About 125 students from 24 Tri-City elementary schools gave up their sunny Pro-D Day last Friday to learn music.
Organized by the Coquitlam Music Teachers Association, the event — held this year at Cape Horn elementary — saw youth in grades 3, 4 and 5 take clinics from music teachers Aimee Oliverio (James Park elementary) and Grace Lee (Ranch Park elementary) to ready four diverse songs for an afternoon concert: Sing from the Carpenters; Jamil Allah, a Sufi chant meaning O Divine Beauty I Yearn For You; Hymn to Freedom by the late Canadian pianist and composer Oscar Peterson; and Jim Papoulis’ pop hit Music Changes the World.
“Together, music can create positive change,” Oliverio said.
