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The Leading Note Foundation The passion to learn, the passion to teach, and the passion to play. Tina Fedeski - President and Founder Margaret Munro Tobolowska - Vice-president and Founder Mandate The Leading Note Foundation, in collaboration with community organizations, will implement and run music programs to create opportunities for children who would otherwise not have the opportunity to learn an instrument. Mission Statement The Leading Note Foundation will: Create opportunities for children, regardless of social or economic background, to learn and make music together within a spirited community environment. Adopt the role of catalyst, to create a vibrant network between the community, children and music educators to strengthen and grow music programs within the school systems in Ottawa. Create a social program through music, that will not only increase children’s ability as young music-makers, but instill mutual respect and improve self-esteem, creativity and teamwork . Foster mentorship as an intrinsic part of the program; teaching the importance of giving back both as mentors within the program and community involvement. Current Legal Status The Leading Note Foundation is currently a Not-For-Profit Organization. Partnerships The Leading Note Foundation is a group of concerned and socially active community members, musicians and teachers, who are committed to addressing the need of bringing music back into our communities and ultimately back into our schools in Ottawa. The Leading Note Foundation The Leading Note Foundation, partnering with organizations within the community, will implement and run music programs to create opportunities for children who would otherwise not have the chance to learn an instrument. The Leading Note Foundation has been inspired and developed by the owners of The Leading Note classical print music shop Tina Fedeski and Gary McMillen with Margaret Tobolowska, cellist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Karen Donnelly, principal trumpet of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Heather Flinn, music teacher and band director at Nepean High School and guitar teacher Jonathan Sandler have also been invaluable resources of advice and ideas. The Leading Note has been in business since 1999 and is now an integral part of the classical music scene in Ottawa. Not only does it sell print music for all instruments at all levels for students, teachers, professional musicians, orchestras and choirs but it plays a vital role in promoting music-making in Ottawa. The Leading Note has a customer base of at least 15,000 musicians of all ages and levels, so it maintains a close collaborative connection with the large, vibrant classical music community. Both the owners and all five employees are active musicians. Tina Fedeski, is a freelance flute player and teacher, who has played with all the established orchestras and festivals in Ottawa, and performed in many of the big concert halls in Europe. She is passionate about coaching the Junior Youth Orchestra wind section at the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy and Waverley Winds, an amateur flute choir of eight players, that she has been conducting for over 12 years. The Bronson Centre The program will take place in The Bronson Centre - a caring community centre - which provides quality and affordable space to community-based not-for-profit organizations with limited resources. The Bronson Centre provides The Leading Note Foundation with a perfect base to develop the program. The Centretown facility has many spaces available in after-school hours as well as a fully-equipped theatre that seats 900 and a hall with a large stage that can seat 200. It is conveniently located in the centre of Ottawa, is very well serviced by local transportation and has free parking for 40 cars behind the building. There are also numerous schools located close by, many of which are beacon schools. Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy (OYOA) “Our goal is to provide youth in the Ottawa region with a continuum of high-quality orchestral and ensemble training and performance opportunities at an affordable cost in a supportive musical environment.” Goal – Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy The Leading Note Foundation will offer scholarships to young musicians from the OrKidstra program to attend the OYOA on Saturday mornings, further supporting the most talented children from the program in their musical endeavours. The most advanced students from the Ottawa Youth Orchestra will be encouraged – and trained – to take on a life-changing mentorship role to give free private lessons to Orkidstra students before OYOA rehearsals on Saturday mornings. Other serious music students will be encouraged to volunteer to become mentors to the students in the Orkidstra programs. Their volunteering hours can be counted towards their high school volunteer requirements. Local and National Community Involvement This program will be bringing many vital parts of the community together: private music teachers; school music teachers; freelance performers; many members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra; established music students; parents; various schools of music; instrument suppliers; publishers of music; the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board; The Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy; The Leading Note Foundation. Bringing these various groups together will strengthen the bond between them and create a musical force loud enough and harmonious enough to make a big difference. Adding to this rich list of groups and individuals will be the sponsors, who will play an invaluable role in enabling a program such as this to thrive. We would like our sponsors to be active participants in the program – to come to the performances, follow the progress of the students and the exciting changes that will take place. The Program With varied programs for different ages of children, we will offer a fun and progressive curriculum that will engage and inspire children through music. Our teachers are committed to creating and writing new, relevant music to suit Canada’ s diverse youth. We will do this by providing music that will resonate with different cultures, as well as excite and challenge the children as they begin to play and make music together. Our program will incorporate music from all traditions including, classical, jazz, blues, folk, gospel and world music – and, of course, Canadian music. Junior OrKidstra String Program, a beginner string program for ages 6-8, with a focus on fun, playing in a group, proper technique, basics of music theory, and a preparation for our Senior OrKidstra program. Upon graduation, these children can choose to either keep playing the violin, or learn another orchestral instrument. The Leading Note Foundation will be providing instruments for those children who would otherwise be unable to participate in the program. There will be no more than 12 children per class that will have at least one teacher and one student mentor present at all times. Senior OrKidstra Program, for children ages 9-14, will provide group instruction at the highest level and encourage talented children to learn and play in an orchestra. We will be teaching violin, cello, flute and trumpet in the first year but will welcome students who have other instruments into the program. The Leading Note Foundation will provide instruments for children that could otherwise not afford them. Guitar OrKidstra Program, for ages 12-14, is a guitar ensemble class offered to teenagers who have had little or no previous musical background. We will offer this program to encourage musicianship, fun and creativity in our youth. Sponsors and Donors Our sponsors and donors are socially conscious members of our community that are equally passionate about their business, and the business of contributing back to their community. They are passionate about the arts, especially music, and about the benefits and well being of our children within our communities. They are leaders in making our city a better place to live and a safer and more caring environment for our children. |
| By purchasing 'A Cello for Chelsea' and 'Zara the Maggini' through The Leading Note Store, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Leading Note Foundation in support of their work in the OrKidstra Program. |
| Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent . -Victor Hugo |
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