EUTERPE: Music Is The Key publicly thanks the Ontario Trillium Foundation for having awarded Euterpe: Music Is The Key a substantial 3-year Grow Grant in 2020 to bring our invaluable music education performance programs to inner-city children in Toronto and Brampton.
On Monday evening April 22, 2024, MPP Peter Tabuns was at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto to congratulate Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s achievement of having been awarded a 3-year grow grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) in 2020 of the amount of $173,200.00 to deliver its inspiring music education performance programs to underserved schoolchildren in Toronto and Brampton. Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s invaluable programs are proven to empower children of all backgrounds.
Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s scientific study, which was conducted at over one-third of the schools for this project, reveals that virtually 100% of children in underserved schools are not exposed to the high level musical opportunities that Euterpe: Music Is The Key musicians introduce them to. Dr. Catherine Wilson commented: “The children are tremendously inspired by our programs, and some reach out asking for instruments.”
These children become part of Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s Music Mentorship Program and are given instruments and lessons at no charge to them or their families. Yamaha Canada Music Ltd gifts these children the instrument of their dream. Euterpe: Music Is The Key stays involved with these children and their families providing them with additional musical opportunities.
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12-year old Victoria joined Ensemble Vivant for the first piece of the concert performing the fugue in e minor by Antonio Vivaldi brilliantly.
On April 22, 2024 at The Arts and Letters Club, Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s flagship performance group Ensemble Vivant gave a beautiful concert following the thank you to the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Peter Tabuns, MPP for Toronto-Danforth with Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s Founder & Artistic Director, Dr. Catherine Wilson
Euterpe: Music is the Key Members – George Koller, Project Coordinator; Dr. Catherine Wilson, Founder & Artistic Director; Norman Hathaway, Strategic Advisor; Dr. Roger Sarty, President with honoured guest MPP Peter Tabuns; (photos by Linda Schettle)
Seated at the head table from L to R:
Mr. Abiodun (father of Victoria Abiodun); Dr. Roger Sarty, President of Euterpe: Music Is The Key; Carolyn Wilkins; Rick Wilkins, C.M., (honorary board member of Euterpe: Music Is The Key); Patricia Parr, C.M.; Dennis Kulesha, (Music Committee Member and Host of Arts and Letters Club); Grace Abiodun, (sister of Victoria Abiodun); Victoria Abiodun
Euterpe: Music Is The Key extends our deepest gratitude to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their support, without which thousands of inner-city schoolchildren in Toronto and Brampton would not have experienced Euterpe: Music Is The Key’s life-enhancing music-education performance programs.
This important achievement was featured in the prestigious online music news network Ludwig Van
