MusiCounts celebrates $10,000 Band Aid Grant to Harbord Collegiate
Seven-time JUNO Award-winner Feist joins festivities in Toronto
MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS, and more than 800 high school students and staff at Harbord Collegiate Institute gathered today as seven-time JUNO Award-winner Leslie Feist celebrated Toronto’s landmark school as the recipient of a 2008-2009 MusiCounts Band Aid Grant. Awarded annually, the $10,000 grants provide musical instrument funding to schools across the country to help sustain their music programs.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Renews Commitment to MusiCounts and Music Education
MusiCounts extends its most sincere thanks to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada for its renewed commitment to music education. SIRIUS’ significant contribution will greatly enhance MusiCounts’ efforts to impact thousands of students in both English and Francophone Canada by helping schools develop diverse new musical ensembles and new programs that will give students access to a greater breadth of musical education and brand new instruments. “SIRIUS is proud to renew its support of MusiCounts,” said Andréanne Sasseville, Director of Canadian Content Development and Industry Relations, SIRIUS Canada Inc. “We share MusiCounts’ passion for music as it is important to give all students an opportunity to discover and develop their talent.”
Music legend Tina Turner lends her support to MusiCounts at a special presentation in Toronto
Ms Turner met with Deane Cameron, President EMI Music Canada, Melanie Berry, President, CARAS and MusiCounts, Srinka Wallia, Executive Director, MusiCounts, and Rodrigo Fuentes, Principal, Renata Todros, Music Teacher and students, Iva Delic, Marishana Mabusela & Vincent De Caria of Harbord Collegiate Institute at the Air Canada Centre.
New holiday single 21st Century Christmas to benefit MusiCounts
MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS, has been named the benefactor of the publishers’ royalties from Jaydee Bixby’s newest single, 21st Century Christmas. Bixby, who turned 18 this year, provides the perfect vocals for a song that originally peaked at No. 2 on the U.K. singles charts.
Co-written by Ralph Murphy and Paul Brady, who have written songs for artists like Shania Twain, Bonnie Raitt, and Brooks and Dunn, the single is currently available for download on iTunes. In addition, the single will be featured on the holiday compilation CD Christmas on the Open Road, which includes singles from Taylor Swift and Johnny Reid.
Hitting the airwaves in the first week of December, all royalties from 21st Century Christmas will be donated directly to MusiCounts, which helps support music programs in elementary and secondary schools across Canada. Murphy will donate his publisher’s mechanical share of the song while ole, a globally competitive, Canadian-owned, full-service music publisher, will advance $1,000 on royalties for the song to MusiCounts.