We did this song in choir at the winter concert. This famous song, is the anthem for ‘Music Monday,’ this year!

About Music Monday

‘Music Monday’ is celebrated every year the first Monday in May (which is May the 4^th this year), and is run by the Coalition for Music Education in Canada. On Music Monday, schools from across Canada all sing or play a common song (referred to as an anthem). Typically, it is done at 12:30, but it can be done at a different time or on a different day during the first week of May. This event was created as a way of “celebrating the importance of music in our lives, and especially in our schools.”

About Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson was a world famous jazz pianist and composer who lived in Ontario! He was (and still is) as famous as Drake is today! He was born in 1925, in Montreal, but later moved to Toronto and then to Mississauga, where he died in 2007. Learn more cool stuff about Oscar Peterson by watching this dramatized interview.

Listen to Hymn to Freedom being sung by other choirs!

They don't do it exactly the same way, but they sound awesome, and it is a great way to get the song 'in your ear'.

If your recorder is at home, practice recorder.
Practice the recorder belt songs, and then the songs from the Recorder Ninja Booklet.