Students across Canada are joining together through song.

 

Today is Music Monday, an annual event that celebrates music and raises awareness for music education.

Ingrid Pedersen is the arts education coordinator for Louis Riel School Division. She says the anthem this year is called Sing it Together and it focuses on the power of voices.

 

 

The anthem is sung by participants across the country. This year's anthem is written by Juno award winners Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas.

Nelson McIntyre band students, along with students from Marion, Archwood, and Nordale schools also performed a variety of tunes under the canopy at The Forks today. Pedersen says the performance was spearheaded by Nelson McIntyre band teacher Leslie MacCorby.

Pedersen emceed the event along with co-hosts James Atkinson (of J.H. Bruns) and Mariam Busari (of Winnipeg Collegiate). Atkinson says music is such an integral part of who he is as a person.

 

 

Music Monday is sponsored by the Coalition for Music Education. It's been going since 2005.

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