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WATCH: JP Saxe Announces $500K from MusiCounts TD Community Music Program

WATCH: JP Saxe Announces $500K from MusiCounts TD Community Music Program JP Saxe made the MusiCounts announcement — photo credit: screenshot. Canadian music education charity MusiCounts enlisted "If The World Was Ending" hitmaker JP Saxe to  announced the recipients of their $500,000 donation to 33 different community organizations across Canada from…

MusiCounts Donates $1 Million in Instruments to 95 Schools, TikTok Pledges To Help

MusiCounts Donates $1 Million in Instruments to 95 Schools, TikTok Pledges To Help Canadian music education charity MusiCounts, an arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences which produces the Juno Awards, have committing to donating over $1 million worth of instruments, equipment, and resources to 95 schools across Canada through the…

MusiCounts Donates $900,000 Worth of Instruments and Gear to 90 Schools

MusiCounts Donates $900,000 Worth of Instruments and Gear to 90 Schools Ninety schools countrywide have received musical instruments and gear worth $900,000 from the MusiCounts Band Aid Program.  MusiCounts is the charity arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Sciences (CARAS), which puts on the annual Juno Awards, celebrating the best in Canadian…

Juno Week Loaded with Charitable Opportunities For MusiCounts

Juno Week Loaded with Charitable Opportunities For MusiCounts bülow, MusiCounts executive director Kristy Fletcher; students of St. Paul Catholic Elementary School; Chris Campbell, London Tourism director of culture and entertainment for Tourism London and chair of the London Junos host committee; Theresa Mathers, music teacher, St Paul Catholic School —…

MusiCounts Provides $725,000 Worth of Instruments to 80 Schools

MusiCounts Provides $725,000 Worth of Instruments to 80 Schools Kids at Vancouver's Sir Alexander MacKenzie school receive $10,000 worth of instruments from MusiCounts — photo credit: screenshot. MusiCounts, Canada's music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS, the organization behind the Juno Awards…

Celebrating 20 Years: Musicounts Impact, Memories and Emotions

Celebrating 20 Years: Musicounts Impact, Memories and Emotions Bob Ezrin (3rd from left) spearheaded the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award and enlisted his friends The Rolling Stones to sponsor and present it in 2006 to Norm McIntosh (middle) — photo courtesy of CARAS. Some artists and members of the music industry have become a little tearful at…

MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Funds 19 Community Music Groups

MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Funds 19 Community Music Groups Members of Ottawa's OrKidstra onstage at TD Place. CARAS president Allan Reid is pictured top right — photo courtesy of MusiCounts.The MusiCounts TD Community Music Program is providing a quarter-of-a-million dollars to give 19 community-based music programs across Canada access to…

Juno Awards Enlist Bruce Cockburn To Spotlight Green Initiative

Juno Awards Enlist Bruce Cockburn To Spotlight Green Initiative Bruce Cockburn, the Juno Awards 2013 Sustainability Ambassador — photo credit: Kevin Kelly.Folks can quibble until they’re blue over who wins what at the 42nd annual Juno Awards this weekend in Regina. But one area virtually impervious to criticism — yet largely invisible to the public — is…

2010's MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Ensures Music Lessons For Low-income Kids

2010's MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Ensures Music Lessons For Low-income Kids Rock band Billy Talent with 2011 MusiCounts teacher of the year, Marian Cheney — Photo credit: Barry RodenThe Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has named Toronto’s Marian Cheney 2010’s MusiCounts teacher of the year. For 20 years, she has been…