HELPING KIDS SUCCEED THROUGH MUSIC
Ifeoma, e arly childhood music
Since 1999, kids from high-risk neighbourhoods have studied music with Regent Park School of Music. Thanks to our most generous friends this year 1,000 kids across Toronto are now thriving through music.
RPSM students are unique, and our goal is two-fold: to give them a quality music education and to help them succeed. Inspiring them, engaging them and giving them a sense of accomplishment, belonging and choice is uppermost in the minds of our 80 music faculty working across Toronto. Unlike any other music school in the city, our students can choose from a dizzying array of private, ensemble, and small and large group music lessons and are offered once-in-a-lifetime performance opportunities, to help them develop all the right skills and traits to shine in everything they do.
Something magical is happening here at RPSM - on stage the kids are learning to sing, play and perform, while backstage we are building their character, confidence and self-esteem. Year after year we watch our students grow, flourish, graduate high school and go on to college and university – all with our secret weapon: MUSIC.
We are so grateful to you for investing in these remarkable children and for making Toronto a better place. Thank you.
RICHARD MARSELLA Executive Director Regent Park School of Music
MARTIN ABEL Chair, Board of Directors Regent Park School of Music
in REGENT PARK
JANE & FINCH PARKDALE
and other high priority neighbourhoods
Piano Violin CREATIVITY Classical Guitar TRUMPET Flute CELLO HARP Saxophone VOICE PURPOSE CHOIR Steel Pan
BUCKET DRUMMING iPad Percussion TEAMWORK Recorder RESILIENCE Hand Chimes MELODICA Electric Guitar Turntable
Nonsense Orchestra Clarinet LEADERSHIP Song Writing Ukulele CURIOSITY Early Childhood Music
Fiddle THEORY PERSEVERANCE LIFE SKILLS Music Ear Training Composition
TABLA HISTORY Harmony GRIT Found Sound
OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING
Osborn, e arly childhood music
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
500 STUDENTS
in Regent Park learned everything from classical music to sound engineering,
performing in over 70 events and sailing through over 80
Royal Conservatory of Music exams
200 STUDENTS
in Jane & Finch took part in a year-long musical adventure, complete with summer camps
thanks to the incredible Carswell Family
1,000 STUDENTSfound joy in over 40,000 hours
of music education
Josh, choir & piano Jess, recorder/melodica Aleen – sa xophone & piano
52 STUDENTS
explored music in our pilot projects for children with
special needs and youth in refugee shelters and youth
justice programs
141 STUDENTS
at First Nations School of Toronto (every child in the
school) continued to take weekly music lessons with
RPSM faculty
107 STUDENTS
in Parkdale took music, right alongside Nai, the
Syrian Children’s Refugee Choir under RPSM’s
musical direction
12 STUDENTS
graduated . . . all bound for college
& universit y
Eugenie – violin
OUR INCREDIBLE 2017 RPSM GRADUATES
12 STUDENTS
are graduating from RPSM this year and
all of them are university & college bound.
Here are 8 of them. We are so proud of them. Thank you
for investing in their lives and future.
Zuhab computer science, uoft
Avril nursing, western
Catherine life sciences, uoft
Fatou life sciences, uoft
Michael business management, ryerson
plus (not in the photo):
Cindy, Engineering, UofT Jackson, Kinesiology, McGill
Piaras, Fashion, Ryerson Rachelle, Graphic Design, George Brown
Tamoyah criminology, windsor
Tamla music, western
Isabel accounting & finance,
waterloo
$500,000+
Carswell Family Foundation
$100,000–$200,000
The Ralph M. Barford Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
Sun Life Financial Anonymous
$25,000–$49,999Peter Gilgan Foundation
Charles H. Ivey FoundationLinda Javorski
Manulife
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
ScotiabankDale Varney
The Ward FamilyWilliam R. Waters
R. Howard Webster Foundation
$10,000–$24,999J.P. Bickell Foundation
Martin BlakeAaron Brock Foundation
The Buchan Family FoundationBurgundy Asset Management Ltd
Cadillac FairviewCIBC Children’s Foundation
Wanda & Mark CowieDonner Canadian Foundation
East Harbour, First Gulf Corp and Colliers InternationalThe Evershed FamilyFigLeaf and Friends
Penny Fine & Hugh Furneaux
The Giving Tree Foundation of Canada
Katja B. Goldman & Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
Harbinger*Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation
David & Elizabeth HowardThe Kololian Foundation
Labatt Breweries of CanadaListen Communications*
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
The Minstrel FoundationPeter Naylor
Ontario Arts Council
Jane OrtonProvince of Ontario, Ontario 150
GrantRBC Foundation
Barrie D. Rose, Karen Solomon & Family
The Conn Smythe FoundationTD Bank Group
TELUSTippet Foundation
Toronto Arts CouncilToronto Foundation
Julian Vardy’s CEOL KIDSAnonymous (2)
THANK YOU FROM ALL THE KIDS AT RPSM
We are pleased to recognize the following
individuals and organizations for their generous gift, current
pledge, third party event and sponsorship of $1,000
or more, over the past fiscal year (July 1, 2016 to
June 30, 2017).
* In-kind donations of $20,000+. We strive for accuracy in our listings. Please contact us to let us know of any errors or omissions. Margarita, piano
$5,000–$9,999Martin Abel & Kathleen FlynnBitove FoundationS.M. Blair Family FoundationMichael & Catherine BradleyCarpenters and Allied Workers
Local 27Choir! Choir! Choir!Earlaine CollinsDuboc Family Foundation at Toronto
FoundationElement Fleet Management The Mariano Elia Foundation
Judith Hinchman & Patrick GarverHUBIvest PropertiesJJR Private CapitalKensington CapitalMcCarthy Tétrault FoundationJohn McGowanThe McLean FoundationJudith & Clinton MillerNEI InvestmentsE&G Odette FoundationJoe & Lucie Pal
Pioneering Technology Corporation Q107The Racioppo Family FoundationDavid & Jennifer SmithThe St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation
and the Christina Mary Hendrie TrustSterling Achievement Fund at Toronto
FoundationGary & Louise SugarThe Sumach by ChartwellThe WB Family FoundationAnonymous (2)
$1,000–$4,999Linda & Magid AbrahamAlberto AcostaDavid AllenThe Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
FoundationNancy AustinAventine Asset Management BK’s Hootenany Andrew & Ann BrownLise BuissonThe Lloyd Carr-Harris FoundationDavid & Valerie ChristieMitchell CohenGerald ConnorMarsha CoppD’Addario FoundationJ.S. DarvilleBrad & Gigi DooresThe Duke Ellington SocietyGordon DuMaresqRod & Rebecca FallowAbraham & Marcy FishTom GallagherGive a JamPatricia GouinlockGreenwin Inc.Guild Electric Charitable FoundationNiall & Katherine HaggartChris Hatley & Lindy Cowan
Heathbridge Capital Management The Howitt/Dunbar FoundationMarvin Israelow & Dorian GoldmanJackman FoundationJAZZ.FM91Kingsway-Lambton United Church
WomenThe Kiwanis Club of Toronto FoundationDonald & Karen LangKaren & Fred Leitner (Bernard
& Norton Wolf Family Foundation)The Leonard FoundationVicki LoftusMarion MacKenzieMorton Mandelbaum FoundationMaybank Friesen FamilyMondelēz InternationalAlice J. MorganBill Morneau & Nancy McCainnewchoirJohn & Maire PercyAlex PettesPUPtheband Rochon Genova LLPRoy Russell Memorial FundSamuel, Son & Co., LimitedSiriusXMMarsha SlivkaJames & Leslie Snell
Steve and Sally Stavro Family FoundationStellar CitizensCathy StreutkerStephen Douglas SwordChris TaylorDennis TmejJohn H. WalkerWebb Family FoundationThe Henry White Kinnear FoundationJane WilliamsonCharles & Marilyn WrightYES YES Y’ALL + DUDEBOXAnonymous (6)
WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY
“Regent Park School of Music has been home to some of my most cherished memories. Studying voice, violin and music theory has affirmed by lifelong passion for music, helped me gain confidence and satisfied my thirst for knowledge.” – CINDY
“I am honoured and happy to have spent my youth with such inspiring teachers here at Regent Park School of Music. Thank you for supporting something extremely essential in my life: music.” – ELIZABETH
“RPSM has brought me happiness and has granted me insight on the value of hard-work and dedication to succeed beyond expectations.” – ZUHAB
“Regent Park School of Music is an amazing place to grow to be the best that you can be and it opens many doors for the future.” – HOLLY
Melissa, choir and voice
2017 Audited financial statements are available upon request. Just call 416.364.8900.
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
Thanks to our great friends, we raised $1,460,000 to give 1,000 young people music this year
PRIVATE FUNDING Contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations are vital to give children music year after year and help them succeed.
64%
CRESCENDO 2017 Presented by Manulife and led by Sharon Hudson and Sherry Evershed, our amazing CRESCENDO 2017 Co-Chairs.
20%
6% TUITION FEES Students’ families pay as little as $1 a lesson & PERFORMANCE HONORARIA students performed at over 70 events.
GOVERNMENT6%FRIENDS ORGANIZING EVENTS FOR US4% Jully Black
performing with our students at
CRESCENDO 2017
DONATE NOW & HELP KIDS SUCCEED . . . THROUGH MUSIC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Regent Park School of MusicMartin Abel, ChairCatherine BradleySteve GreenidgeBina JohnJohn McGowan
Hon. Justice Donald McLeodJesse MightonDoug TamesChris Taylor
Regent Park School of Music FoundationLinda Javorski, PresidentMartin BlakeDavid DiamondSherry EvershedDaniel Goldenberg
Sharon HudsonLouise SugarChris TaylorDale Varney
REGENT PARK SCHOOL OF MUSIC585 Dundas Street East, Suite 220 Toronto, ON, M5A 2B7 416.364.8900
Charitable Registration Number: 87211 6025 RR0001
To learn more go to: www.rpmusic.org
Front Cover: Diego, guitar and string ensemble Back Cover: Jevonte, piano and turntable
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