Monday January 23rd, 2023
Happy new year! The light is returning, friends (and soon: the warmth of spring blossoms).
I’ve been a busy boy. My tiny home is now a very functional workshop site and the final stages of the tiny home build are underway. It also acts as a little music studio (a cabin away from neighbours sure makes for a great music space!). It’s funny, I ran an online meet-up for a while called Soundmaker’s Workshop where we shared music and talked music theory and such. Now I literally have a soundmaker’s workshop… Additionally, I have a farmhouse room rented nearby as a home base. I’m very grateful for my excellent landlords there, and for the horses out in the field near my room.
It’s been a month of setting up systems and schedules, and laying a few stones too. Groundwork for the year ahead. Today I jammed on a few songs and I’m so pumped for the classes and private lessons I’m running, leading into concerts and jams here and there (and everywhere. . .). Stay tuned folks!
~Thomas
Thursday December 1st, 2022
Happy dark times! Isn’t the light rather sparse these pre-Solstice days? And the wind biting? May you find a guiding light and may it grow in strength as we move through the Light’s return and into the promise of warmer days. You’ll find my December schedule below.
In warmth,
Thomas
December Schedule
Music Sessions I: Ukulele, Harmonica, Piano, Voice
Tuesdays in December
3:45pm to 5pm
@ Evergreen Steam Academy in Burlington, Ontario
3 sessions (December 6, 13, & 20)
Course fee: $54 per participant
Ages 7+ (teachers and parents welcome)
Music Sessions are group music sessions for learning and practicing the fundamentals of music, and for learning songs to be performed with others.
Music Sessions II: Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Voice
Thursdays in December
3:45pm to 5pm
@ Evergreen Steam Academy in Burlington, Ontario
3 sessions (December 8, 15, & 22)
Course fee: $54 per participant
Ages 9+ (teachers and parents welcome)
Music Sessions are group music sessions for learning and practicing the fundamentals of music, and for learning songs to be performed with others.
Online Practice Club
Mondays in December
4pm to 5pm
Online on Zoom
3 sessions (December 5, 12, & 19)
Course fee: $27 per month per participant
Ages 9+
About Practice Club: ~show up and practice (you can mute your mic and speaker at any point and practice independently); ~ask questions and discuss practice and playing music generally; ~perform and receive feedback; ~listen to performance and provide feedback.
Write to me at songstream@pm.me
Wednesday October 26, 2022
Good morning all,
The Winter teaching and events schedule is coming along nicely.
1. I’m launching an after school program at Evergreen Steam Academy, Entrepreneurs of the Future. Email me or halton@evergreenlearning.ca for more. Ideas for the Christmas concert are starting to come together.
2. For private teaching, I’m teaching in homes on Saturdays from Guelph to Milton to Toronto, many of those students are on an every other week. I teach online Wednesday evenings.
3. I’m looking at offering courses (similar to the arts courses described above) in Toronto and Kitchener / Waterloo area coming up. Let me know if you’re interested.
Finally, episode two of my Synergy Speaks podcast came out on Monday, The Teacher and the Wheel of Kachina. You can find it on Rosetown Productions on YouTube.
Thanks and happy autumn to you,
Thomas
Sunday October 16, 2022
Hi everyone,
I’ve been busy working on launching Rosetown Arts Guild and developing and teaching the arts program at Evergreen Steam Academy in Burlington, Ontario. I feel those entities are finally hitting stride and I’m ready to focus on some Songstream programs. So stay tuned: over the next month or so I aim to organize a number of Music, Arts, and Healing programs, both locally (southern Ontario) and online. Events too.
The October MuseLetter arts collection launches Oct. 17 at rosetown.art. 🌹
My new podcast, created with my fellow music teacher friend Dylan DiChiara, launched on Rosetown Productions on YouTube. Finally, I hope to record some Songstream Ukulele episodes soon, where I teach ukulele songs and talk about playing music.
I work with sound.
And artists are bellowing.
I love to hear it.
T