The Music Department at Carleton University and the Royal Ottawa Place (a section of the Royal Ottawa Hospital) have established a new collaboration. Students of music from Carleton U. will go to perform in this residence, offering nice moments to the patients. It's a great opportunity to perform in public and at the same time to donate something extremely important to our Community.
I've been volunteering since a while at the ROH, and I really enjoyed every single moment. Now I will also take care of the organization of this little music series. Today we opened the series with the first performance, by pianist Nick Fobes, 4th year B.Mus. student. It was a nice moment for all the persons attending and I'm looking forward to the next concerts!
For all the Music Students at Carleton U.
"The emotional and human experience of listening to live music
is a right that thanks to you can be available to persons that are facing
critic situations. Don’t miss this opportunity, your skills can make someone
else’s day much different!"
Here Nick's thoughts about the experience:
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