LOLPS Music Monday

submitted by LOLPS | May 10, 2017

Launched in 2005 by The Coalition for Music Education, Music Monday is the world’s largest single event dedicated to raising awareness for music education. Each year on the first Monday in May, hundreds of thousands of students, educators, and music makers participate in a simultaneous nationwide concert performance of an original song written by a Canadian artist. This year's song, entitled Sing It Together was written by Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas.

On Monday, May 1st, the Land O' Lakes Public School Glee Club, directed by Kathy Bateman was once again invited to participate in the national showcase concert held in Ottawa at the NAC. This is the second time that the LOLPS Glee Club has participated in this national showcase concert. The last time Kathy took a group to Ottawa was in 2014 when her students performed the song, Is Somebody Singing cowritten by Ed Robertson (of Barenaked Ladies fame) and Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield.

This year's experience was one that the 28 Glee Club members who span grades 1 through 8 won't soon forget. They sang their hearts out along with hundreds of other students in a massed choir. Their performance can be watched online. Go to www.musicmonday.ca to check it out!