About Us

Our Mission

At Springboard to Music, we believe that early music education helps to promote a happy, healthy lifestyle that opens doors to a variety of skills and interests later in life. Our hope is that by offering engaging, low-cost, local lessons taught by respected musicians from our community, we can create a musical spark in the minds of students that can last a lifetime. All students should have the opportunity to experience the joy of learning music, and it is our mission to make this a reality for every child in our community.

Our Story

Springboard to Music provides an affordable, enriched and engaging experience in music education within a welcoming environment. Prior to COVID-19, Springboard to Music routinely welcomed more than 90 students every week. As of September 2023, we welcome just over 50 students each week and are building our program's capacity to accommodate a wider variety of instruction than we've ever offered before.

Founded in 2008 and incorporated as a charity in 2016, Springboard to Music is a community music program for children and youth, aged 5-17, living in and around the Kingston-Galloway and Scarborough Village neighbourhoods in Toronto. Prior to being incorporated as a charity in 2016, Springboard to Music operated under the name Scarborough Bluffs Music.

All Springboard to Music programs are taught by qualified, professional musicians with years of experience. Springboard to Music operates on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 4pm to 8pm, and currently offers private lessons, group classes, and ensemble classes.

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Leadership and Teaching Staff

Program Director

Dermot O'Halloran

Teachers

Pete Albis (Guitar)
Evan Buckland (Guitar)
Joseph Hsieh (Keyboard)
Deanna Mann (Piano, Voice, Guitar)
Anthony Manongsong (Piano, Voice, Drums)
Gordon Brown (Piano, Voice)
Ben Stein (Piano, Voice)
Dianne Ball (Piano, Voice)

Board of Directors and Volunteers

Board of Directors

Margaret Gillespie
Gail Doehler
Regina Soria
David Ellis

Members
Jean Patton

A Special Thank-You to S.B.U.C.

Springboard to Music has operated using the safe, clean, and affordable facilities of the Scarborough Bluffs United Church (S.B.U.C.) since 2008. For more than fifteen years, our students have been coming here to learn.

Without the support of the Scarborough Bluffs United Church and their community, we would not be here today. On behalf of the hundreds upon hundreds of families who have walked through Springboard's doors since the beginning, we would like to thank S.B.U.C. and this community for making what we do possible. We couldn't have ever done it without you.

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