CNMN > Com­mu­ni­ty Music School of Water­loo Region (CMSWR)

Community Music School of Waterloo Region

The Com­mu­ni­ty Music School of Water­loo Region (CMSWR) is based in Water­loo, Ontario, and since 2012, the school has pro­vid­ed music edu­ca­tion and all its ben­e­fits to kids in the com­mu­ni­ty who can’t access it. In col­lab­o­ra­tion with com­mu­ni­ty sup­port­ers, their pro­grams devel­op kids’ musi­cal skills, cre­ativ­i­ty, con­fi­dence, and love for music.

The school aims to put stu­dents first, and their vol­un­teer teach­ers share the per­son­al and musi­cal jour­neys of their stu­dents, fos­ter­ing safe spaces to learn, grow, and thrive.

Car­o­line Hissa, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, is a com­mu­ni­ty music leader and pas­sion­ate advo­cate for the impact com­mu­nal music-mak­ing has on young peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ties. Car­o­line holds a Mas­ter of Arts in Com­mu­ni­ty Music from Wil­frid Lau­ri­er Uni­ver­si­ty, in addi­tion to a Mas­ter of Chris­t­ian Stud­ies from Regent Col­lege at the Uni­ver­si­ty of British Colum­bia. She began play­ing the piano when she was sev­en years old and has since played the piano, the sax­o­phone and the oboe in numer­ous com­mu­ni­ty bands and orchestras. 

Invest­ing in her com­mu­ni­ty is a val­ue that Car­o­line holds near and dear to her heart. She has sat on the City of Kitchener’s Arts & Cul­ture Advi­so­ry Com­mit­tee and is involved in com­mu­ni­ty projects rang­ing from gar­dens to wel­com­ing new­com­ers and refugees.

 

Web site: https://www.cmswr.ca/

Insta­gram: @cmswr

Email: chissa@cmswr.ca

See the fol­low­ing projects fea­tured on the PCM Hub :