Free Youth Songwriting Program
Check out the AMAZING songs our youth songwriters created!!
Investing in Children ran two sessions of the Free Youth Songwriting Program for secondary school musicians.
This FREE program ran weekly at Family Centre Fox Hollow. The students made amazing progress and created two songs one entitled Alone In My Head (featured on CBC and played during the JUNO’s) and My London, an anthem dedicated to celebrating our great city!
In January 2019, Investing In Children announced the piloting of a new program, the “Free Youth Song Writing Program”. The musicians met for about 1.5 hours, over approximately 8 weeks, at London’s Fox Hollow Family Centre. The participants range in age and have a significant level of musical knowledge. Some played keyboards, guitar, and most sang.
The sessions were led by a stellar London musician and songwriter, Saveria D’Ippolito (who recently was chosen on an episode of CTV’s “The Launch”). Saveria worked as an instructor teaching the students the craft of song writing, musical nuances, and both instrumental and vocal techniques. She also facilitated the creation of a theme for the student’s song, and the building of lyrics, verse and chorus as well as engineered the recording of their work.
In regard to Alone in My Head, it is very interesting to note that the creation of the lyrics adopted a theme of a person (possibly a student) who is struggling with mental health (such as depression), possibly as a result of bullying, a relationship issue, or being excluded from a group. The song begins with a metaphor; “There’s snow in my summer”. The positive growth of the theme extends through the second verse (“Now the sun’s rising up to shine through”), and then concludes with a bright key change, (continuing with the metaphor of changing weather), illustrating how the person is beginning to experience a new outlook, attitude, positive mindset, and looking forward to her/his future; “Brighter days for you and me”!
Our anthem, for London, My London, is self explanatory!
The work highlights several important aspects of London including its artistic, and athletic opportunities but mostly focuses on the people who live in our great community!
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We were happy to be a part of London Community Foundation’s Community Vitality Celebration! Saveria did a great job performing “My London” a song written by our Youth Songwriting Program students!
