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Launched in 2009, Musicworks in the Classroom (MWC), our popular educational outreach program, annually distributes 2,500 to 3,000 copies of Musicworks to Canadian post-secondary music and arts students and community workshops for emerging music and sound artists, exposing them to the accomplishments of Canadian concert artists, presenters, and record labels, and inspiring their future professional artistic practices.
This program helps build the next generation of creators and audiences, which benefits the Canadian creative community.
MWC allows students access to the print magazine free-of-charge, expanding their knowledge and appreciation of Canadian new music, creative practices, and strategies for building meaningful, productive careers. Every year we widen our reach by initiating and sustaining dialogue with new participating professors, administrators, and teachers in music education programs, and by introducing Musicworks to new schools and community programs and events.
In Spring 2026, more than thirty-five institutions and organizations received copies, including Acadia, Brandon, Lakehead, MacEwan, Mount Allison, Memorial, Simon Fraser, St. Francis Xavier Universities; University of Alberta, British Columbia, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Toronto; Canadian Music Centre, Glenn Gould School, Humber College, OCAD, Seneca Polytechnic, the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and the new Wavelength Music Conference in Toronto.
Educators tell us Musicworks stories have been incorporated into their curricula. In addition to copies of the print magazine, accompanying CDs are sent to each teacher-participant to enhance students’ learning and listening experience.
“Musicworks in the Classroom is an indispensable resource for smaller music schools in remote locations to stay in touch with the music scene in larger centres. Musicworks provides information, opportunities, and inspiration to young students who are just beginning their careers in music. For courses such as Twentieth-Century music history, the Musicworks publications help to enhance the curriculum and provide students with up-to-date, relevant information. Particularly for schools like ours, far from major centres, Musicworks is a lifeline to the heart of the music scene in Canada.”
Dr. Elizabeth Wells, Professor, Mount Allison University
Connect your students and colleagues to the works and ideas of innovative Canadian and international music and sound artists. Contact us today at [email protected] or by calling (416) 977-3546.
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