Pleasant Mountain Music

🥇SHE DID IT FOLX 🥇 ARIANNA PLACED FIRST AT PROVINCIALS!!!! We are SOOO endlessly proud of you Ari. You work so hard and it was beautiful watching you receive this award. Thank you thank you and for seeing her talent and giving her a chance to perform at this level. To say we are honoured and privileged is a COMPLETE understatement 🩷. Thank you to Tim Stiff (the musical theatre adjudicator) for seeing the amazing artist that Ari is becoming. Thank you to our dear friend .cate.macisaac for her friendship and support (and she placed second!!!! We adore you!), and to our other friends and her lovely students (and gorgeous friend and daughter Clara) who have built us up and celebrated this moment with us. We love you all very much and are so lucky to call you colleagues, peers, and most importantly, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY (much love to Perla, Claire, new friend Teagan, new friend Chloe, and so many more). Now on to vocal variety tomorrow, and Ari gets to perform at the Gala to celebrate her win. YAY! WAY TO GO KIDDO!

☀️ This June we have a boatload of incredible drop in classes and public events and we wanna invite you all to join in! Check out one or ALL of our q***r choir, guitar drop in, brass ensemble, handpan clinic, hand drumming classes. Most are drop-in friendly. Q***r choir is pay-what-you-can.

Or if you just wanna enjoy some fantastical music, you absolutely don’t want to miss the Lam Jam 2-year anniversary open mic night on June 12! Hosted by the legendary Eddie Lam!

🩷 INTRODUCING OUR CAST OF MEAN GIRLS: PART 2 🩷

🦓Cady Heron: Homeschooled jr. zoologist accidentally joins emotional warfare cult.
Performed by Hailey Tinglin-Webb

👙Karen: Beautiful… but cup is less than half-full.
Performed by Ava McMillan

🎀Gretchen: Anxiety wrapped in expensive hair accessories.
Performed by Charlotte Neyestani

🧮Mrs. Norbury: Tired algebra warrior surviving teenage psychological combat.
Performed by Brenda Brown

👛Mrs. George (Regina’s Mom): Weaponized lip gloss in human form.
Performed by Katelyn Cullen

🩷 Week to week we’ll announce more cast members. We can’t wait to see you at the Gateway in June! TICKETS IN BIO! 🩷

Mean Girls JR. follows Cady Heron, a homeschooled teen who enters public high school for the first time and quickly discovers the wild world of teenage social rules. After becoming involved with the popular clique known as “The Plastics,” led by Regina George, Cady finds herself caught between friendship, popularity, and staying true to herself. Filled with humor, music, and heart, this upbeat musical explores kindness, identity, and the challenges of fitting in. dance

🙏Thank you so much VKMF for a wonderful awards show honouring so many amazing young people yesterday at Michael J Fox Theatre. The showcases were incredible, we saw many good friends, peers and colleagues, and celebrated each other the only way we know how: LOUDLY!

🏅This year was an incredible year when it came to honours and awards. It was the most we’ve ever received as a team and it truly speaks to how hard these kids work. So proud of EVERYONE! Please see below for what our students received and achieved!

🏅 AWARDS 🏅

Madison Yong
- Highest Mark Ballad U16 Medallion winner
- “Best Musical Theatre Performance” Scholarship (you heard that right! She was nominated as best musical theatre performance OVERALL! For all age groups!)

Keyana Cherry
- Contemporary Voice “Best Performance” Scholarship (you heard that right! She was nominated as best contemporary performance OVERALL! For all age groups!)
- Highest Mark Folk & Sacred Medallion Winner (She took first place in the entire all-ages category)
- Highest Mark Jazz Medallion Winner (She took first place in the entire all-ages category)

Ava McMillan
- “Outstanding actor to support speech arts” Junior Musical Theatre U14

Arianna Lluncor
- Invited to Provincials in Junior Category for Kiwanis
- Invited to Provincials in Junior Category for Vaya
- Awarded travel scholarship for Provincials
- Awarded Tuition Scholarship for Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! (GSGD)

Hallie wong
- Musical Theatre Variety U12 Highest Mark Medallion Winner

Charlotte Gocher
- Provincials invite in Senior category (as an Intermediate-aged performer)
- Awarded Travel Scholarship for Provincials

Cheers to everyone involved and thank you especially to Krista and Franki and for providing the most organized and comfortable season yet. I know how much work it is and we’re very thankful for this platform. We adore you all! We’ll miss you all until next year. Until then, I hope we can all catch up on some sleep! Cheers!

🧱 Creativity never stops at PMM: our bucket of bricks proves that once again as someone has a terrific imagination 💭 not sure who built this adorable Lego taco, but we see it and we adore it!

🎺 Participants across the brass instrument family (Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Euphonium, Baritone) will enjoy some fantastic musicianship and group music making by joining this welcoming ensemble. You should have some previous playing experience, including a basic understanding of notation reading. But rest assured this class will bring you up to speed on your reading skills, embouchure endurance, tap into your music appreciation, and make the whole process fun. Spring repertoire includes: He’s a Tramp (Lady & the tramp) When the Saints go Marching in, Havana (Camila Cabello) and Thunderstruck (AC/DC)

🩷INTRODUCING OUR CAST OF MEAN GIRLS🩷

📣Damien: Theatre child operating at maximum emotional volume.
Performed by Ami Castrillo

🎨Janice: Art kid fuelled entirely by vengeance and eyeliner.
Performed by Arianna Lluncor

🧐Mr. Duvall: Trapped inside a hormonal nature documentary.
Performed by Wes McMillan

🧮Mathlete Moderator: Trying not to end up in the Burn Book.
Performed by Leila Owens

🩷Week to week we’ll announce more cast members. We can’t wait to see you at the Gateway in June! TICKETS IN BIO🩷

Mean Girls JR. follows Cady Heron, a homeschooled teen who enters public high school for the first time and quickly discovers the wild world of teenage social rules. After becoming involved with the popular clique known as “The Plastics,” led by Regina George, Cady finds herself caught between friendship, popularity, and staying true to herself. Filled with humor, music, and heart, this upbeat musical explores kindness, identity, and the challenges of fitting in.

🩷LINK IN BIO

👚👛🩷OMGSH!!! MEAN GIRLS TICKETS ARE LIVE! Get yours today before they sell out - LINK IN BIO! We can’t wait to welcome you to North Shore High this June - where the drama is fierce, the rules are confusing, and surviving the cafeteria might just be the hardest class of all! 🩷👛👚

🎸Kick start the next phase of your music journey with this fun and inclusive Rock Band class! It’s aimed at giving adults the satisfaction of practicing and performing music together. Song choices are chosen by the Rock Band participants themselves, and previous sessions have learned hits such as “I believe in a thing called love” – Darkness, “Hysteria” – Music, “I love Rock and Roll” – Joan Jett, “Zombie” – The Cranberries and beyond. Every session is overseen by skilled teacher and performer, Hugo!

Wednesdays @ 7:00-8:30pm
Your first session is free! Join a rehearsal in May or June! $35/session after that.