ENSEMBLES 2024

Brockton School's World Music Program: Intermediate Specialized Ensemble

Brockton School’s World Music Program (WMP) Intermediate Specialized Ensemble (ISE) has been thrilling audiences in Canada and around the globe for a decade and a half. The WMP’s highest aspiration is "to foster a compassionate, global consciousness through the co-creating and performing music." The ISE has performed in Canada, China, Greece, the USA, Scotland, England, Austria, Czech Republic, and Germany. The group has received invitations to perform in festivals such as the Aberdeen International Youth Festival (Scotland), the Summa Cum Laude Festival (Austria), the Con Brio Festival (Canada), and the International Sounds of Spring Festival at Carnegie Hall, where the group took home a gold medal. Twice the program has been recognized by the UNESCO-founded International Society of Music Education. WMP students are most at home when they are sharing the joy of music, whether that be for a large audience or a small gathering. Students regularly give performances in support of charitable organizations, and they have offered music in many community-based, multicultural, multigenerational, and educational contexts. ISE students love collaborating with other Arts-based and musical groups, and they have prepared repertoire for collaborations with students and professional ensembles from various parts of the world.

Adrian Dyck

Conductor

Mr. Adrian Dyck holds a Bachelor’s (University of Alberta) and Master’s (University of British Columbia) degree in Music (violin performance). He has a background in Arts governance and leadership and has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Vancouver Film Orchestra, and Lions Gate Sinfonia Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, USA, Japan, and Europe. In 2004, along with his longtime personal and professional partner, Dr. Paige Freeborn, Adrian took up the challenge of creating an ‘alternative’ music program for Brockton School. Brockton is a unique school located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and Adrian and Paige continue to co-direct its World Music Program (WMP). The WMP includes eight different performing ensembles, and over the years, WMP students have toured to and performed in Canada, the USA, China, Greece, Turkey, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria. Since its founding, the WMP’s mission has been to “foster a compassionate global consciousness through the act of co-creating and performing music.” Adrian is grateful to be able to work alongside the extraordinary students, parents, faculty, and staff who support the WMP, and he is excited to be a part of the 2024 Summa Cum Laude Festival. Mr. Dyck is the Creative Arts Department Chair at Brockton School, and in addition to co-directing the WMP ensembles, he teaches guitar, music composition, and music production. He is a certified meditation teacher and serves as a Museum and Archives Commissioner for the City of North Vancouver.

Paige Freeborn

Conductor

Dr. Paige Freeborn holds a Bachelor’s (University of Alberta) and Master’s (University of British Columbia) degree in Music (piano performance). She also holds a doctoral degree in educational leadership (Western University). Paige has a background in Arts governance and leadership and has performed as a piano soloist, chamber musician, and conductor nationally and internationally. In 2004, along with her longtime personal and professional partner, Mr. Adrian Dyck, Paige took up the challenge of creating an ‘alternative’ music program for Brockton School. Brockton is a unique school located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and Paige and Adrian continue to co-direct its World Music Program (WMP). The WMP includes eight different performing ensembles, and over the years, WMP students have toured to and performed in Canada, the USA, China, Greece, Turkey, England, Scotland, Czech Republic, Germany, and Austria. Since its founding, the WMP’s mission has been to “foster a compassionate global consciousness through the act of co-creating and performing music.” Paige is grateful to be able to work alongside the extraordinary students, parents, faculty, and staff who support the WMP, and she is excited to be a part of the 2024 Summa Cum Laude Festival. Paige is the Community Engagement Coordinator at Brockton and teaches courses in leadership and social, emotional, and ethical learning. Paige represents Brockton School/Canada in her work with the International Baccalaureate Organization based in The Hague, Netherlands. For the past four years, working alongside global educators, she has helped reimagine community engagement as a vehicle for compassionate systems change; she is passionate about bringing Arts-based concepts and pedagogies to this work, as the Arts naturally centre diversity. Paige is a certified meditation and yoga teacher.