COMMUNITY
Long & McQuade Music Therapy Fundraising Drive
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The donation will be sent to your closest participating children's hospital or organization.
We are proud supporters of music therapy programs at children’s hospitals nation-wide, and have, to date, raised over $2 MILLION for the cause. Details on our annual drive can be found here.
Click here for an interactive article about music therapy at London, Ontario's Children's Hospital, and the story of help and healing that one particular music-loving patient has brought to young children staying at the facility.
Click here to watch Long & McQuade at the 2013 BC Children's Hospital Telethon.
Click here to watch the official video from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children's Friends of Music Therapy organization.
Click here to watch a video featuring Carolyn Williams, music therapist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
Click here to watch a second video featuring Carolyn Williams, music therapist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
Click here to watch a video about music therapy at Janeway Hospital in St. John's.
Long & McQuade believes in the power of music
Whether it’s playing it or listening to it, we know that music has the ability to transcend cultural, political, economic and health barriers. That’s why we’re dedicated supporters of the following organizations and endeavors:
- Air Cadet League of Canada (Band Musician Award)
- Alberta International Band Association
- Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association
- Bluegrass Canada
- Burlington Teen Tour Band
- Calgary Blues Music Association
- Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
- Canadian Arabic Orchestra
- Capital Region Musicfest
- Carl Orff Canada
- Chebucto Symphony Orchestra
- Children's Wish Foundation (various cities)
- Coalition for Music Education in Canada
- Debut Atlantic
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra
- Folk Music Ontario
- Georgian Bay Symphony Orchestra
- Greater Moncton Music Festival
- Guitar Society of Toronto
- Guitars 4 Vets Canada
- Hannaford Street Silver Band
- Harbour City Jazz Society
- Inner City Music Outreach (MB Conservatory of Music & Art)
- Jazz Performance and Education Centre
- Jazzworks Canada
- Kamloops Music Collective
- Kamloops Symphony
- Kingston Symphony Orchestra
- Kiwanis Music Festival (various cities)
- La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra
- Lunenberg Folk Harbour Society
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
- Markham Concert Band
- Mississauga Symphony Orchestra
- MusiCounts
- National Arts Centre Foundation
- National Youth Orchestra of Canada
- New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals
- New Brunswick Youth Orchestra
- New Horizons Band (various cities)
- Northern Ontario Music Festival
- Ontario Philharmonic
- Orchestras Canada
- POP Montreal
- Red Deer Symphony Orchestra
- Regina Music Festival Association
- Rifflandia Festival
- Salt Spring Singers
- Saskatchewan Music Festival Association
- Sault Symphony Orchestra
- Share the Music Program
- Share the Warmth Program
- Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
- Sistema Music Programs (various cities)
- Skirtsafire Festival
- Soundcheck Youth Arts Inc
- Toronto Blues Society
- Toronto Downtown Jazz
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Unison Benevolent Fund
- Upper Island Music Festival
- Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra
- Vancouver Men's Chorus
- Vancouver Music Festival
- Vancouver Youth Symphony
- Victoria Symphony Orchestra
- West Coast Chamber Music
- Windsor Classic Chorale
- Victoria Symphony Orchestra
- Winnipeg Folk Festival
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
and many more community events, orchestras and schools across the country.
Long & McQuade is a proud supporter of MusiCounts
MusiCounts is Canada’s music education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), that helps to keep music alive in schools across Canada.
SiriusXM has joined forces with MusiCounts to expand programming designed specifically to create opportunities for youth in underserved communities. If you are looking for support for your community-based music program, please click here for details on the SiriusXM Soundwaves MusiCounts Community Fund.
