The halls of Allenby are alive with the sound of music as our ensembles prepare for Allenby Music Night on May 10. Ms. Bannerman has been busy organizing and running our popular choirs. Eighty-six students from grades 2 and 3 make up the Primary Choir. They have been singing every Thursday at lunch time in preparation […]
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Parent Volunteer with Passion for the Arts Wanted
Our new exit hallway is getting a much needed upgrade. The hallway connecting the main building to the new addition was put in last year and has become a highly used area in our school. We would like to improve the general look of this hallway and make it the beautiful passage way we know […]
Band and Strings Program
The itinerant music program will begin shortly now that we have two new instructors to the program. There will be a presentation on Tuesday afternoon, November 3rd, for Grade 5 & 6 students on the Band and Strings programs by the music instructors.
Stop the Itinerant Music Program Cuts in TDSB
The TDSB is considering cuts to almost 50 of the 107 Itinerant Music Instructors (IMIs), who provide enrichment programs (strings, band, and steel pan) and staff development programs (for recorder/orff/vocal music ROV). This represents a loss of 713 hours/week out of a total 1161 hours. All hours will be lost for the ROV staff development […]
Arts Update
Music Monday Video As I reported a couple of weeks ago, on Music Monday, most of the school went outside to sing this year’s song by Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson, officially titled “I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing).” Mrs. Lau took a video using an ipad. She had to set up […]