Media Advisory/Photo Op - Ontario Science Centre is the Base Station for Music Monday Featuring Commander Chris Hadfield Performing Live From Space

TORONTO, May 2, 2013 /CNW/ - In his final live link to Earth before returning home, International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield is joining hundreds of thousands of singers and performers across Canada to 'Fill the Skies with Music' on Monday, May 6. This year's official Music Monday song, I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing), was co-written by Chris Hadfield and Ed Robertson of The Barenaked Ladies.  The song was commissioned by the Coalition for Music Education and CBCMusic. The Coalition for Music Education created Music Monday to celebrate the galvanizing power of music and demonstrate how that power is rooted in school music programs.

What:	Chris Hadfield will lead hundreds of voices at the Ontario Science Centre in the singing of the official Music Monday song. Participants include the Wexford Gleeks, E. C. Drury School for the Deaf, Emilie Mover, Melanie Doane and the Toronto "A" Ukulele Ensemble and many others
Who:	Holly Nimmons - Executive Director, The Coalition for Music Education Jeremy Hansen - Astronaut, The Canadian Space Agency Dr. Hooley McLaughlin - Vice President Science Experience and Chief Science Officer, Ontario Science Centre
When:	Monday, May 6, 2013 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The M.M. Robinson Drumline will welcome guests into the Ontario Science Centre at 11:45 a.m.
Where:	Procter & Gamble Great Hall (Level 2) Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto Please enter via main lobby doors

 

SOURCE: Ontario Science Centre

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