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Carnegie Hall turns to Toronto know-how

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra took their program on the road this weekend, performing for a packed house at New York's Carnegie Hall.  As reported by the Toronto Star, the concert coincided with the beginning of a joint venture between the TSO, Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music and Carnegie Hall. The partnership will see the Royal Conservatory's Toronto-developed music curriculum made available to teachers and students across the United States.

"On Saturday, as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra gave a concert at Carnegie Hall, Sir Clive Gillinson, the executive and artistic director of the venue, and Peter Simon, CEO of the Royal Conservatory of Music, announced a joint venture intended to pay dividends on both sides of the border."

"Over its 125-year history, the Conservatory has developed one of the world's best-organized exam-based systems for teaching music to children and adults of all ages and abilities. And it is ready to export this know-how."

"Carnegie Hall, one of the world's most prestigious presenters of music, is acknowledging the quality of these innovations by welcoming the Conservatory into a partnership that will see the Toronto-based school's music curriculum and examination system be made available to teachers and students across the United States."

"Gillinson and Simon made the announcement together at the Music Teachers National Association convention in Milwaukee. The organization, which represents 24,000 music teachers in North America, is the base on which this enterprise will succeed."

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original source Toronto Star

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