MISCELLANEOUS Productions, Canada’s leading community-engaged arts organization working with at-risk children and youth, will present MUSIC 101, a series free two-hour workshops sharing knowledge and resources and fostering connections between musicians, composers, and other professionals and marginalized youth interested in pursuing careers in the music industry.
The target audience for the workshops is youth and young adults interested in careers in the music industry and music education.
The Susan Pond Music 101 Program for Youth workshops will take place Saturdays October 5, 19, 26 and November 2 before a live audience at the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. Each workshop will feature an interview with a music industry professional, unplugged live and video components of their music, and roundtable discussions with the youth in attendance.
Workshop topics will include: how to access grants; scholarships and bursaries; creating an electronic press kit; harm reduction and substance misuse; sexual harassment and mental health in the music industry; digital hygiene, privacy and dealing with cyber bullying.
Participants are encouraged to be aware of their own comfort levels and potential triggers. Recommended age of audience members is 11 years and older.
The program is named in memory of music teacher and activist Susan Pond (1939 to 2019) and her important contributions to the work of MISCELLANEOUS Productions.
The participating panelists all have varied career trajectories, and all are successful working musicians, composers, producers, and educators who have previous experience working with at-risk youth.
The panellists will include:
Oct.5
Grammy-award winning, Canadian urban music singer, musician, and producer Chin Injeti.
Oct. 19
Renae Morriseau is a Cree (nehiyaw iskwew ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ) and Saulteaux woman (nahkawiskwêw ᓇᐦᑲᐃᐧᐢᑫᐧᐤ) from the Treaty 1 Territory on the lands known as Manitoba. Actor/Director of many popular film/TV shows (X Files, North of 60), Community-Engaged Artist collaborating with Indigenous musicians. She is the Leader of M’Girl, a percussive-based hand drum song group.
Oct. 26
Gospel, jazz, funk, musical theatre and World music singer/songwriter Dawn Pemberton.
Nov. 2
Contemporary New Music and classically-trained composer, kooky rock band songwriter and producer, keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Jaya Story, who has composed for ensembles Standing Wave, Ecstatic Waves and two MISCELLANEOUS Productions films.
The first three workshop guest artists will be interviewed by MISCELLANEOUS Productions’ artistic director and artistic producer/co-programmer of the 2011 and 2013 Raincity Rap urban music festivals and conferences, Elaine Carol and the final workshop interviewer will be Juno-nominated percussionist, Robin Layne.
THE SUSAN POND MUSIC 101 PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
A Series of “Music Industry 101” Workshops — PILOT Winter 2021
The Susan Pond Music 101 Program For Youth is a series of Music Industry 101 workshops for youth and young people interested in becoming professionals in the music industry.
This focused series is for youth in under-served British Columbia communities. We hope to share knowledge and resources, and foster connections between musicians, composers and other music industry professionals and marginalized youth who do not otherwise have access to professional arts programming or training, because they live in communities that are chronically under-served in this regard.
Our chosen panellists all have varied career trajectories, but all are successful working musicians, composers, producers and educators all also have previous experience working in community-engaged projects with at-risk youth.
Workshop topics included how to access grants, scholarships, and bursaries, creating an electronic press kit, harm reduction, substance misuse, sexual harassment, and mental health in the music industry, digital hygiene, privacy and cyber bullying. Participants were encouraged to be aware of their own comfort levels and potential triggers.
The program is named in memory of Susan Pond (1939 To 2019) and her important contributions to MISCELLANEOUS Productions.