It’s no exaggeration to say, if you are a parent in 2020, you have used every single item in your bag of tricks to keep your kids entertained, stimulated and happy. We see you, pandemic parents, and we’re here to help with six ideas to spark joyful creativity in your house today. The Cobourg Public Library offers a wide variety …
Creativity can happen anywhere
This fall, SONG will be making music together online. We know that singing and playing together is a highlight of the week for many of our young musicians. We know that community and connection are vital to mental health and resilience. We are ready to give our musicians the same high level of musical instruction and opportunity to create with …
Liner Notes 5: Meet Barb and Ron Swallow
*This story was meant to be shared right before our spring concert in May, but since that concert never happened…it landed on Facebook but then got lost in the shuffle and all the craziness of COVID. Our volunteers are a team and family and we miss them all deeply right now. This is Barb and Ron Swallow, two of SONG’s …
The Summer of SONG is coming
The arts are an incredible way to improve mental health and foster connection. Right now our children and youth need new ways to be part of a community, to feel inspired, and to imagine a brighter future. One way we’re responding to those needs is with The Summer of SONG, an 8-week online “summer camp” for our young musicians. You …
Liner Notes 4: Meet Dawn Murphy
*At this time when nothing feels normal, it sure puts a smile on our face to share this story about one of our SONG community members.* This is Dawn Murphy, one of our SONG parents. Dawn told us: “I enjoy going to watch and listen to my daughter Keira sing at her concerts. She also plays the violin and I …
It’s been two months…
It’s been two months since I was in a SONG rehearsal space surrounded by bouncing kids and smiling volunteers, singing and playing and talking about our lives and our feelings. Two months feels like both a blink of an eye and an eternity. I am missing the people of SONG enormously. I have realized that the 10 minutes we spend …
We are all Connected
It’s been a very strange and often difficult 4 weeks (4 years? It feels like 4 years.). At SONG we are all about social connection and social development, so it’s very hard not being in the classroom with our young musicians. We are thankful, though, for stories like this one that remind us of the deep connections music makes. We …
Liner Notes 2: Meet Christy Flindall
Meet Christy Flindall, a singer in our Safe Harbour mentor choir and a SONG Board Director. We asked Christy why she decided to become so involved in SONG. She told us: “I am involved with SONG because I believe in the organization’s core values: that every human being has the right to a life of dignity and contribution, filled with …
Liner Notes: Meet Deborah Henderson
Do you ever miss the days when you could open an album and find out all about the people and places that made the music you loved? Well, we sure do! In that spirit we’re launching our “Liner Notes” series to give you a peek behind the music here at SONG. Deborah Henderson is our String Program Coordinator and one …
The heart of SONG explained in seven minutes
We are so proud to share this gorgeous video with you, and we hope you will be inspired to tell a friend about SONG after you watch it. Click on the photo below to be redirected to the video. “It’s just joyful and fun, and it teaches you things. It’s just the greatest thing to do.”