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By KATY CLARK Special to the Beaver Oakville pianist will teach music , t0 impoverished Haitian children e destitute children of Port-au- Prinoe, Haiti will soon be filling their streets with harmony thanks to the dedication of an Oakville musi- v AcComplished pianist Katika Isherwood is going to spend the next 10 months teaching piano at a missionary school in the capital city. The Holy Trinity Music School - whichis sponsored by the Boston Symphony - presently has a choral and orchestra] program. If Isherwood’s endeavor goes as planned, by the time the 30-year-old musician returns to Canada, piano will also be established as a permanent pan of the school’s curricu- lum. Isherwood, an elementary school teacher, has a Master’s degree in music from the University of Toronto and teaches piano at the Royal Conservatory. She also studied at the Hochshule fur Musik inVIenna. She turned down a teaching job close to home to volunteer at the school. “I have always wanted to work 1n the Third World but I always thought I couldn’t do it because I was a musician. I mean what good would a pianist be in the Third World?” So Isherwood was delighted when she leamed of the Haitian school as it enabled her to share her musical talent while pursuing her dream Located within walking distance of two of the poorest slums in the country, the music school not only offers musical training but it also feeds and provides medical came to many of its students. In a country when: 70% of the pppu- and would like to' |9___in W? September 13th Sept. 15th benefit concert to help defray costs for a week of FUN! $EPTEMBER 15th- IM 1993 » . . ~ 2510 Hampshire Gate Oakville (Main intersection: Hwy #5 \Mneton ChUrohill Blvd.) lation lives in destitution the music lessons offer many of the students a temporary reprieve from the hardships of life. But for others they provide an opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty. Indeed, in the past, several stu- dents have won scholarships to study abroad â€" some have even gone on to train at Juilliard Isherwood first developed an affec- tion for the Haitian people last December when she was volunteering at a Malnutrition Centre for Children in the ‘country. - , “Even though they are really poor, they have this incredible joy, incredible spin for/life,” said Ishetwood. She admits however, that the main reason she is'returning to the impover- ished land is because of the children and their eagerness to learn. The youngsters are so enthusiastic that when the school closed for the holidays last year, they continued to arrive at its doors. To help ready herself for life in Haiti, i Isherwood decided to spend this July working with a group of teenagers in a leper community in Africa. Together they built a tent out of goat skins and taught batik to the leper women. “I thought this Was a gregt Way to prepam for Haiti because it would be a 'Breakfast with Birdie 'Lunch with Grimace ' ODinner with Hamburgiar COME AND SEE THE RONALD MCDONALD SHOW at 200 pm. Ribbon Cutting ceremony 5:00 pm. FHze draw after the Kan'anI McDonald Show CELEBRATING SUNDAY September 19th . . With a straw but for accommodation and a bucket serving as a shower, life in Africa certainly was not easy. Although Isherwood’s living conditions in Haiti will not be so primitive, her stay on the Caribbean Island doesnot come without its challenges. ‘ much more difficult experience," she The children she will be teaching ’do not speak English. To communicate with them she must use either French or Creole â€" a dialect of African and French; The East Oakville resident must‘ alsogetirsedtoacounn'ywheiethereis no garbage collection or sewage system and few of the roads are paved. Perhaps the biggest challenge Isherwood has faced so far has been raising the $5,000 she needs for her trip. The school, which relies on Volunteers and donations cannot pay for her fare down or any of her medical expenses. Two of Isherwood's piano students held a benefit concert in her honor early in the summer, and some charitable groups and churches have also made donations. She is relying however on a benefit concert she is holding at St. Judas Church on Sept 15th at 8 pm. to raise the bulk of the money. Russell Braun a well-known bari- tone from the Canadian Operation company will be featured at the concert as well as soprano Meredith Hall and violist Anthony Rapoport. Isherwood will be playing the piano. A reception and presentation on Haiti will follow the concert. Admission is free but dona- tions towards Isherwood’s trip will be Tax receipts can be issued for cheques made payable to The Canadian Foundation for World Development.