AND THE
AWARD
GOES TO...
Project WILD
Announces
Top 12
Finalists
Radio station Wild 953 and Alberta Music have announced the top 12
finalists for the 2019 season of the Project WILD professional develop-
ment program for up-and-coming Alberta artists.
This year’s top 12 are: Aaron Pollock, Ben Chase, Blake Reid Band,
Devin Cooper, Julia Vos, Lauren Mayell, Lyndsay Butler, Mariel Buckley,
Mariya Stokes, Mark Times, Michela Sheedy, and Ryan Lindsay.
Each artist will receive a $5,000 development award and an invitation to
participate in Project WILD’s music industry boot camp. Following a series of
showcase events and public voting, the top three artists of the season will
be chosen. Awards this year include a $100,953 prize for first place, $75,000
for second, and $50,000 for third.
For more information, go to www.projectwildcountry.com.
Music
The Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO) has announced
that Duncan McDougall (pictured, centre) is the recipient of
the 2018/19 TSYO Stingray Rising Stars Award. This program
sets out to discover, encourage, promote, and champion new
up-and-coming Canadian artists. The award, with a value of
$1,000, will help McDougall advance his career. www.tso.ca.
Lessons Survey
We polled musicians across Canada on their experiences with
music lessons. Here are the results…
87% have taken lessons and another 6% are currently in
lessons. Of those…
66% say lessons made them a much better musician, while
24% say it made them somewhat better
How old were you when you took your first music lesson
(outside of a mandatory school music class)?
58%
20%
13%
4%
5%
5-10 years old
11-15 years old
16-20 years old
For which instrument(s) have you taken lessons?
27%
4%
8%
27%
9%
16%
1%
8%
Guitar
Bass guitar
Drums/percussion
Piano/keyboard
Brass/woodwinds/strings
Singing
DJing
Other
There is now an array of online music lesson resources available
for self-learning, such as videos & tutorials, blogs, etc. Do you
feel these can be a sufficient replacement for traditional lessons?
21-25 years old
Older than 25
20%
61%
19%
Absolutely, you can learn just as well
They can help, but aren’t as good as in-person lessons
They are no replacement for in-person lessons
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