ANNUAL REPORT 2017

HELPING KIDS SUCCEED THROUGH MUSIC

HELPING KIDS SUCCEED THROUGH MUSIC

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Since 1999, kids from high-risk neighbourhoods have studied music with Regent Park School of Music. Thanks to our most generous friends this year 1,000 kids across Toronto are now thriving through music.

RPSM students are unique, and our goal is two-fold: to give them a quality music education and to help them succeed. Inspiring them, engaging them and giving them a sense of accomplishment, belonging and choice is uppermost in the minds of our 80 music faculty working across Toronto. Unlike any other music school in the city, our students can choose from a dizzying array of private, ensemble, and small and large group music lessons and are offered once-in-a-lifetime performance opportunities, to help them develop all the right skills and traits to shine in everything they do.

Something magical is happening here at RPSM - on stage the kids are learning to sing, play and perform, while backstage we are building their character, confidence and self-esteem. Year after year we watch our students grow, flourish, graduate high school and go on to college and university – all with our secret weapon: MUSIC.

We are so grateful to you for investing in these remarkable children and for making Toronto a better place. Thank you.

RICHARD MARSELLA Executive Director Regent Park School of Music

MARTIN ABEL Chair, Board of Directors Regent Park School of Music

in REGENT PARK

JANE & FINCH PARKDALE

and other high priority neighbourhoods

Piano Violin CREATIVITY Classical Guitar TRUMPET Flute CELLO HARP Saxophone VOICE PURPOSE CHOIR Steel Pan

BUCKET DRUMMING iPad Percussion TEAMWORK Recorder RESILIENCE Hand Chimes MELODICA Electric Guitar Turntable

Nonsense Orchestra Clarinet LEADERSHIP Song Writing Ukulele CURIOSITY Early Childhood Music

Fiddle THEORY PERSEVERANCE LIFE SKILLS Music Ear Training Composition

TABLA HISTORY Harmony GRIT Found Sound

OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR

500 STUDENTS

in Regent Park learned everything from classical music to sound engineering,

performing in over 70 events and sailing through over 80

Royal Conservatory of Music exams

200 STUDENTS

in Jane & Finch took part in a year-long musical adventure, complete with summer camps

thanks to the incredible Carswell Family

1,000 STUDENTSfound joy in over 40,000 hours

of music education

Josh, choir & piano Jess, recorder/melodica Aleen – sa xophone & piano

52 STUDENTS

explored music in our pilot projects for children with

special needs and youth in refugee shelters and youth

justice programs

141 STUDENTS

at First Nations School of Toronto (every child in the

school) continued to take weekly music lessons with

RPSM faculty

107 STUDENTS

in Parkdale took music, right alongside Nai, the

Syrian Children’s Refugee Choir under RPSM’s

musical direction

12 STUDENTS

graduated . . . all bound for college

& universit y

Eugenie – violin

OUR INCREDIBLE 2017 RPSM GRADUATES

12 STUDENTS

are graduating from RPSM this year and

all of them are university & college bound.

Here are 8 of them. We are so proud of them. Thank you

for investing in their lives and future.

Zuhab computer science, uoft

Avril nursing, western

Catherine life sciences, uoft

Fatou life sciences, uoft

Michael business management, ryerson

plus (not in the photo):

Cindy, Engineering, UofT Jackson, Kinesiology, McGill

Piaras, Fashion, Ryerson Rachelle, Graphic Design, George Brown

Tamoyah criminology, windsor

Tamla music, western

Isabel accounting & finance,

waterloo

$500,000+

Carswell Family Foundation

$100,000–$200,000

The Ralph M. Barford Foundation

$50,000–$99,999

Sun Life Financial Anonymous

$25,000–$49,999Peter Gilgan Foundation

Charles H. Ivey FoundationLinda Javorski

Manulife

Ministry of Children and Youth Services

ScotiabankDale Varney

The Ward FamilyWilliam R. Waters

R. Howard Webster Foundation

$10,000–$24,999J.P. Bickell Foundation

Martin BlakeAaron Brock Foundation

The Buchan Family FoundationBurgundy Asset Management Ltd

Cadillac FairviewCIBC Children’s Foundation

Wanda & Mark CowieDonner Canadian Foundation

East Harbour, First Gulf Corp and Colliers InternationalThe Evershed FamilyFigLeaf and Friends

Penny Fine & Hugh Furneaux

The Giving Tree Foundation of Canada

Katja B. Goldman & Michael W. Sonnenfeldt

Harbinger*Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation

David & Elizabeth HowardThe Kololian Foundation

Labatt Breweries of CanadaListen Communications*

The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation

The Minstrel FoundationPeter Naylor

Ontario Arts Council

Jane OrtonProvince of Ontario, Ontario 150

GrantRBC Foundation

Barrie D. Rose, Karen Solomon & Family

The Conn Smythe FoundationTD Bank Group

TELUSTippet Foundation

Toronto Arts CouncilToronto Foundation

Julian Vardy’s CEOL KIDSAnonymous (2)

THANK YOU FROM ALL THE KIDS AT RPSM

We are pleased to recognize the following

individuals and organizations for their generous gift, current

pledge, third party event and sponsorship of $1,000

or more, over the past fiscal year (July 1, 2016 to

June 30, 2017).

* In-kind donations of $20,000+. We strive for accuracy in our listings. Please contact us to let us know of any errors or omissions. Margarita, piano

$5,000–$9,999Martin Abel & Kathleen FlynnBitove FoundationS.M. Blair Family FoundationMichael & Catherine BradleyCarpenters and Allied Workers

Local 27Choir! Choir! Choir!Earlaine CollinsDuboc Family Foundation at Toronto

FoundationElement Fleet Management The Mariano Elia Foundation

Judith Hinchman & Patrick GarverHUBIvest PropertiesJJR Private CapitalKensington CapitalMcCarthy Tétrault FoundationJohn McGowanThe McLean FoundationJudith & Clinton MillerNEI InvestmentsE&G Odette FoundationJoe & Lucie Pal

Pioneering Technology Corporation Q107The Racioppo Family FoundationDavid & Jennifer SmithThe St. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation

and the Christina Mary Hendrie TrustSterling Achievement Fund at Toronto

FoundationGary & Louise SugarThe Sumach by ChartwellThe WB Family FoundationAnonymous (2)

$1,000–$4,999Linda & Magid AbrahamAlberto AcostaDavid AllenThe Arts and Letters Club of Toronto

FoundationNancy AustinAventine Asset Management BK’s Hootenany Andrew & Ann BrownLise BuissonThe Lloyd Carr-Harris FoundationDavid & Valerie ChristieMitchell CohenGerald ConnorMarsha CoppD’Addario FoundationJ.S. DarvilleBrad & Gigi DooresThe Duke Ellington SocietyGordon DuMaresqRod & Rebecca FallowAbraham & Marcy FishTom GallagherGive a JamPatricia GouinlockGreenwin Inc.Guild Electric Charitable FoundationNiall & Katherine HaggartChris Hatley & Lindy Cowan

Heathbridge Capital Management The Howitt/Dunbar FoundationMarvin Israelow & Dorian GoldmanJackman FoundationJAZZ.FM91Kingsway-Lambton United Church

WomenThe Kiwanis Club of Toronto FoundationDonald & Karen LangKaren & Fred Leitner (Bernard

& Norton Wolf Family Foundation)The Leonard FoundationVicki LoftusMarion MacKenzieMorton Mandelbaum FoundationMaybank Friesen FamilyMondelēz InternationalAlice J. MorganBill Morneau & Nancy McCainnewchoirJohn & Maire PercyAlex PettesPUPtheband Rochon Genova LLPRoy Russell Memorial FundSamuel, Son & Co., LimitedSiriusXMMarsha SlivkaJames & Leslie Snell

Steve and Sally Stavro Family FoundationStellar CitizensCathy StreutkerStephen Douglas SwordChris TaylorDennis TmejJohn H. WalkerWebb Family FoundationThe Henry White Kinnear FoundationJane WilliamsonCharles & Marilyn WrightYES YES Y’ALL + DUDEBOXAnonymous (6)

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY

“Regent Park School of Music has been home to some of my most cherished memories. Studying voice, violin and music theory has affirmed by lifelong passion for music, helped me gain confidence and satisfied my thirst for knowledge.” – CINDY

“I am honoured and happy to have spent my youth with such inspiring teachers here at Regent Park School of Music. Thank you for supporting something extremely essential in my life: music.” – ELIZABETH

“RPSM has brought me happiness and has granted me insight on the value of hard-work and dedication to succeed beyond expectations.” – ZUHAB

“Regent Park School of Music is an amazing place to grow to be the best that you can be and it opens many doors for the future.” – HOLLY

Melissa, choir and voice

2017 Audited financial statements are available upon request. Just call 416.364.8900.

WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM

Thanks to our great friends, we raised $1,460,000 to give 1,000 young people music this year

PRIVATE FUNDING Contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations are vital to give children music year after year and help them succeed.

64%

CRESCENDO 2017 Presented by Manulife and led by Sharon Hudson and Sherry Evershed, our amazing CRESCENDO 2017 Co-Chairs.

20%

6% TUITION FEES Students’ families pay as little as $1 a lesson & PERFORMANCE HONORARIA students performed at over 70 events.

GOVERNMENT6%FRIENDS ORGANIZING EVENTS FOR US4% Jully Black

performing with our students at

CRESCENDO 2017

DONATE NOW & HELP KIDS SUCCEED . . . THROUGH MUSIC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Regent Park School of MusicMartin Abel, ChairCatherine BradleySteve GreenidgeBina JohnJohn McGowan

Hon. Justice Donald McLeodJesse MightonDoug TamesChris Taylor

Regent Park School of Music FoundationLinda Javorski, PresidentMartin BlakeDavid DiamondSherry EvershedDaniel Goldenberg

Sharon HudsonLouise SugarChris TaylorDale Varney

REGENT PARK SCHOOL OF MUSIC585 Dundas Street East, Suite 220 Toronto, ON, M5A 2B7 416.364.8900

Charitable Registration Number: 87211 6025 RR0001

To learn more go to: www.rpmusic.org

Front Cover: Diego, guitar and string ensemble Back Cover: Jevonte, piano and turntable

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