a member of the Kingston community, hasdonated generously to our Faculty Artist Series over the years.We could not continue this series without her sponsorship.

Chamber MusicThe coaching of chamber ensembles has been assured throughthe support of a generous donor who prefers to remain anony-mous.

Dr. Isabel BaderDr. Bader has provided a substantial sum to offset our budgetcut. As a result of her gracious gift, we have been able to avoidcutting some courses in 2010/11.

PerformanceIn May 2010, at the home of Adam and Carolyn Barker-Mill inLondon, England, there was a celebration of the electronicmusic work Virtual Focus by David Tudor, in a version com-missioned from Tudor in 1990 by the Barker-Mills. Facultymember Matt Rogalsky performed using Tudor’s complextable of electronic devices, in part creating sounds by bounc-ing radar and sonar waves off hanging metal sculptures byJacqueline Matisse Monnier. In lieu of a performer’s fee, theBarker-Mill Charitable Trust made a substantial contributionto the School of Music.

Instrument DonationMr. Gordon Hendren and family have donated a beautifullyrestored six foot parlour grand piano to the School of Music.The piano was manufactured by Heintzman & Sons inToronto in 1929. It is truly a treasure and we appreciate theHendrens’ decision to donate it to Queen’s School of Music,allowing the next generation of talented musicians to practiceand perform on this beautiful instrument.

Advertising PartnershipsWe are grateful for the ongoing support of The KingstonWhig-Standard for sponsoring our Winter Concert Seriesadvertisement, as well as to the Four Seasons Sheraton Hoteland the Belvedere Hotel for providing accommodation forsome of our artists.

Financial Update

HOW YOU CAN HELPMusic has unique and expensive requirements, such as individual lessons, instruments and electronic equipmentand their maintenance. The following are some areas youmay consider assisting:

Concert SupportAn individual or corporate donor could fund a performance.The amount would vary depending on which particular ensem-ble would perform. For example, the cost of moving instru-ments and equipment, tuning pianos and setting up choral risers for the Showcase Performance in 2009 was about $1,600.

Choral and Orchestral ScoresThe cost of an individual choral score ranges from $3 to $25.Choral scores are kept in the Queen’s Music Library and areavailable on loan to individuals and choirs all over Canada – so a donation of choral scores benefits both the School ofMusic and the Queen’s Music Library. The cost of orchestralscores with parts (which are stored in the performance library)can be much higher. Donations of orchestral scores wouldallow ensembles to explore new repertoire.

Instrument DonationsThe 180 course series (Techniques) has been revamped toenable students to study more than one instrument, and thecourse now includes some conducting instruction. Due to higher demand, we may experience some instrument shortagesin woodwinds and brass. If you have an instrument that youwould like to donate to Queen’s, a tax receipt can be issuedwhen: (a) the instrument has been valued by a qualifiedappraiser (at the donor’s expense), and (b) the instrument hasbeen received by the university. Due to budget restrictions, we are unable to pay for the transportation of donated instru-ments.

Individual Applied LessonsA donor may choose to fund applied instruction. Annual costfor one student is approximately $1,500.

CoursesOther units at Queen’s University, e.g. the School ofEconomics, have courses funded by parties outside the univer-sity. You may choose to fund a specific course. Annual costvaries from $8,700 – $10,000.

“A Night In Vienna”Any contribution to assist with Operating Expenses can bemade by donating to “A Night In Vienna”. We are equally grate-ful for small and large donations. You can either send a chequeor donate on-line by following the instructions below.

DONATING CAN BE QUICK AND EASY VIA THE WEB1 Go to the Queen’s School of Music website at: www.queensmusic.ca/music

2 On the home page – click the button “Make Your Gift Now”

3 On the donation page – click “A Night In Vienna” and com-plete your information or you can send a cheque payable toQueen’s University School of Music, Harrison-LeCaine Hall, 39 Bader Lane, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6.

If you would like to speak with an individual at the School ofMusic regarding a donation, please don’t hesitate to call (613)533-2066 (ask for: Dr. Margaret Walker or Dr. Ireneus Zuk).

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Lena Ma’s visiting card could now read as follows: Bachelorof Life Sciences (Queen’s University), ARCT Voice(Performance), Miss World Canada 2009. Last March, Lenawon the Miss World Canada title, and went on to the MissWorld competition held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Avocal performance student of Dianne Baird, Lena was first in the talent competition (singing O Mio Babbino Caro), and5th overall among representatives from 112 countries. As thetalent competition winner she had the opportunity to sing toa live audience of 3,800 people, plus over one billion TVviewers worldwide. Here is a clip from her Miss World 2009Winning Performance: http://picasaweb.google.com/missworldcanada/2009MissWorldCompetition

On June 11th we were pleased to welcome Sandra Davison,BMus’85 and her KCVI music students to Harrison-LeCaineHall. The music building at Queen’s provided a differentvenue for their recitals and a great opportunity to visit theuniversity.

In Fall 2010, we will be looking into how you can bringstudents to the School of Music at Queen’s for workshopsand other activities – so stay tuned. Please note that Queen’sCampus Tours can be arranged in advance by calling: (613) 533-2217.

Miss World Canada 2009

Supreme Court of Canada Justice, ThomasCromwell (music alumni may know him as Tom Cromwell, BMus’73), received anHonorary Laws Degree during Queen’sLaw Convocation on Friday, June 11, 2010.

His address to law school graduatesfocused not only on law, but also how

classical music composer Johann Sebastian Bach’s passion andresilience never wavered – no matter what the task. Bach,arguably the greatest musical genius of his time, was dedicatedto improving his craft despite many set-backs.

Cromwell also talked about how Bach’s enormous talent didnot stop him from seeking out mentors, from voraciously study-ing the works of other composers and, perhaps most important-ly, from continuous self-improvement and self-criticism.

Honorary Degree

School Visits to Queen’s Music

In Memory of F.R.C. Clarke

One of the most prominent and influential musicians inKingston, F.R.C. Clarke passed away in November (2009).Fred, as he was commonly known, was a brilliant organist,composer and conductor. During his distinguished career heserved over 40 years as organist at Sydenham Street UnitedChurch, and a further ten as organist emeritus. At Queen’s hewas Professor Emeritus following many years of teaching and10 years as Head (Director) of the Department (School) ofMusic. F.R.C. Clarke wrote a definitive biography of histeacher, Healey Willan, and also completed and orchestrateda number of works by this influential composer. Fred’s numer-ous compositions in the English traditions show a soundgrasp of harmony and form and are imbued with melody ashe preferred music “which has a tune.” He wrote mainlychoral music but also orchestral and keyboard works. He waschair of the music subcommittee for The Hymn Book of theAnglican and United Churches, to which he also contributed a number of original tunes and many arrangements.

This fall, the School of Music will join Sydenham StreetUnited Church in a celebration of Fred’s life in music, on Sunday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m. Since this is theweekend when music grads are planning a reunion, we hope to see many alumni who benefited from hisinstruction at this special Memorial event.

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Earlier this year, MUSC 255 students with sponsorshipfrom Coffeeco were able to present their recorded electro-acoustic compositions to everyone who came in for a cof-fee. David Alberto, BMus ’12 remarked “It was a differentatmosphere than playing in Harrison-LeCaine Hall at aMOSAIC concert, because Coffeeco is in a public settingand not part of the university. Also, it made it an interest-ing experience to have people coming in at random andhearing the pieces.” The works are still streamed at:http://giss.tv:8000/ems.mp3

Coffee Shop Compositions

Concerto Aria Competition

The 2010 Concerto Aria Competition winner was MollyLuhta (middle), who will have an opportunity to performwith the Kingston Symphony Orchestra later on this year.The first runner-up was shared by Saki Uchida (left) andCaitlin Barton (right).

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A Night in ViennaOn February 12th and 13th, 2010, students, faculty and alum-ni presented “A Night In Vienna” in Grant Hall. Produced byBruce Kelly with the Symphony Orchestra directed byGordon Craig and members of Choral Ensemble directed byKaren Frederickson, this year’s performances offered some-thing unique. In addition to our extremely talented studentperformers, tenor Tim Stiff (BMus’85) and School of Musicinstructors, Elizabeth McDonald (voice), Bruce Kelly (voice)and Dina Namer (piano) performed both evenings.

FridayThis was a first for technology, as Matt Rogalsky streamedthe Kingston performance for alumni to watch live on theircomputers. While many watched in North America we hadreports that some viewed the performance also in Europe.We were honoured to have Principal and Vice-ChancellorDaniel Woolf and his wife Julie attend on that evening aswell as a number of senior university administrators, some

of whom had been preparing by taking Viennese Waltz lessons through the fall.

Saturday There was a real surprise when Bruce Kelly approached one of the tables and celebrated baritone Matthew Zadow, anotherQueen’s alumnus, jumped up and burst into song. Matthewwho was on tour at the time, was delighted to perform along-side Bruce Kelly, his mentor and former teacher.

For music students, this type of event is a tremendous per-formance opportunity, and it is only through participating in large-scale performances like “A Night In Vienna” that oneacquires the experience in matters such as timing, logistics and dealing with the unexpected, which are unique to any production.

We are grateful to everyone who donated their talent, their time and their hearts and also to The Kingston Whig-Standard and Four Points by Sheraton for their support.

String Area News

Congratulations to Emily Miller, violin, Tianping Chen, vio-lin, Jandei Kim, viola, and Allegra Courtright, cello, coachedby String Coordinator Karma Tomm, who won the Schoolof Music Chamber Music Prize for their performance of thegripping Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8. In the currentyear, violin students had an opportunity to perform in amaster class given by Kingston native Emma Banfield, vio-linist in the San Augustin duo. It was a pleasure to welcomeEmma back to Kingston and hear her perform with the duo.

String faculty had a busy year of teaching, performingand adjudicating across the country. String instructors,Gisèle Dalbec-Szczesniak and Eileen Beaudette, weresoloists with the KSA in the premiere of a new work byGreg Runions. Guitar instructor Jeff Hanlon will be adjudi-cating the guitar division at the National Kiwanis MusicFestival in the summer of 2010. Cellist Wolf Tormann con-tinues to perform frequently with the National Arts CentreOrchestra in Ottawa.

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This is the last time I will be sending you greetings fromthe director’s chair. It has been a great privilege to servethe School of Music as Acting Director for the last twoyears and to help navigate it through turbulent financialwaters. No doubt you have heard about the serious chal-lenges faced by our educational institutions. Due to lackof increases in funding and ever-growing expenditures bythe university, many units at Queen’s, including theSchool of Music, have had their operating budgetsreduced substantially. This has made it very difficult tomaintain a high quality program for our students. I wouldlike to believe that we managed to preserve the essentialaspects of our degree, but I will not pretend that it hasbeen easy. Were it not for several generous donors andfund-raising events, such as the popular “Night-in-Vienna,” we would be in an even more difficult position.Elsewhere in this newsletter, you can find some sugges-tions about how you could become engaged in support-ing the School from which you graduated. And, if youfeel moved to write a letter to us or to the Faculty office,it would be greatly appreciated.

In spite of our financial difficulties, there were alsomany positive aspects – matters about which we can feelgood: the on-going Faculty Artist Series, so generouslysupported by Mrs. Margaret Farr, the sixth (2009) andseventh (2010) edition of PianoFest which brought bothCanadian and international artists and scholars to per-form recitals and give master classes for our students, theColloquium series with a variety of interesting events.We are very proud of Marjan Mozetich’s Juno Award(Best Classical Composition) – the second year in a rowthat a Queen’s composer won this distinction. John Burgewon last year and you will remember that Istvan Anhaltwon the Juno in 2005 – certainly a remarkable record forany school! And at Convocation time, we celebrated thebestowing of an honorary degree on alumnus TomCromwell, BMus’73, who was named to the SupremeCourt last year, but still fondly speaks of his days as amusic student at Queen’s.

In addition we look forward to a Performing Arts com-plex with performance, teaching and exhibition space forthe arts department (see Isabel Bader PAC on page 1).

This summer we welcome our new Director, Dr.Margaret Walker, an ethnomusicologist specializing inIndian dance and music. I will be returning to teaching,but I will also continue as Associate Director.

Please feel free to write or call at any time and toupdate us on your activities. I look forward to seeingthose of you who will be coming to the music gatheringin the fall (see details on page 2).

With my sincere greetings,

Ireneus ZukActing Director

Letter from Ireneus ZukWe were excited to learn that Kip Pegley from the Schoolof Music was one of three professors from Queen’s nomi-nated for Best Lecturer in TVO’s yearly competition. If youwould like to read more about Kip Pegley, or actually viewher lecture submission, don’t hesitate to google TVO BestLecturer. For an in-depth article regarding all nominationsfrom Queen’s University, you can go to the Queen’s website and view the Queen’s Journal article dated Friday,January 29, 2010.

TVO Best Lecturer Competition

With enthusiastic input from BMusstudents, the recipient of the 2010School of Music Teaching Awardwas Theory instructor StephanieLind. Teaching a combination ofcore and advanced elective theorycourses, she has interacted withmost students in the BMus program.Lind commented: “I certainly ask alot of my students, and they repeat-

edly have lived up to my expectations. I love my job, in nosmall part because our students make it enjoyable for me tocome in each day to teach.” Students noted that Lind’sapproach made them “love theory!”

Teaching Award

The large scale organization of the music history and litera-ture curriculum ranges from introductory surveys to inten-sive studies in the historical periods of Western Art Music,popular music, ethnomusicology, and world music. Thisyear, in addition to our intensive core courses, students atthe School of Music could take part in specialized upper-level seminars in ethnomusicology research issues, the history of the mass, popular music and gender, Beethoven,and Machaut. Non-music students were also welcomed toour large breadth courses including World Musics and TheSocial History of Popular Music, courses that are in constanthigh demand.

Our variety of courses reflects the active diversity of ourhistory and culture professors. The early music instrumentcollection, under the care of Olga Malyshko, remains a stunning addition to the School of Music and ranges fromrecorders, cornetti, crumhorns and shawms to sackbuts, viols and harpsichords. Clara Marvin has continued her valuable work as Chair of Undergraduate Studies this pastyear, while Associate Dean Gordon Smith’s latest book (co-edited with Robin Elliot of University of Toronto) Musical Traditions, Cultures and Contexts in honour of formerQueen’s musicology professor Beverly Diamond waslaunched this year at CSTM in Regina. We are also still glowing from the publication last year of Kip Pegley’s bookComing to Wherever You Are. Exciting plans for next year’sguest lectures and colloquium presentations are in progress.

History in Review

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2010 was an eventful year for the Composition and Theoryarea. Marjan Mozetich, a composition instructor at Queen’ssince 1991, received the 2010 Juno Award for “Best CanadianClassical Composition.” The award recognizes Mozetich’swork, “Lament in the Trampled Garden” and released on aCentrediscs label CD devoted entirely to some of Marjan’schamber music. More information on the Mozetich Junoaward is on the Juno site under Classical Composition of theYear. http://junoawards.ca/nominees/

It is truly remarkable that THREE composers fromQueen’s University have been awarded Juno Awards for“Best Classical Composition,”Istvan Anhalt, The Tents of Abraham, 2005John Burge, Flanders Fields Reflections, 2009Marjan Mozetich, Lament in a Trampled Garden, 2010

This past fall, composer and writer, Alvin Lucier, fromWesleyan University, visited Kingston. In addition to pre-senting lectures on his own music and philosophy, heworked with many of our composition classes and students.Concert presentations of Lucier’s music were scheduled inconjunction with the Tone-Deaf Festival – all organized byMatt Rogalsky.

Over the past few years the School of Music has beenfortunate to have some talented music theorists on faculty.One of these professors, Stephanie Lind, was awarded theSchool of Music’s 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award (seepage 6). Michael Chikinda recently accepted a tenure-trackposition at the University of Utah. We wish Michael muchsuccess as he begins working in the United States.

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Pianofest – Op.7Now a treasured tradition, the 2010 edition of the Queen’s University pianofestival – PianoFest, opus 7 – presentedfour outstanding pianists in recitals, lectures and master classes.

One of the most established and in-demand pianists both in Canada and

abroad, Jane Coop (pictured) opened the festival followedsoon after by one of Canada’s young rising stars, theaward-winning Angela Park.

International visitors in the current year were RoyHowat from the UK, internationally renowned both as apianist and a scholar, and Diane Andersen, who belongsto the great Austro-Hungarian piano school and has beendubbed, “the Grand Dame of the Belgian Piano School.”

The School of Music is grateful for generous fundingfrom the George Taylor Richardson Fund, theInternational Visitors Program (Principal’s DevelopmentFund) and the Visiting Scholar Program, Faculty of Artsand Science as well as the Belvedere Hotel.

A very exciting year for the Faculty Artist Series began inNovember with Majestic Music for Brass and Piano featuringChantal Brunette (trombone), Neil Spaulding (French horn),Dan Tremblay (trumpet) and Tom Davidson (piano).

In January we presented Bach and Beyond featuringDonelda Gartshore (flute), Dina Namer (piano and harpsi-chord), and cellist Joan Harrison. The March performance,Sensational Saxophones featured Peter Freeman (alto saxo-phone), Kim Dooley Freeman (Baritone saxophone) and TomDavidson (piano). The additional performance featuredSinfonia Toronto under the direction of Nurhan Arman whoplayed compositions by Juno winners John Burge and MarjanMozetich.

Faculty Artist Series

Chantal BrunetteDan Tremblay

Neil Spaulding

Dina Namer

Joan Harrison

Peter Freeman

Donelda Gartshore

Kim Dooley Freeman

Tom Davidson

The Cantabile Choirs and Artistic Director, Mark Sirett,Queen’s BMus’76, were recognized by the Association ofCanadian Choral Communities. The opening concert of thechoir’s 2009-10 season, “Brown Eagle, Black Raven” wasnamed “Outstanding Choral Event.” Additional informationplease go to: cantabile.kingston.net

Cantabile Choir wins National Award

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Conservatory of Music

The Queen’s Conservatory of Music is a thriving organizationfor community music activity in Harrison-LeCaine Hall. Now inits third year of operation, course offerings have expanded toinclude a new 25-member Cello Orchestra, directed by WolfTormann and assisted by volunteers from the Kingston Sym -phony cello section (photo below). The emergence of this largeensemble has been exciting, and its first performance tookplace in June.

The Conservatory is pleased to announce the launch of the

Queen’s Conservatory of Music Awards for Youth for Fall 2010.This scholarship fund, established by a very generous donorfrom the QCM community, will assist young students in fur-thering their music education. We look forward to expandingthis fund in the years to come.

More information about QCM activities is available at:http://www.queensu.ca/qcm

If you are in Kingston, feel free to drop by to see what weare all about.

QUSMEA (Queen’s University Student Music EducatorsAssociation), lead by student co-chairs Dana Levette andElissa Kent, continued to provide music students with activi-ties and workshops focusing on music education. Two majoractivities this year:

Student Trip to OMEA Conference – (November, 2009)Funding by the Limestone Learning Foundation made possiblethe purchase of ukuleles and a trip to Toronto for a group ofGrade 6 students from First Avenue Public School in Kingston.Queen’s students from MUSC 332 (Music in Early

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Adolescence) were able to first teach these young studentshow to play the instruments, then all travelled to and partici-pated in the conference. This exciting partnership with FirstAvenue School continued through action research projects for MUSC 438 (Music Education Seminar) in the Winter term.

Music Program – Boys and Girls ClubThe development of a music program for children ages 6-9 atthe Boys and Girls Club of Kingston provided musical activi-ties to very eager young people, including learning songs andexploring percussion instruments, recorders and ukuleles.

MUSC 336 (Music in Early Child and Primary Education)students had a 6-week placement in 8 LDSB schools and 3ALCDSB schools with a total of 18 classrooms. They werealso happy to have a short experience in the Queen’s Daycareand hope to continue this association in an expanded way inthe future.

Our other partnership, the Symphony EducationPartnership, had the good fortune to experience the FebruaryKSA concerts in the Grand Theatre, and hopes to continue touse this venue next year.