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- Arts Huron Consortium Project with Canadian Music Centre Ontario
- Arts Huron Intermediate Enrichment Band and Choir
- Huron Heights Jazz Summit
Arts Huron Consortium Project with CMC Ontario
The Huron Heights Secondary School Music Department (Newmarket, ON) is proud to announce its second Consortium Project in collaboration with the Canadian Music Centre Ontario. This year, the Arts Huron Music Program is commissioning a new work by Canadian composer Michelle Lorimer.
This versatile new composition is written for SATB Choir and Concert Band, specifically designed for maximum flexibility. It is performable as a full combined ensemble, as a standalone piece for Concert Band (including optional parts for acoustic guitar and piano), or for Choir with Piano.
The work will be premiered in early May 2026 by the Huron Heights Symphonic Band and Chamber Choir, under the direction of Scott Cameron and Arlene Charters.
Consortium Benefits & Delivery: Following the premiere, all scores and parts will be delivered to consortium members via electronic distribution by the Canadian Music Centre Ontario.
About the Composer
Michelle Lorimer composes music for concert stage and for film. Her concert music has been performed and read by a variety of Canadian and American ensembles, including Sonority Sisters, Nu Quintet, Duo Holz, the Gaia Quartet, the Peterborough Concert Band, Alberta Winds, the Whispering River Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her music has also featured in the short animated film, Rocketship Mai and in several Canadian documentaries (Crossing the Divide, directed by Chrisann Hessing, Words Left Unspoken and Loud and Here, directed by Josiane Blanc, When I Go Outside, directed by Geordie Sabbagh and Bug Sex, It’s Complicated, an episode of CBC’s The Nature of Things, directed by Andrew Gregg.) She has also worked as an orchestrator and arranger, a collaborative pianist and music director, and a secondary school teacher. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. Visit michellelorimer.ca for more about Michelle and her music.
Past Arts Huron Consortium Projects
2025 - "Travel Lightly" by Chelsea McBride for Jazz Band with Jazz Choir (adaptable for instrumental solo)
Intermediate Enrichment Band and Choir
Arts Huron Celebration of Music
The Arts Huron Intermediate Enrichment Band and Choir programs are open to students attending schools in the north of YRDSB. The band invites woodwind, brass, and percussion students in Grades 7 and 8 with previous experience playing their band instrument, and the choir invites all students who wish to sing in Grades 6 to 8. Students in both programs will learn a variety of music at an accessible level to ensure an engaging and challenging musical experience. Both groups learn from Huron Heights music teachers and guest conductors. Each group performs alongside Huron Heights ensembles and student mentors in an Arts Huron Celebration of Music concert. No formal audition is required. Ask your music teacher for more information! This program is now closed for 2026.
Huron Heights Jazz Summit
Launched in November of 2023, this special event brings together students from across Ontario and professional musicians from the GTA for a day of performances and workshops.
