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Welcome to the School
Cherry Beach School of Music is located in the heart of the film district at the world renowned Cherry Beach Sound Recording Studios, in an environment shared with creative minds and businesses. The 30,000 square-foot facility contains a world-class recording studio and rehearsal complex, along with classrooms and individual practice rooms.
We serve our students by finding and screening not only the best musicians, but special teachers who value the quality of the student's experience, who strive to make the process of developing skill and musicianship enjoyable and inspiring at every step.
Cherry Beach School of Music offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in music performance, recording, and the music business, combining tradition with a modern, real world approach that emphasizes interactivity and creativity. If you're serious about your music, tour our site and see what we have to offer.
Facility News
21st Annual Beaches International Jazz Festival
Come join the festivities as Cherry Beach School of Music takes part in this year’s 21st Annual Beaches International Jazz Festival on July 23-25 at 7PM – 11PM. Our staff and instructors will be present to answer questions and raffle away two free music lessons of the winner’s choice. Free admission for all!
Second Annual Open House!
On June 6th, Cherry Beach School of Music opened their doors in the celebration of their first anniversary with an annual open house and student recording session. Students of Cherry Beach School of Music experienced first-time recording and playing sessions with other musicians by showcasing their talents and abilities through a fully improvised recording session, as well as a recording project of their own, with a rendition of the Beatles Eleanor Rigby at Cherry Beach Sound.
Thomas and Ben
For the past couple of months, Thomas and Ben have been partaking in lessons with our student Boti. Boti is Thomas’ youngest son and Ben’s younger brother. Thomas moved to Toronto with his family from Hungary to study networking at York University. Thomas and his two sons are excited to be a part of Cherry Beach School of Music and have been enjoying their musical experience.
Tia
Tia is our latest vocal student at Cherry Beach School of Music. Twenty-one year old Tia is a recent journalism graduate from Ryerson University. She often takes part in vocal competitions and enjoys jazz, blues, and pop. On Saturday, June 6, 2009, Tia will be recording at Cherry Beach School of Music’s open house.
Courtney
Courtney (far left) has been taking vocal lessons with Cherry Beach School of Music for the past few months. Sixteen year old Courtney is involved in vocal competitions with her sister Rene and has been preparing herself to record in our studio (Cherry Beach Sound) much like Rene. On Saturday, June 6, 2009, Courtney and Rene will be recording at Cherry Beach School of Music’s open house.
Sumayya and Afia
Sisters, Sumayya and Afia are Cherry Beach School of Music’s new guitar students. The sisters come from a musical background and have both studied guitar for one year. Due to their previous guitar experience both Sumayya and Afia are able to understand advanced finger-board concepts and harmonic techniques.
Here's Boti!
Boti is one of our new guitar students. Like many of our new guitar students, five year-old Boti is learning the basics of rhythm, harmony, and melody. He has shown a natural sense of rhythm and a love for guitar. Boti is originally from Hungary and enjoys listening to hip hop and modern rock.
Beaches Annual Kids Program Open House
This past Saturday Cherry Beach School of Music was pleased to take part in the Beaches Annual Kids Program Open House, hosted by Beaches Living. The event was a great turn out with many families stopping by to join in on the festivities and enroll their children in community programs. Our staff was happy to have had the opportunity to meet with families throughout the community and offer them insight on why our music school is different than others.
A Couple of Our Great New Students!
Evandro is one of our new drum students. Fifteen year-old Evandro comes from a musical background and has been playing drums since the young age of six. He is eager and determined to become the best drummer he can be. Evandro enjoys listening to metal and would like the opportunity to play drums in a metal band someday.
Thomas is one of our new guitar students. Twelve year-old Thomas is currently learning the basics of rhythm, harmony, and melody. He is extremely excited and passionate about learning the acoustic guitar. His favorite bands include Coldplay and Linkin Park. One day, Thomas hopes to fulfill is dream of having his own band.
Sam
Sam is one of our new bass students. Fifteen year-old Sam has been studying with our bass and guitar instructor Glenn, working on classic rock, metal, and blues. Sam is a quick study with a good ear. His favorite artists include Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
Taylor
Taylor is one of our new students here at Cherry Beach School of Music. Fifteen year-old Taylor has been taking piano lessons with our piano instructor Arron. Over the past couple of lessons, Taylor has shown a great love for writing songs and plans to learn about the construction of song composition.
The Doodlebops
January 26th 2009
We were thrilled to have "The Doodlebops" in the studio for the last week. We recorded music for their up and coming album, and for their live shows which tour across the United States and Canada.
The Doodlebops is a television show for children. "Rock and Bop With the Doodlebops", (Disney Records USA), was released in 2004 and continues to top the children's charts in North America. Beginning its TV broadcasting run in 2004, the series airs on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada in the CBC Kids morning program schedule, on the Disney Channel in the USA as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule and on Playhouse Disney (UK) in the UK.
Logic Seminar a Great Success!
Cherry Beach School of Music along with Cherry Beach Sound hosted their first day-long Logic Pro 8 Seminar. It was a great success, drawing several out of town guests into the classroom in Cherry Beach Sound’s Control Room A.
The seminar focused on the introduction and the process of creating, recording, and editing audio as well as MIDI within Logic Pro 8. This permitted students to engage in a one-on-one learning experience with Apple Certified Logic Trainer, Aaron Collier. Aaron is a member of the award winning Canadian musical act, The Jimmy Swift Band. He has co-written and co-produced three studio albums as well as a live recording and has performed score compositions for short films and television.
Cherry Beach School of Music and Cherry Beach Sound look forward to hosting many more successful seminars in the near future.
Rene
One of our current students at the Cherry Beach School of Music is a talented vocalist by the name of Rene. She has been studying songs for an upcoming recording project at Cherry Beach Sound. Taught by our wonderful voice instructor, Franziska Beeler, Rene is showing great skill, development, and technique. She truly has a voice of her own and we are very eager to see what she will produce in the near future.We are very lucky to have Swiss instructor, Franziska Beeler, as a part of the team at the Cherry Beach School of Music. She has an immensely impressive track record and has worked with acts such as the increasingly popular indie band, Tokyo Police Club.
We are increasingly in awe of the budding talents that enter our facility each week. Keep up the great work everyone!
Canadian Tire event
Amongst the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, Cherry Beach School of Music made an appearance at Canadian Tire on the Lakeshore. Several of our staff members were present to speak with potential students, answer questions, and showcase our music school. We would like to thank those who came to visit our booth and we look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Cortez Lewis
We would like to introduce the latest student at the Cherry Beach School of Music His name is Cortez Lewis, and he is a dancer, an athlete and a budding drummer. This student also happens to be only four years old! Cortez has recently been taking drum lessons, and is already showing excellent promise.
SAMANTA AND SHIKTA
Cherry Beach School of Music has great respect for our budding students and potential stars of tomorrow. Two of our students, sisters Samanta and Shikta, have developed very impressive skills while taking guitar and jazz bass lessons with one of our esteemed music teachers, Glenn Towers.
Guitar Hero
Peter has recently started taking guitar lessons with us at the Cherry Beach School of Music. At only age thirteen, Peter has shown a high degree of raw talent and enthusiasm towards his instrument. His favorite musical genre is rock and roll and for that, we salute him.Keep up the great work Peter!
Keaton
Keaton is one of our new drum students here at Cherry Beach School of Music. Twelve year-old Keaton has been taking lessons with us for the past two months. He has shown great potential, skill, and a love for drum solos. He not only has experience with drums but also with the recorder and trombone.
Olivia
We would like to welcome our latest addition to Cherry Beach School of Music, Olivia! Olivia recently joined us for guitar lessons and has already showed great progress.