Opened in May 1999, Regent Park School of Music is Toronto is foremost independent community music school.
Our objective is to help inner-city young people learn music because the discipline of learning music helps instil discipline in everything these young people do. The results are better marks at school, good uses of spare time, and, importantly, new hopes and aspirations.
The music school has an open door, first come, first served policy. To ensure that the nominal lesson and instrument rental fees are affordable, a subsidy ranging from 80% to 97% is provided for each family in line with their needs. The students also have access to over 1200 lesson books, CDs, and music videos in the growing music school library. Students learn from dedicated teachers, who work for about 45% from their normal rates and teach over 150 students who come through the door every week.
Regent Park School of Music is a supportive setting where young people can build confidence, develop discipline, have positive mentoring experiences, develop sound life-skills, and also enjoy a music education based on excellence. The happy and fruitful years they spend here will teach them to explore appropriate lifestyles, setting them on the path to productive adult lives. Our graduates are a living proof of the significance of our program in this community.