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WeavingSongs II
- an intercultural music workshop
directed by Amanta Scott
for Tamil, Bengali, Chinese and
English-speaking seniors,
hosted by
Harmony Hall Centre for Seniors.
WeavingSongs I was such a success that Harmony Hall Centre for Seniors
has undertaken to fund a second workshop entitled WeavingSongs II,
engaged Amanta Scott to direct the project
and present three public performances:
June 5, 16 and 25th.
click here for more information
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Amanta is also part time Director of Music at Kenmuir Baptist Church
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2010
This six-month workshop directed by Amanta Scott was originally designed for Burmese/ Karen refugees seeking to facilitate integration into Canadian society through the arts. The workshop evolved in two stages and drew a greater range of participants than originally imagined: refugees, immigrants and internally displaced persons from Burma, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Ethiopia, China and North America.
Stage One was held at the Ethiopian Association in the GTA.
Stage Two was hosted by Harmony Hall Centre for Seniors and culminated in a public performance for an audience of 130 people.
WeavingSongs has been made possible thanks to the generous support of:
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Welcome
the Tamil & Bengali
New Year!
WeavingSongs ensemble
directed by Amanta Scott
Tuesday April 19th 2011
Harmony Hall
2 Gower Street, Toronto
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2010 - 2009
Intercultural Choral Ensemble
Toronto, with over half the population born outside of Canada, has tremendous potential to achieve the ideal of multiculturalism.
Sadly, many immigrants live in cultural “solitudes”,
interacting solely with their own communities,
isolated and obstructed by language barriers.
However, in 2009, at the request of a group of Burmese refugees and Filipino newcomers,
Amanta Scott launched a multilingual choral ensemble
featuring Burmese, Filipino, Haitian, Latin American, Caribbean and native Canadians, funded and hosted by Farmer Memorial Baptist Church.
Participants reported increased self-esteem, confidence, motivation, conversation skills and appreciation for other cultures; significantly reduced feelings of isolation, loneliness and depression;
and were ultimately empowered
to assume ensemble leadership.
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Farmer Memorial Baptist Church
Intercultural Choral Ensemble - directed by Amanta Scott
singing in Tagalog, Karen, Ruang, Spanish, French, Sanskrit and English
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Amanta was Director of Music at Farmer Memorial Baptist Church from 2005 - 2010
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2010 -
2005 |
Music Director/ Organist |
Farmer Memorial Baptist Church, Toronto |
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2009
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Voice & Movement Coach
for dancers and actors
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Passion Project: Fiona Griffiths
Toronto Dance Theatre
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exploring research-based methodologies to embody authentic and honest expressions of our passions; exploring the Greek Dramas using various characters and speeches to research expressions of grief and rage as well as discovering our response to these profound emotions.
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2007
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Music Director
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Shellshock: Amanta Scott
Music Gallery
Leading Tone Arts Productions
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Workshop production 2 -
featuring an encaustic sculpture, and installation of 120-dozen eggshells, new music, 3 lead dancer/vocalists; 8 performers; and a 35-voice choir.
Presented by Leading Tone Arts Productions in association with Music Gallery, Toronto
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2006
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Music Director
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Shellshock: Amanta Scott
FCJ Refugee Centre
The Church of the Holy Trinity
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A syncretic art production featuring a pathway of broken eggshells, an encaustic sculpture, new music, voice and dancer. First workshop production presented in association with the FCJ Refugee Centre conference on Gender and Migration at The Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto. |
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2005
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Music Director
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Resonating Waters: syncretic arts workshop
Claude Watson School of the Arts |
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Music Director/ Organist |
Christ Embassy Church |
Toronto-based Nigerian church based in the Jane/Finch area |
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2004 -
1992
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Music Director/ Organist
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Oakwood United Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Leaside Presbyterian Church
Silverthorn United Church
Glebe Road United Church
Morningside High Park Presbyterian Church
Manor Road United Church |
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1991
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Music Director
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The Beggars' Nativity: a musical
Kensington Carnival Theatre |
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1988
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Music Director
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I Do, I Do: a musical
Spotlight Theatre |
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copyright @ 2011 • All Rights Reserved • Amanta Scott • www.amantascott.com • Revised: Thursday, May 5, 2011
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