top of page
This site was designed with the
.com
website builder. Create your website today.Start Now

 

esme festival letter 2019

 

Dear Music Colleagues,

 

esme (expanding success in music education) is pleased to invite you to participate in our sixth annual non-competitive music festival.

 

This event, which will be held on Thursday, February 28th and Friday, March 1st of 2019, is open to all school boards and all varieties of musical ensembles.

 

Both days will include two half day sessions (morning and afternoon) at CW Jefferys CI (340 Sentinel Rd, Toronto, ON), during which larger groups will perform for one another and work with a special guest artist.

 

Often, in order to engage all of our students, we find ourselves teaching classes or running extra-curricular groups with very non-traditional instrumentation, structure, or repertoire which can make it difficult to find performance opportunities for our students.  It is our hope that this festival will give your school a chance to showcase different groupings and/or styles of musical programming, including, but certainly not limited to, rock band, improvisation, hip-hop, DJ-ing, composition/arranging, sound exploration, rap, and unique instrumentation.  

 

Participating in this festival, students will have a chance to perform for their peers, hear other student music, and receive meaningful feedback in a very supportive environment.

Each half day session will end with a familiar tune that all groups can play together.  

 

Schedules

28th - am session - 9 check in/set-up, 9:30-11:30 performances

pm session  - 12 check in/set-up, 12:30 - 2:30 performances

1st - am session - 9 check in/set-up, 9:30-11:30 performances

pm session  - 12 check in/set-up, 12:30 - 2:30 performances

 

Finally, we would also like to keep this festival very student focused.  For this reason, we ask that each ensemble assign a student mc to briefly introduce/speak on behalf of their group.

 

To register for this festival:

  • Complete the online registration form (one per group) by December 7th, 2018.

https://goo.gl/forms/3m7XCdjRvrF6suIn2

  • After receiving notice of acceptance - Send a cheque* ($50 dollars per performing group) info for cheque to follow with acceptance letters

 

* All money collected will go directly to our guest artists/adjudicators.

 

If you have any questions, please email doug.friesen@gmail.com or kayla.garrett@tdsb.on.ca.

 

Sincerely,

esme

bottom of page