{"id":11225,"date":"2012-10-19T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artbridgesblog.ca\/?p=11225"},"modified":"2012-10-19T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T12:30:40","slug":"event-space-is-the-place-regent-park-school-of-music-toronto-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artbridges.ca\/fr\/event-space-is-the-place-regent-park-school-of-music-toronto-oct-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Space Is The Place (Regent Park School of Music, Toronto, Oct. 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regent Park School of Music<\/a> offers \u00ab\u00a0quality, subsidized music lessons to the youth-in-need from Regent Park and other areas of the City of Toronto since 1999.\u00a0\u00bb
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Sun Ra Arkestra<\/em>. photo credit: Regent Park School of Music<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nSPACE IS THE PLACE!<\/strong>
\nA FREE Community celebration (first come, first served)Presented by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Regent Park School of Music, The Daniels Corporation and Daniels Spectrum.
\nDate: <\/strong>Saturday October 20, 2012
\nPlace: <\/strong>Daniels Spectrum (Ada Slaight Hall), 585 Dundas Street East, Toronto (Dundas Street East and Sackville Street)
\nTime: <\/strong>2pm – 5pm<\/p>\n

RPSM <\/strong>cordially invites you to experience a free theatrical performance that will electrify the Daniels Spectrum with music and dance.\u00a0 Performed by the legendary 15-member Sun Ra Arkestra<\/strong> (Philadelphia) , over 50 students from the Regent Park School of Music<\/strong> and the artists of Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, the event will consist of a \u2018lobby sound symphony\u2019, a special adaptation of Bill Coleman\u2019s celebrated performance Hymn To Universe<\/em> followed by a community gathering.<\/p>\n

The Sun Ra Arkestra, founded by African-American visionary Sun Ra and featuring three generations of musicians, is directed by Marshall Allen, considered the world\u2019s premier avant-garde saxophonist. Choreographer Bill Coleman, best known for his ground-breaking site-specific works, will be joined by eight dancers, including Carol Prieur, voted Female Dancer of the Year by Europe’s respected Tanz Magazine<\/em>, and Andrea Weber, of The Merce Cunningham Dance Company.<\/p>\n

Features breathtaking, sumptuous visual creations, puppetry, tap dancing and the Arkestra\u2019s trademark mix of big-band jazz and free-form, space-age improvisation. Visual design and costumes are by award-winning M\u00e9tis visual artist Edward Poitras and Toronto fashion icons, Hoax Couture designers Jim Searle and Chris Tyrell.<\/p>\n

Regent Park School of Music:<\/strong>
\nSince 1999, the Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) has offered quality, subsidized music lessons to youth-in-need from Regent Park and other neighbourhoods across the City of Toronto. This event \u2013 a once-in-a-lifetime performance utilizing many RPSM students \u2013 marks RPSM\u2019s launch in the Daniels Spectrum, their new home, where they aim to expand their programs and continue to act as a leader in community music education.<\/p>\n

Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie: <\/strong>
\nBased in Regent Park, CLC have performed throughout Canada and the US as well as in Scotland, Brazil, China and Mongolia. The company has been an intrinsic part of the Regent Park Revitalization, presenting innovative site-specific works on construction sites and in street openings since 2009. In association with The Banff Centre, CLC most recently presented Inverted Mountains<\/em> in various locations throughout Banff National Park \u2013 the results of which will soon be seen in an upcoming film featuring state-of-the-art 3D macro photography.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

-submitted Richard A. Marsella, M.Mus.,\u00a0 Director, Regent Park School of Music<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Read ArtBridges’ profile on Regent Park School of Music<\/a>.
\nPlease see ArtBridges Google map<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regent Park School of Music offers \u00ab\u00a0quality, subsidized music lessons to the youth-in-need from Regent Park and other areas of the City of Toronto since 1999.\u00a0\u00bb SPACE IS THE PLACE! A FREE Community celebration (first come, first served)Presented by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Regent Park School of Music, The Daniels<\/p>\n

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