About Us

Our Mission 

Springboard to Music believes 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 spark in the minds of students that can last a lifetime. All students should have the opportunity to experience the joy of learning music.

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.