Enjoy an evening of beautiful choral and orchestral music by our talented Sistema students, including a work by Elder Mary Fontaine called “Kinan’askom’tinan.” This means, “we honour or praise you for the arts”–  that is why we sing, we pray, and we dance. This beautiful and mindful song has, with the permission of Elder Mary, been arranged especially for us by Juno-nominated composer Timothy Corlis. We were able to undertake this project with the support of a SiriusXM Canada and MusiCounts grant.

Bakerview Music Academy is an El Sistema-based program offering donor-funded music lessons for children in Abbotsford. We are part of the Sistema Canada Network and, while we’re not religiously affiliated, we rent space from our very generous landlords at The Gathering Church. Every school year, our students take part in after-school group music lessons from professional music teacher-artists from September to May. Our students enjoy a nutritious snack, followed by choir, musicianship, and instrument classes on the violin, viola, and cello.