2020 Season
In January 2020 the KPMT was pleased to renew its relationship with Springboard to
Music, supporting a further 32 weeks of subsidised music lessons for a group-class of young students in the Kingston-Galloway and Scarborough Village areas. Under the guidance of qualified and committed teachers, STM provides positive, stimulating musical experiences for children (Grades 1 to 8) who might otherwise have no exposure to music study,
interaction or performance. This initiative continues to be held in high regard by the Trust whose mandate thrives on fostering such worthy and much needed opportunities for youth. Sadly however in March this project became a casualty of the pandemic and all classes were cancelled for the rest of the year with no progress reports or photos available to share.
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In the spring we honoured our annual commitment to the
Ken Page Memorial Trust Award in Memory of Ron Collier at
Humber College, providing a bursary to a student showing exceptional promise as a composer-arranger, carrying on the high standards established by Ron Collier during Humber Music’s early years. The 2020 recipient was guitarist Ross Morgan who was completing his final year in the Bachelor of Music Program. Ross thanked the
KPMT for this recognition and told us the scholarship was inspiring him to continue writing arrangements and creating a set of music, as well as starting a band to play shows around Toronto. It was also a nice touch to be reminded by Ross he was one of the Humber students who had been sponsored to attend our Annual Jazz Fundraiser at the Old Mill on Halloween night 2019, where he got to see Guido Basso perform for the first time. Following his graduation, the Trust’s scholarship will enable Ross to keep pursuing his talents and we wish him an exciting and successful journey ahead.
