BSOMA Band Selected for CBC’s Searchlight
5 Plus None, a band originally formed at the Bluesfest School of Music and Art has won a coveted spot in CBC’s Searchlight.
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Author: Alan Marsden
New Community Songwriting Program Launched
‘What’s In The Song’, a new community songwriting initiative produced by the CityFolk Festival organization has launched it’s first participating location at Norman Johnson Alternate in Blackburn Hamlet
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Featured Teacher: Ric Denis
Ric Denis is a professional guitarist, teacher, singer/songwriter and performer with five CD’s. He has over twenty-five years teaching and performance experience.
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Festival Fans Help To Make A Better Festival
More than 100 Bluesfest fans brainstormed ways to make Ottawa’s premier summer music festival safer and more crowd friendly at
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RBC Bluesfest Visits Kitigan Zibi
On Dec 1, 2017, we had a great day spending time at Kitigan Zibi getting to know some students at
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2017 MASC Award winner Ghina Salloum
Congratulations to Ghina Salloum, recipient of the 2017 MASC Award for Music. Every year, MASC and RBC Bluesfest partner together
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2017 BITB Participant Moves Ahead on Nashville AGT Season 13
Congratulations Briana and great performance with the band at the festival this year.
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Ottawa Life Magazine Feature: Be in the Band
‘While so many people have dream jobs, there’s very few options to get started young. The RBC Bluesfest Be In The Band program however, not only teaches kids the ropes of playing music, but gives them a taste of stardom too’.
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2017 Festival Community Programs
From September through July, our private teachers and band coaches with BSOMA (Bluesfest School of Music and Art), RBC Bluesfest Be in the Band, and the international and cross-Canadian educator base for Blues in the Schools have been working across the city helping youth get involved with music.
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Matt Chaffey of “The Split”
Matt Chaffey talking to several groups of volunteers about our community programs, pre-festival 2017.
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