Music is Culture Festival presented by Merriam Music

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Join Merriam Music for a celebration of music, music education, student, teachers, and artists! The concert will include performances by the All Star Big Band (featuring musicians from their Enriched, Band Chops and Songwriting programs) and The Heavyweights Brass Band.

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• Learn more about the Merriam School of Music merriammusic.com
• The Heavyweights Brass Band heavyweightsbrassband.com

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Merriam Music

The Merriam School of Music was founded by Alan Merriam in 1988. Following his early success in the piano industry as a sales manager at Toronto’s Steinway franchise and before that in Ottawa, he opened his first location on April 1st and quickly grew the school.

Merriam and his team of respected Canadian pedagogists and musicians, including Tony Mergel, a former director of the ground-breaking Humber College Jazz School. They focused on the creation of a proprietary group-based curriculum that built upon the proven concepts of Orff, Kodaly, Suzuki, and, more recently, the work of Dr. Robert Pace of Columbia University. His research revealed an accelerated adoption of musical concepts and fluency when social dynamics between peers were carefully managed and woven into the teaching environment.

Merriam School of Music presently delivers over 3000 lessons per week across our four campuses. We employ over 120 teachers, and with few exceptions, they are long-term employees with an average tenure of 4.5 years.

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