Thank-you to all the students and teachers who participated in our Timeless Tunes Year-End Recitals on June 13.
We saw over 60 students perform in piano, guitar, harp, voice, ukulele and violin. It was a wonderful day of celebrating the musical growth of our students.
Thank-you to all the students and teachers who participated in our volunteer performance at Venvi Edgemont.
The residence loved being blessed with the gift of music. The smiles were big and the applause enthusiastic!
We love putting on volunteer showcases in our community so stay tuned for more opportunities coming this fall!
Thank-you to all the students and teachers who joined us for our Winter 2025 recital. We saw over 60 students perform in our three recitals and are proud of all the hard work and dedication displayed by the students.
Here is a recap video from the day: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSSiNBRCf4M/
Thank-you to all our adult students and teachers who participated in our Volunteer Performance at Venvi Edgemont. It was a great afternoon of sharing music with the residents of Venvi Edgemont Retirement community.
At Imagine Music we are passionate about providing performance opportunities to our students and looking for opportunities to bless our community with the gift of music.
Here is a video of student Maki from the day:
Thank-you to all the students and teachers who joined us for our Year-End Recitals. This was our biggest and fullest recital to date and we were so thrilled to hear nearly 100 students perform throughout the day.
Watch a recap video from the day here:
Our adult get-together is always a looked forward to event! Thank-you to all the students and teachers who participated this year!
We enjoyed a great afternoon of food, music and friendship!
Our adult get-together is an annual event for our adult students to come together and share music they have been working on in a relaxed environment.
Thank-you to all the students and teachers who participated in our Volunteer Performance at Chateau Renoir. The seniors living at the centre greatly appreciated the afternoon of music.
We will be doing another recital with them in the fall so stay tuned for more information.
Thank-you to all the students and teachers who joined us for our annual adult get-together on April 26!
We look forward to this event each year and it is a time for students and teachers to come together to play music and enjoy food and conversation. Stay tuned for more events for our adult learners coming in the fall!
We had a great time at our Frosty Harmonies Winter Recitals on December 14. We had over 50 students participate in our three recitals and saw solo and duet performances in piano, voice and violin. Thank-you to all the parents, grandparents and friends who attended the recitals to support our musicians, it was a great day of enjoying festive music. Make sure to check out our instagram page @imaginemusicinc to see recap performances from the day.
Thank-you to all our students and teachers who participated in our Flashback to the 90s Year-End Recital. We had a great day listening to students play music from the 90s. We had over 60 students participate in our recitals and enjoyed listening to piano, violin, guitar and vocal performances.
Happy 30th birthday Imagine Music! We can’t wait to see what the next 30 years hold.
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