{"id":228311,"date":"2019-08-27T01:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T05:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=228311"},"modified":"2019-08-27T01:17:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T05:17:01","slug":"students-from-a-toronto-music-school-appear-on-taylor-swifts-album-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/27\/students-from-a-toronto-music-school-appear-on-taylor-swifts-album-lover\/","title":{"rendered":"Students from a Toronto music school appear on Taylor Swift&#8217;s album &#8220;Lover&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1n7trwARuB\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1oYvzXAKKX\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; 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All the proceeds from that part of the composition will go back into the school. This is the original clip! I\u2019m super proud to have played a part in this amazing project!! Go to www.parkscapes.ca to hear the original and the rest of the compositions. @regentparkmusic  @taylorswift  @frankdukes  @matthewtavares_  @eljay_ii  @chrana<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wesallenalways\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> wesallenalways<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-08-26T14:46:00+00:00\">Aug 26, 2019 at 7:46am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 It&#8217;s nice to have a friend in Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star&#8217;s latest album includes material performed by students at Toronto&#8217;s Regent Park School of Music, with proceeds from licensing and royalty fees going to support musical education for children in high-priority neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The kids&#8217; voices and instrumentation appear on Swift&#8217;s song, &#8220;It&#8217;s Nice to Have a Friend,&#8221;\u00a0from her new album &#8220;Lover.&#8221;\u00a0The material was taken from a student composition called &#8220;Summer in the South,&#8221;\u00a0which appears on their album, &#8220;Parkscapes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The track made it into Swift&#8217;s hands thanks to its well-connected producer \u2014\u00a0the Grammy award-winning Frank Dukes, who spent three days working with the students earlier this year to create 11 songs.<\/p>\n<p>Since finding out on Friday that Swift used one of their compositions on her album, the school has been buzzing with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Seeing a project like this spark the imaginations of a thousand kids is really exciting and changes the game for our kids, in terms of what we&#8217;re doing with music and connecting community, and evening the playing field for some of the real challenges our kids have,&#8221;\u00a0said Richard Marsella, executive director of the school, in Toronto on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Marsella said the school offers highly subsidized music lessons for as low as $1 per session. Proceeds from the &#8220;Parkscapes&#8221;\u00a0sample and album sales, as well as awareness raised from the Swift connection, will help expand their services to students, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re hoping (this) will set a bar, and an inspiration, for others to support kids in community music education through Regent Park School of Music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The students used many instruments including a harp, steel pan and a xylophone to compose the track. They played the soft, aquatic tune at a media event, where the young musicians sang, tapped on the steel pan and shook a maraca in harmony.<\/p>\n<p>The school only shared the students&#8217; first names to protect their privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Nikita, 17, who played the steel pan on the track, said she hopes other artists will sample their songs so the school can get more funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no other day better than this&#8230; after all of this hard work and effort that we put through, it&#8217;s nice to have someone else take appreciation to it, and say (we) did a good job,&#8221;\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nikita said she wants to be a music teacher, as a way to give back to the community. 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