2024-2025 Centre In The Square Education Series
Welcome to the 2024-2025 Centre In The Square Education Series, where learning meets the magic of live performance! This season, we’re excited to bring a dynamic lineup of shows that engage and inspire young audiences. From interactive musical experiences to captivating theatrical performances, each show is designed to spark curiosity, celebrate diversity, and encourage creative expression.
Whether your students are grooving to bilingual singalongs, marveling at the energy of a world-renowned drumline, or exploring the rich musical traditions of Turtle Island, each performance in our series provides a unique opportunity for cultural and educational enrichment. Join us as we create unforgettable experiences that resonate beyond the stage, fostering a love for the arts in students across all ages and backgrounds.
2024-2025 Centre In The Square Education Series
Staebler Insurance Presents: Jeremy & Jazzy Live (BILINGUAL SHOW)
Tuesday, November 12 @ 10:30AM & 12:30PM | Grades: K-1
Jeremy and Jazzy Live is a fun, interactive singalong show for a family audience, featuring the JUNO-nominated music from the hit animated television series on CBC Kids. Performed by Jeremy Fisher as “Jeremy” and Nadia Casandra as “Jazzy,” it’s a feel-good show that gets kids singing and dancing along to truly memorable songs about friendship, belonging, and emotional well-being, complete with projections and staging that bring the series to life.
Canadian Brass
Thursday, November 21 @ 12:30PM | Grades: 3-8
Masters of concert presentations, Canadian Brass has developed a uniquely engaging stage presence and rapport with audiences. Each of their concerts showcases a full range from trademark Baroque and Dixieland tunes to new compositions and arrangements created especially for them—from formal classical presentation to music served up with lively dialogue and theatrical effects. The hallmark of any Canadian Brass performance is entertainment, spontaneity, virtuosity, and, most of all, fun—but never at the expense of the music.
Sultans of String: Walking Through The Fire
Tuesday, February 25 @ 10:30AM & 12:30PM | Grades: 3-8
Award-winning First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists performing with 3x JUNO Award nominees Sultans of String, Walking Through The Fire is a musical multimedia event unlike any other! From Métis fiddling to an East Coast Kitchen Party, Rumba to Rock, to the drumming of the Pacific Northwest, experience the beauty and diversity of music from Turtle Island/Canada with Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk of the Métis Fiddler Quartet, Ojibwe/Finnish Singer-Songwriter Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), and Coast Tsm’syen Elder and Singer-Songwriter Shannon Thunderbird performing on stage, as well as virtual guests on the big screen, including Dr. Duke Redbird, the Northern Cree Pow Wow group, and more!
The Pack Drumline
Tuesday, April 1 @ 10:30AM & 12:30PM, Thursday, April 3 @ 10:30AM | Grades: 4-8
The Pack Drumline is a dynamic and talented group of percussionists and dancers who have become a force to be reckoned with in the Entertainment Industry, recently making it to the finale of America’s Got Talent season 17 AND performing at Super Bowl LVIII! What started as an after-school program for at-risk youth in Chicago has become an engaging, energetic performance, combining music, dance, and jaw-dropping stunts.
SAMAJAM > YOU are the Show
Tuesday, May 13 @ 10:30AM & 12:30PM | Grades: 3-8
SAMAJAM YOU are the Show offers a fully immersive, fun, and highly engaging musical experience where the audience actively performs 90% of the show. It combines active musical playing, rhythmic challenges, collective video games, comedic sketches, interactive participation, and the exploration of diverse songs and rhythms from around the world. Each participant receives a Music Bag containing three (3) percussion instruments to play at key moments, maximizing the progression of the musical experience and the creation of collective rhythms. EVERYONE can participate, regardless of their age, musical experience, or skill level.
For educators interested in attending these performances, please reach out to:
Rachelle Garcia
Rental Business and Community Engagement Manager
Email: RGarcia@centreinthesquare.com
Phone: 519-578-5660 ext. 5211