RomeSMARTS

RomeSMARTS has cancelled the summer 2020 program.
The WHO has now declared this a global pandemic and it is clear that we must all put our fullest commitment into containing the spread of the virus by following the recommendations of the health care professionals around the world.
All of us at RomeSMARTS in Canada and abroad are hopeful that the continued drastic measures implemented around the globe will contain the spread of the virus, break the chain of transmission and bring positive results in the future months.
Funds received with the applications will be refunded ASAP.
RomeSMARTS personnel in Canada and Rome appreciate your support and understanding.
We wish everyone strength and good health as we work together within our local and global communities to face these challenges, stabilize the situation and re-establish our life routines.
If you need further information or have specific questions please do not hesitate to contact:
[email protected]

RomeSMARTS is monitoring the COVID-19 situation in Italy very closely.
Colleagues in Rome are keeping us informed with the most current local and national conditions.
Currently, there is no travel allowed into or out of Italy.
The situation has evolved quickly – all of us at RomeSMARTS in Canada and abroad are hopeful that the drastic measures implemented today will contain the spread of the virus and will allow things to resolve successfully over the course of the next several weeks.
We will continue to update regularly as the situation is very fluid.
At this time, the program is still open for registration, and applications have already been received.
No decision regarding cancellation will be made until after April 8, 2020.
In the event of a program cancellation, any funds received with the applications will be refunded.
RomeSMARTS personnel in Canada and Rome appreciate your patience and support!
If you need further information or have specific questions please do not hesitate to contact:
[email protected]

Biography
Boyanna’s musical genius was discovered at age 5 by her kindergarten teacher. At age 13, she was the youngest person in Canada to receive an ARCT diploma.
Her association with the Faculty of Music began at age 16, when she entered as a first year piano performance student. Following graduation, Boyanna worked for the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Faculty of Music for over 40 years teaching piano and pedagogy. She designed and taught the Faculty of Music’s acclaimed Performance Skills course, and created the first ever Community Outreach Adult Piano Master class, a weekly class that has run for over 20 years.
Her achievements and contributions extended far beyond the teaching institutions.
She created and presented workshops, adjudicated music festivals and exams across Canada, and published many music education volumes. Uniquely innovative in her desire to bring music into the broader community, she organized and produced the Toronto-Rome Monster Concerts, piano orchestras with 20 players at 10 pianos.
These popular events first took place in 2003 just outside the Vatican and at the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, Italy at the invitation of the Mayor of the Historical Center of Rome. She then successfully twinned the cities of Rome and Toronto and produced the same event in Nathan Phillips Square with both mayors in attendance. Monster Concert success continued with an invitation for the piano orchestra to accompany the horse dressage performance at Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Fair – a first-time ever spectacle!
In order to give university students international educational opportunities, experience and exposure, Boyanna created her own not-for-profit corporation Toyich International Projects (TIP) and in 2008 launched an acclaimed summer music program, RomeSMARTS in Rome, Italy. This program continues today in partnership with the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto and the University of UPTER in Rome, Italy and has provided advanced music instrumental and vocal music students an unforgettable and beneficial professional experience.
Through these inspired and ongoing initiatives as well as a scholarship in her name, her legacy and contributions to her profession will continue as it is passed on to the next generation.

In honor of the founder Or RomeSMARTS, the TIP foundation is announcing a scholarship and fundraising concert event.
Concert will take place on Dec. 15, 2019 at U of T's Faculty of Music Walter Hall. Details will follow.
Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship
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General Description
The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship has been created at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, in honour of esteemed alumnus, incredible teacher and beloved colleague, Boyanna Toyich.
Boyanna’s passionate mentorship enhanced and changed innumerable lives through more than 40 years of teaching. Her sincere wish was to have an ongoing music scholarship that would support students with excellent academic standing who show exemplary commitments to innovation and leadership in the musical arts.
The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship will be awarded each year to a graduate student who exhibits qualities of leadership, academic engagement, as well as creativity, innovation and community outreach.
We ask for your support in this worthy project to honour and remember Boyanna.

Donations
Tax deductible donations can be made to the “Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship” in one of several ways:
1) By cheque to “Toyich International Projects”, mailed to Lilian Toyich, 20 Prince Arthur Avenue, Suite 8D, Toronto, ON M5R 1B1.
2) By credit card, as a one-time lump sum or monthly for up to 60 months (i.e. 5 years), online through the University of Toronto at https://donate.utoronto.ca, select “Faculty of Music” and then “Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship”, or by phoning the Faculty of Music Development Office at 416-946-3580.
3) University of Toronto employees can make payroll deductions online through the University of Toronto at https://donate.utoronto.ca, select “Faculty of Music” and then “Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship”, or by phoning the Faculty of Music Development Office at 416-946-3580.

(Note: Tax receipts will be issued for all donations over $25.00.)

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Thank you to all those who attended Boyanna's funeral on Monday and to those who sent messages of condolences. We will always remember her passion and enthusiasm. She loved her students and everyone at UPTER like family.

Lots of love ❤️

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the passing of Boyanna Toyich, founder of Toyich International Projects and of the RomeSmarts program.

She passed away at the age of 70 with her beloved sister, Lilian and brother-in-law, Wolfgang Skeries, by her side. Teaching was her passion and she was devoted to her students. She enjoyed travelling to Rome, Italy with her sister and best friend, Lilian, and her enthusiasm and love of music inspired everyone.

For those wishing to pay final respects and say good-bye, visitation will take place at the Cardinal Funeral Home, 366 Bathurst Street, on Sunday, June 23, 2019, from 2 - 4 p.m. The funeral service will also be at Cardinal Funeral Home on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 11 a.m., followed by interment and a period of refreshments and fellowship at the York Cemetery, 160 Beecroft Road, North York.

Charitable donations may be made to Toyich International Projects, and sent to 20 Prince Arthur Avenue, Apt. 8D, Toronto, ON M5R 1B1.

November 13 - Atelier Rosemarie Umetsu

RomeSMARTS 2012
Rome, Italy

Join us in a special evening to support RomeSMARTS scholarships. Food, wine, music, raffle and silent auction! Follow link to register for free.

RomeSMARTS Fundraising Celebration