MusiCounts is providing $1 million worth of musical instruments, equipment, and gear via its school funding programs, the MusiCounts Band Aid Program and the MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund.
Recipients in SK include -
MusiCounts Band Aid Program:
Dr. George Ferguson Elementary School, Glen Elm Community School, Henry Braun School, Judge Bryant Elementary School, Johnson Area Band Program - Regina
Sturgis Composite School - Sturgis
MusiCounts Slaight Family Foundation Innovation Fund:
Bert Fox Community High School - Fort Qu'Appelle
Maverick School - Swift Current
Seven Stones Community School - Regina
Since 1997, the MusiCounts Band Aid Program has been providing under-resourced schools with grants to keep school music programs alive. This year the MusiCounts Slaight Family Innovation Fund stream will also support schools with up to $20,000 for culturally relevant or technology-forward programming. While MusiCounts has been supporting these types of programs for decades, this new funding stream will empower the success of approaches to music education that exist outside of mainstream practice, including Indigenous drumming, steel pan percussion, Hip Hop, and music production.
As students arrive back in the classroom, school music education across the country is in a critical state of disrepair. Many school music programs are under-resourced as they try to adapt to the evolving needs and interests of students. Though MusiCounts is proud of the positive impact it makes in schools across the country, it’s only able to support about 1 in every 5 schools that applied for help this year. Since its launch MusiCounts has awarded over $18,000,000 in support of music education in Canada.
Full announcement: https://musicounts.ca/en/posts/74-schools-across-canada-to-receive-1-million-in-music-program-grants-via-national-charity-musicounts/
Applications for support are open now. To learn more, visit musicounts.ca.
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