St. James Town Community Arts

Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is officially open! Check the link in our bio to access the online registration form. All programs are completely free of cost! Secure your spot today!

Our summer arts camp is less than a week away and we are so excited! Can you guess what musical we’ll be doing? We may have snuck in a little hint on this post 🤫 Give us your best guesses in the comments!

Get excited for camp! We are have a fantastic creative team + lots of fun activities planned for you. If you’d like to register, we still have a few spots left! Register online at our link in bio 🌸

More announcements to come but here’s a first look at our team:

Camp Director - .r.saunders
Musical Theatre / Drama - Danielle Peters
Dance - .erin
Music -
Meal Coordinator / Head Counsellor - .events
Counsellors - .james2112

Looking forward to seeing you this August ☀️

Join us for SJTCA’s end-of-year concert, featuring performances from our dance ensemble, choirs, and student soloists. Admission is free, donations are welcome. RSVP via email at [email protected]

Date: Friday, June 21st, 2024
Time: Doors at 6:30 PM, concert at 7:00 PM
Location: Church of St. Peter and St. Simon-the-Apostle (525 Bloor Street East)

Hope to see you there! Come celebrate the start of summer with us ☀️

We are so thrilled to announce our fundraising concert supported by Robert Silverman in commemoration of our beloved late board chair, Sandra Trehub. Come support SJTCA as we fundraise for our music programs that are free of cost to children and youth in St. James Town. Visit the link in our bio to purchase tickets and/or make a donation online.

The concert will feature performances from our students and a beautiful programme of piano music by concert pianist Robert Silverman, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Chopin, and Schumann. Join us in our efforts to make arts education accessible to children and youth.

We are always looking for volunteers and support. To get involved, please emails us at [email protected]

Special thank you to all our generous supporters and collaborators this year:

What a dream come true to work with the for the Opera Makers Program! Our children’s choir enjoyed every moment of it, from imagining the beautiful set design to inventing the fantastical story of the Towering Silver Tree. More clips to come from this magical experience but for now, here are some heartfelt thank-you’s:

- thank you coordinating and organizing this entire experience! We loved working with you and your kind and generous energy!

- thank you for sharing your fun and whimsical music composition process with us. Every song was made memorable by your creative genius. Thanks for bringing our lyrics and story to life!
salewski - thank you for teaching us to sing with presence, expression, and joy. Your exuberant approach to singing and performing helped bring us to the next level!

Isabella Fassler - thank you for allowing our imaginations to run wild as we created the various set design pieces. Thank you for guiding us in our artistic ventures and handling the creative frenzy!

Thank you all for all that you do ❤️

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SJTCA is supported by The Minstrel Foundation and . All programs are free of cost for children and youth in St. James Town. Check out our link in bio to find ways to support our work.

Spaces are still available for students aged 13-18 who would like to join SJTCA’s Teen Jazz Choir. For more details, email us at [email protected]

If you know anyone who would like to join the choir, please feel free to share this post with them ☺️

Join us at this Wednesday, October 26th from 5:00-6:20 PM for SJTCA’s very first installent of “Tea Talks” - an inter-generational conversation about heritage, culture, and the immigrant experience. Discussions will be led by .james2112 and tea will be served! Email us at [email protected] to RSVP!

We can’t believe it’s already September! We are looking forward to a fun-filled, creative school year but before we get into it, here are some highlights from our Summer Arts Camp.

This year, our students and artistic staff presented a production of “Seussical the Musical”. Slide for some highlights from camp and visit the link in our bio to watch the full performance!

Big thank you to our camp staff:r.saunders .events

Shoutout to our amazing artistic staff:
.erin

And a heartfelt thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this camp possible:


Special mention to all the parents, friends and family who supported our campers in their preparations and final performance of “Seussical the Musical”.

All programs at SJTCA are free of cost to the children and youth in St. James Town. Help us continue to provide free and accessible arts education by visiting our website and donating online! Every small contribution counts!

Hey everyone! Summer is finally here so that means our Summer Arts Camp is opening for registration. We’re inviting all youths with passion for arts and those who are simply looking for fun this Summer to join ☀️😎🎶

Participants will enjoy a Summer with music theatre, singing, dancing, sports and many other creative activities. If you’re interested and want to register please email us at [email protected] we’re excited to see everyone there!

Please give it up for Lauren Saunders as we introduce our lovely host for the online recital coming up tomorrow! You may have already seen her around as she is also our camp director for the Summer camp!

If you haven’t already checked out the link for our online recital, click on the link in our bio to join and watch Lauren host and enjoy all the talented performances ☺️

Last Saturday morning the choir students got the opportunity to be invited to perform at an outdoor musical festival called “Festival on the Green”!

It was a fun experience and the students got the chance to sing their hearts out to show their dedication and hard work over the course of the year! 🎶

Thank you to all the family and friends who came out and supported the talented arts students this evening! It was a successful event and a night to remember ♥️

Make sure to tune in next Thursday, June 23rd for our Online recital to watch more amazing performances by our students and staffs! You can’t miss it!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feelin-good-sjtca-online-fundraising-recital-tickets-353315344707

The SJTCA organization is hosting an Online Fundraiser Recital - Come join us on Thursday, June 23rd @ 7:00 PM to enjoy and watch lovely performances by our students and artistic staffs!

Everyone is welcome to join the link and support the choir, drumming ensemble, dance class, ukulele students, piano students and voice students who have all showed their amazing artistic abilities for the recital!

Please share the link to all your friends and family in support of the Feelin’ Good
fundraising ☀️

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feelin-good-sjtca-online-fundraising-recital-tickets-353315344707

We are pleased to invite our students and their family and friends to join us for our recital this Friday, June 17th! This is the time for our students to show all their amazing hard work and passion for the arts 🎶🪘🎹💃🏻

The performances will include our choir, drumming ensemble, dance class, ukulele students, piano students, and voice students. We’re excited to see everyone come together and enjoy lovely performances by our students!

Join Canada's National Ballet School's first-ever Block Party on June 4, 2022! An open house with a festival feel, activities and performances, the NBS Block Party is a celebration of community and the power of dance.

Enjoy a day of dance workshops, behind-the-scenes rehearsals, "pop-up" dance performances,
family-friendly activities, food trucks and so much more!

Join Canada's National Ballet School's ( ENB) first-ever Block Party on June 4, 2022! An open house with a festival feel, activities and performances, the NBS Block Party is a celebration of community and the power of dance.

Enjoy a day of dance workshops, behind-the-scenes rehearsals, "pop-up" dance performances,
family-friendly activities, food trucks and so much more!

Good news! is hosting a FREE Children’s Dental Day at their Children’s Dental Clinic filled with fun activities and free dental treatments! To register, contact us via email at [email protected] 🦷🪥🌟

Good news! Our in-person drumming class is up and running again! 🎶🪘🥁🎵

We are accepting new students between the ages of 7-15. If you want to learn how to play a djembe, develop a strong sense of rhythm, and jam with friends, this is the class for you! For more details and to register, email us at [email protected]

A friendly reminder to dress warm whenever you brave the weather outside! 🌨 Stay safe and stay healthy 💓 Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

This lovely reminder was designed by our student volunteer, Susana ( )

We’d like to thank Wawanesa Insurance for donating generously in support of St. James Town Community Arts. With the help of your donation, we are able to continue providing free arts education to the children and youth of St. James Town.

For more information on Wawanesa Insurance, follow them at

Happy Holidays from our community to yours! We hope this holiday season brings you joy, good health, and happiness. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday filled with cheer. Looking forward to all that the new year has in store for us! 🌟

(This post was designed by one of our amazing student volunteers, Susana )

Happy Holidays from our community to yours! We hope this holiday season brings you joy, good health, and happiness. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday filled with cheer. Looking forward to all that the new year has in store for us! 🌟

(Post/artwork designed by one of our amazing student volunteers, Susana )

Join us tomorrow at the “Holiday in the Patch” outdoor event! Our choir is so excited to perform for you! It will be our very first in-person performance in almost 2 years! We will be singing some fun, holiday favourites with from 2:30-2:45 pm. Hope to see you there! ❄️❤️

Our students have been absolutely loving their sessions in the Opera Makers program with ! Thank you to .tse , .white , and for encouraging so much creativity and fun in our first two sessions! 🎉💕 We are so excited to see what we cook up in today’s class 😁🎶

Our students are having a blast working with the Canadian Opera Company's Opera Makers program! Check out all these amazing ideas that our students got to share on their jam board during their very first session. We're so excited to see what they put together! Stay tuned for more creativity and fun!

Our costume department is bursting with imagination and colour!🤩 Check out these fantastical masks our students made with our drama instructor!🎭 The creativity never stops at our summer camp!☀️