COMMUNITY
For more information on Long & McQuade’s community-related endeavours and support, please contact Sheri Katz at [email protected]. If you are seeking support for your event or organization, please complete this form and submit it to [email protected].
Long & McQuade Music Therapy Fundraising Drive
Make a donation through our e-store by clicking here!
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 $1.83 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)
- AIRS-KT (Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing)
- Alberta International Band Association
- Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund
- Bonavista Wind Festival
- Brandon Folk Music and Art Society
- Calgary Blues Music Association
- Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
- Calgary Stampede
- Cambridge Symphony Orchestra
- Capital Region Musicfest
- Carl Orff Canada
- Chebucto Symphony Orchestra
- Children's Wish Foundation (various cities)
- Coalition for Music Education in Canada
- Darearts
- Debut Atlantic
- Edmonton Folk Music Festival
- Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra
- Folk Music Ontario
- Fraser Macpherson Music Scholarship Fund
- Frontlines Community Centre
- Georgian Bay Symphony Orchestra
- Greater Moncton Music Festival
- Guitar Society of Toronto
- Guitars 4 Vets Canada
- Hannaford Street Silver Band
- Harbour City Jazz Society
- Humber College Youth Jazz Canada Project
- Inner City Music Outreach (MB Conservatory of Music & Art)
- Interprovincial Music Camp
- Jazz Performance and Education Centre
- Jazz Sudbury Festival
- Kamloops Symphony
- Kiwanis Music Festival (various cities)
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
- March of Dimes (Rock for Dimes)
- McMaster LiveLab
- 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)
- Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra
- Niagara Symphony Orchestra
- Northern Ontario Music Festival
- Ontario Philharmonic
- Orchestra London
- Orchestra Toronto
- Orchestras Canada
- Peel Music Festiva
- Queen City Brass Band
- Regent Park School of Music
- Regina Music Festival Association
- Rifflandia Festival
- Saskatchewan Music Festival Association
- Share the Music Program
- Sudbury Symphony Orchestra
- Surrey Symphony Society
- 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
- Vincent Massey Music Association
- West Coast Chamber Music
- Victoria Symphony Orchestra
- Windsor Symphony Orchestra
- Winnipeg Folk Festival
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.
TD Bank Group 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 contact MusiCounts to see if you are eligible for a grant. Details below.
