MAKE MUSIC MATTER ANNUAL REPORT 2015 // 01

MAKE MUSIC MATTER ANNUAL REPORT 2015 // 01

FRIENDS OF 

MAKE MUSIC MATTER 

The recognition of an individual’s voice, where emotions and feelings can be validated and 

heard, rests at the core of a healthy and thriving community. As a mother’s heartbeat is felt in the 

womb, like the pulse of a drum, we are connected to music from our very beginning. The simple 

combination of notes, tones, and lyrics connect us to emotions we can so rarely express and can 

deepen our understanding of memories and experiences that haunt us or are long forgotten. 

In our inaugural Annual Report, we are celebrating the 

healing power of music to re-stitch the soul and transform 

communities, regardless of prevailing circumstance. Whether 

it is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda 

or Canada, Make Music Matter is using the medium of art to 

generate growth in the fields of human rights and international 

development, fostering change and breaking negative cycles. 

The year 2015 was a culminating year for Make Music Matter. 

We saw the full-time launch of our Music Enrichment Program 

at the Panzi Hospital in the DRC, partnering with Panzi 

Foundation USA and Panzi Foundation DRC. This program uses 

our specialized brand of music therapy to help patients and 

their communities recover, reintegrate, and secure their rights 

for the future. To date, the results have shown staggering and 

encouraging reduction in PTSD, trauma and depression. Among 

these statistics, we must not lose sight of individuals and their 

stories. 

This ideology extends into our Rwanda project 

site. We are expanding its capacity, beyond our 

HIV prevention mandate, to additionally aid in 

reducing trauma of children in child-headed 

households in the community with local 

partner Uyisenga N’Manzi. 

This holistic approach to the protection of youth is also at the 

core of our new partnership with War Child Canada and potential 

joint project in the North and South Kivu areas of the DRC, 

beginning in 2016. We are also working towards delivering 

similar programming in Canada, providing support to survivors of 

sexual violence in Indigenous communities, and implementing 

therapeutic and preventative measures for healing from the 

grassroots level. 

and advocacy ended with a performance by legendary Canadian 

musician, Jim Cuddy, with special guests Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent) 

and Cone McCaslin (Sum 41). 

Through our My Song for Change contest, Make Music Matter 

gave young people in Canada the opportunity to share their music, 

shedding a light on global issues and the pressures they face. 

After two successful years, we look forward to exploring more 

possibilities that will encourage musical self-expression from 

Canadian youth in order to inspire positive change. 

While 2015 was a breakout year for Make Music Matter, we look 

forward to leveraging these successes to expand our programming 

outreach, continue to increase capacity through local partnerships 

aimed at strengthening civil society, and deepen the dissemination 

channels for our produced music as technologies democratize. 

The first Make Music Matter Annual Report is a homage to our 

dedicated overseas staff, volunteers and board of directors who 

selflessly work to create the space and opportunity for our artists. 

May the year 2016 be limited only by our vision and imagination. 

In September, we organized our first community concert from 

our music therapy program at Panzi (DRC). The concert was an 

incredible success, with performances by survivors of sexual 

violence, vulnerable women, their children, and staff. One 

participant was a 16 year-old survivor, who, at such a young 

age, has had two children born of rape. One child lives with 

her grandmother in her home village, while the youngest, 

approximately 1 year old, lives with survivors at Panzi’s aftercare 

facility, Maison Dorcas. This innocent child serves as a constant 

reminder of the horror and trauma endured by his mother and 

has resulted in her constant rejection, offering her child very 

little attention and care. After the young mother participated 

in the Music Enrichment Program and subsequent community 

concert, her behavior towards her son began to shift. She was so 

overjoyed by the response of the crowd that she lovingly picked 

him up and began kissing her baby. This embrace was the first 

time that she demonstrated an attachment to her child and is a 

remarkable example of the healing power of music. 

We at Make Music Matter feel that public 

education and engagement are cornerstones 

to a brighter future. In educating the Canadian 

public, we can empower empathic and symbiotic 

relationships between Canadians and our 

beneficiaries overseas, fostering long-term 

community growth and support. 

In March of 2014, we brought Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and 

Founder of Panzi Hospital, Dr. Denis Mukwege, to Manitoba for the 

very first time, engaging in a series of successful public events. 

A major highlight was the culminating evening at Winnipeg’s 

prestigious Pantages Playhouse Theatre, including a keynote from 

Dr. Mukwege and a panel discussion on the DRC along with former 

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, Founder of War 

Child Canada, Dr. Samantha Nutt, and Lieutenant-General (Ret’d), 

Romeo Dallaire. This unforgettable commemoration of dialogue 

Darcy Ataman (CEO & Founder) 

Jit Lahiry (Chair) 

MAKE MUSIC MATTER ANNUAL REPORT 2015 // 03

OUR VISION, 

MISSION AND 

VALUES 

MISSION 

Make Music Matter engages, educates and fosters the youth living in African 

communities affected by extreme poverty through music and socially conscious 

art creating future community leaders. 

VISION 

Make Music Matter will be a leading and accountable philanthropic field 

programming organization that provides development assistance through education. 

These efforts will raise awareness on some of Africa’s most urgent developmental 

issues such as HIV/AIDS and child rights through the vector of music and music 

production. The result of which will contribute to sustainable change both 

domestically and internationally. 

VALUES 

Make Music Matter is apolitical and secular and focuses on humanitarianism, 

universality, accountability, and innovation. 


HEALING 

THROUGH 

MUSIC 

Make Music Matter’s Music Enrichment Program 

(MEP) was developed through a pilot project in 

Rwanda in 2009. This format offers participants 

the opportunity to discuss the challenges and 

issues confronting them, their families and the 

wider community. 

In effect, the MEP participants teach each other by sharing 

their experiences. After sharing their stories and establishing 

common ground, MEP participants are encouraged to make 

positive choices about their individual futures and engage in 

cooperative music-making and performance. 

Engagement with others and with their own 

creativity works as a tool for rehabilitation, 

therapy and personal development. By working 

together, participants develop leadership and 

group work skills, while building self-confidence 

and a sense of identity. 

“I was such a sad and unhappy person, but 

when I went to the studio and started to sing, I 

feel happy and rejoice with other persons there.” 

One of our objectives is to foster leadership skills that 

will empower participants in their process of healing, and 

encourage them to share what they have learned with their 

friends and families. This will ultimately result in lasting, 

measurable change in their families and communities. 

Music created by participants is also used as a tool for education 

within the larger community. With the help of local musicians, 

MEP songs are professionally recorded, collected, and 

disseminated back to the local communities through hard copies 

and over local radio stations as advocacy and prevention tools. 

Live performances and digital distribution also ensure the 

MEP’s messages are accessible, and spread easily. 

Because the MEP targets the issues facing individual 

communities, it can be as diverse and adaptable as music 

itself. The social isolation experienced by each of these 

populations serviced through the MEP often directly 

contributes to a deterioration of physical and emotional 

well-being. Make Music Matter has actively engaged youth in 

extreme poverty in Rwanda and survivors of sexual and genderbased 

violence, children, and vulnerable populations in the DRC. 


WHY MUSIC? 

Music has always helped people around the world to overcome hardship by providing comfort 

and consolation, and by helping them to directly address the most divisive issues facing their 

communities. Through our efforts, music also contributes to the prevention of violence and public 

health issues, and to raising awareness. 

WHERE WE WORK 

MUSIC CHANGES LIVES 

Music is a tool that can address the social and emotional 

needs of a population. Not only does Make Music Matter help 

people to deal with the trauma they’ve experienced by writing, 

singing, and recording songs, but we bring them together so 

they know they’re not alone. 

MUSIC IS INCLUSIVE 

Music is the cornerstone of our programming because it 

engages everyone. Whether a person participates in active 

music-making, or even just listens, the experience is beneficial. 

The message of a song has an impact wherever it is heard, 

reaching many people beyond its creators. 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITE: 

Maison Dorcas, Panzi Hospital 

Bukavu, South Kivu, 

Democratic Republic of the Congo 

MUSIC WORKS 

Whether it is former child combatants, survivors of sexual 

and gender-based violence, or victims of HIV/AIDS, music 

is a channel for expression for those otherwise incapable of 

expressing the heartache of their experience. Many studies 

have demonstrated the impact that this can have. Betancourt 

et al (2010), for example, found that particularly in the 

context of conflict, programs like the MEP helped to ensure 

that survivors received the support they needed from their 

communities, and enabled them to better reintegrate. 

MUSIC IS A POWERFUL EDUCATIONAL TOOL 

Not only is making music a starting point for education and 

therapeutic conversations, it is also a versatile teaching medium. 

Historically, music, storytelling, and dance have all been used to 

transmit information from one generation to the next. 

MUSIC IS FAR-REACHING 

In areas where literacy rates are low, music is an effective 

way to inform, and raise awareness. When the songs our 

participants create play on the radio, victims’ voices reach 

beyond their homes to large audiences, and challenge listeners 

to change the world in which they live. 

MUSIC IS OUR EXPERTISE 

Make Music Matter fuses international development expertise 

with some of the greatest minds and talents in the music 

industry. Capitalizing on our strengths and building on our 

successes is essential to the effectiveness and sustainability 

of our work. 

RWANDA SITE: 

Uyisenga N’Manzi Peace Centre 

Rwamagana District, Eastern Province 

Rwanda 

Songs released through the Panzi Hospital reach a listenership 

of five million people through the combined audience of the two 

primary radio stations disseminating our songs in Bukavu, DRC. 


RAISING VOICES 

AND LIFTING LIVES 

THROUGH MUSIC 

IN RWANDA 

The Music Enrichment Program (MEP), the 

focus of Make Music Matter’s development 

work, kicked off in the fall of 2009. 

Over 70 youth from across Rwanda participated in the pilot 

project. Local educators guided the interactive training and 

health education sessions while local and visiting artists 

facilitated the creation of music. Songs were recorded and 

disseminated to local communities and used as outreach 

tools on local radio and elsewhere, spreading positive health 

messages and working towards breaking the cycle of stigma. 

Building on the success of the pilot program in Rwanda, MMM 

began working with Uyisenga N’Manzi in December 2013 until 

July 2014. 

In Rwanda, MMM’s Music Enrichment Program 

runs on a four-month cycle and directly engages 

and educates youth affected by extreme poverty. 

The program aims at educating youth and the 

larger community through song about the health 

risks of contracting and steps to preventing the 

spread of HIV/AIDS. 

The program will also help to reduce trauma within the context 

of a post-conflict environment. In its initial sessions, Make 

Music Matter has found a need to focus its work in Rwanda 

on child-headed households and on dealing more directly with 

trauma, PTSD and emotional well-being in addition to its focus 

on health education. 

In baseline research, 41.8% of interview participants believed 

that it was difficult to talk about HIV/AIDS. In the case of 

one father discussing HIV/AIDS, he stated, “It is easy for the 

community to talk about it, but if you’re HIV positive you 

cannot for fear of being stigmatized.” The MEP has allowed 

youth in the program to produce songs aimed at educating 

on HIV prevention, along with a focus on reduction of stigma 

associated with being HIV positive. These songs have reached 

far beyond Rwamagana through the dissemination of produced 

songs on popular radio stations in Kigali, Radio Isango Star 

91.5 FM, KFM 98.7 FM, and Radio 10 87.6 FM. MMM and 

Uyisenga N’Manzi continue to work together to impact positive 

change among participants of the program and the larger 

community through the community concerts and dissemination 

of songs on many popular radio stations. 

Make Music Matter is excited to announce that through the 

generous funding of the Manitoba Council for International 

Cooperation (MCIC), the Rwanda site will continue to expand 

its MEP work with youth. 

MY BODY IS NOT A 

WEAPON – HEALING 

TRAUMA IN THE DRC 

In collaboration with the Panzi Hospital & 

Foundations and with the support of the 

ELRHA and its Humanitarian Innovation 

Fund, Make Music Matter brought its Music 

Enrichment Program model to the Panzi 

Hospital beginning in February 2015 with 

partners Panzi Foundation USA and Panzi 

Foundation DRC. 

At Panzi Hospital’s after-care facility, Maison Dorcas, music is 

helping survivors of sexual violence, vulnerable women, and 

children by helping them connect with and heal from their past 

experiences and traumas – and create profound beauty and art 

in the process. 

Working in tandem with our program’s staff psychologist and 

music producer, Make Music Matter goes beyond traditional 

music therapy techniques, such as orchestration, songwriting 

and performance in helping patients connect with their 

emotions and work within their therapeutic process towards 

healing. In the state-of-the-art recording studio built on site 

of Maison Dorcas, our program recognizes our participants 

as artists, not patients. Their end product is a professionally 

recorded and produced song, which is ready to share with their 

communities, fellow survivors and the wider public. 

By embracing healing through music, the artists 

who create, express and share their pain are in 

turn able to impact change within themselves 

and the larger community. 

In a comparison of rates of anxiety, depression, and PTSD 

for our pilot data among participants beginning and 

completing the first three-month session, the majority saw a 

significant reduction in both PTSD and anxiety. In line with 

its dissemination strategy, a community concert was held 

after the completion of the first session. Over 300 Panzi staff, 

community members, and outside NGO colleagues attended 

in September 2015 with great success. Artists from each 

participant category (survivors, vulnerable women, and children) 

performed their songs, had the attendees on their feet and 

dancing and were awarded many requests for an encore. 

The first cycle of programming has produced a full album, 

released not only on partner websites, but also on popular radio 

stations in Bukavu, reaching a large portion of South Kivu. The 

dissemination of songs on radio open up the larger community 

to the trauma and healing of women in the eastern Congo, 

working to reduce the stigma associated with sexual violence 

against women. In the case of more than one participant, their 

husbands who had previously rejected them after their rapes 

heard the song on the radio and have begun the process of 

attempting reconciliation with their wives. 

Make Music Matter is proud to be able to impact such positive 

change at Panzi Hospital and its surrounding community and 

continues to develop and improve its programming to have 

greatest outreach. 


PARCE QUE 

J’AI MAL 

BECAUSE I’M 

IN PAIN 

Chaque jour de ma vie 

Je me sens trahi par mon image 

Chaque fois quand je me regarde 

Dans un miroir je perds espoir 

Il y a tant de larmes qui ont coulés sous mes joues chaque soir 

J’ai peur du noir 

J’ai peur d’être seule sur une route pave d’imprévus 

R/ Alors je me noie, noie, noie noie seul 

Je me cache loin, loin de tout 

Parce que j’ai peur. 

Et souvent je voile ma souffrance par un rire ou par un sourire 

Et si vous saviez combien je souffre 

A cause de mes souvenirs 

Je ne vois plus d’avenir 

Et quand je parle de ma vie 

Je ne vois que des sourds qui m’entourent 

Comment oublier 

Comment advancer 

Comment stopper tous ces viols 

R/ Alors je me noie, noie, noie noie seul 

Je me cache loin, loin de tout 

Parce que j’ai mal 

Each time 

When I look myself in the mirror 

I lose faith 

Each night 

So many tears have flowed down my cheeks 

I’m afraid of the dark 

I’m afraid to be alone on the road 

paved with the unexpected. 

So I drown, drown, drown myself 

I hide faraway, from 

everything because I’m afraid 

And I often buckle my suffering with a laugh or a smile 

And if you knew how much I’m suffering 

because of my memories 

I don’t have faith in the future 

And when I talk about my life 

I only feel the deafness around me 

How to forget 

How to move on 

How to stop rapes 

Everywhere 

So I drown, drown, drown myself 

I hide faraway from everything 

because I’m in pain 

— 

Artists: Solange, Sandra, Pascaline, Irene (Group: Jeune Dorcas, Producer: Jojo) – 

Debut song from Panzi Hospital program

HOLISTIC APPROACH 

TO HEALING 

Physical 

Spiritual 

Psychological 


EDUCATION AND 

AWARENESS IN 

CANADA 

In March 2014, Make Music Matter had the honour and privilege of hosting Nobel Prize nominee 

and founder of Panzi Hospital and Foundations, Dr. Denis Mukwege, for a series of events in 

Manitoba to educate the public about the impacts of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the 

Democratic Republic of the Congo and to provide the public with ways in which they could make a 

quantifiable difference in what has been deemed the worst place in the world to be a woman. 

“Integrating holistic, psychosocial therapeutic 

methods with music is creating a breakthrough 

in the healing process. The patients are 

transformed, becoming artists. Their songs bring 

joy where once there was total despair. Through 

this music therapy program, and the many other 

services we provide, the women and girls are 

finding their voices. And that is true freedom.” 

– Dr. Denis Mukwege, PhD 

The week of events began with bestowing 

the Order of the Buffalo Hunt upon Dr. 

Mukwege at the Manitoba Legislative 

Assembly in recognition of his work treating 

victims of sexual violence. 

The Order is the highest honour the province can bestow on 

individuals who demonstrate outstanding skills in the areas of 

leadership, service, and community commitment. In addition, 

Dr. Lloyd Axworthy bestowed an honourary Doctorate of 

Laws upon Dr. Mukwege from the University of Winnipeg in 

recognition of his dedication to bringing peace to the DRC 

and to heal victims of SGBV since the founding of Panzi 

Hospital in 1999. 

Dr. Mukwege also spoke with students, academics, and the 

public at both the University of Winnipeg and the University of 

Manitoba, including a lecture to medical students and faculty, on 

SGBV in the DRC and the impact of SGBV in the eastern Congo. 

These talks included local Congolese community members and 

enlightened many attendees to the struggles and resilience of 

women in the Congo and the need for the global community to 

stand with the women of Panzi Hospital. 

In joining with its passion for the arts, Make Music Matter 

brought a full house of Winnipeg arts community members to 

meet Dr. Mukwege at the Graffiti Art Gallery for a musical evening 

honouring the women of the DRC, including a presentation from 

former Governor General the Right Honourable Michäelle Jean 

and Panzi Foundation USA. The final event brought together 

over 1100 attendees for an evening of dialogue and music at the 

Pantages Playhouse Theatre to raise awareness and funds for the 

Panzi Hospital. The event was a great success and combined the 

collective experience and knowledge of Dr. Samantha Nutt of War 

Child Canada, Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Roméo Dallaire, Dr. 

Lloyd Axworthy, and Dorothée Kabali Tokunda, a local Congolese 

woman, with a keynote from Dr. Mukwege. The aptly named event, 

Right Her Future (Une voie pour leur avenir), brought context 

to the conflict in the DRC and the use of rape as a weapon of 

war. Included was a call to action to support the immense work 

the Panzi Hospital is doing to heal, rehabilitate and reintegrate 

survivors of sexual violence back into their communities. The 

benefit concert featured musical performances from members of 

the Congolese community, Canadian musicians Jim Cuddy (Blue 

Rodeo), Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent), and Cone McCaslin (Sum 41). 

The week of events tied in with the Juno Awards week in Manitoba 

and elevated the status of Make Music Matter in Manitoba with 

key stakeholders and government officials. Make Music Matter 

was able to leverage this visit to recruit long-term advocates and 

volunteers to support its programming and the ongoing need for a 

vocal global community in respect to the women of the DRC. 

*special thanks to Christine Melnick and the RHF volunteers” 


MY SONG 

FOR CHANGE 

In line with its work to educate and engage 

Canadians as active members of a global 

community, Make Music Matter has 

implemented a contest aimed at Canadian 

youth artists. 

“Creating music is not only a means of 

expression, it can be a powerful forum to convey 

global nature of Canadians’ experiences, and 

their ties to every corner of the world” 

– Jocelyn David, Director of Marketing, Western Union Canada 

The My Song for Change contest sought participants to submit 

an original musical performance focusing on the global issues 

they face in tandem with others around the world. An online 

voting system was used to determine the top ten finalists and 

an expert panel selected the winner. The panel then judged 

entries based upon lyrical creativity, melody, song structure and 

dynamics, and relevance to the contest’s theme. 

The winner then had their song and accompanied 

video produced in a professional recording 

studio, along with Canadian musicians. 

Sponsored by Western Union Canada, the first year of the My 

Song for Change contest in 2013 saw 257 songs submitted for 

consideration, along with over 118,000 visits on the web page, 

showing a great interest and involvement in the contest. In 

the first year, the contest gained great public support through 

appearances on the show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. 

The second year of the My Song for Change contest built on 

the successes of the previous year and continued to offer a 

meaningful opportunity to Canadian musicians to use their art 

to inspire and connect. In 2014, Make Music Matter partnered 

with Juno Award-winning rocker Sam Roberts (Sam Roberts 

Band), Cone McCaslin (Sum 41), Hill Kourkoutis (Serena 

Ryder), Sekou Lumumba (Serena Ryder) and Grammy Awardwinning 

producer David Bottrill to produce Fire from the Spark 

by Matt Blais. 

Western Union Canada sponsored the inaugural two years 

of the contest that seeks to leverage the power of music to 

educate, connect, transform and enrich people’s lives. 


LOOKING TOWARDS 

THE FUTURE 

After a very exciting and busy year implementing the Music Enrichment Program at Panzi Hospital 

and the Uyisenga N’Manzi Peace Centre, Make Music Matter is looking to a future of program 

expansion and partnerships to further implement its MEP model in a number of communities. 

At the Rwanda site, Make Music Matter is 

looking to develop the program to include a 

framework for trauma, depression and PTSD 

reduction in child-headed households in addition 

to its existing focus on health education and 

reduction of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. 

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Make Music Matter 

is in the process of expanding programming to include rural 

areas in South Kivu at Panzi Hospital’s outreach hospital/ 

health centres. MMM has already undergone a testing phase in 

Mulamba with 25 community members. This session was met 

with great interest and success and was supported largely by 

the husbands of the women involved. 

In addition to the Panzi Hospital-associated program in the 

DRC, War Child Canada is partnering with Make Music Matter 

to potentially implement a child and youth-based program in 

South and North Kivu. This program will aim at preventing 

violence and protecting children and youth in the area through 

the implementation of child and youth spaces, complete 

with educational opportunities, recreation, and outreach. 

This partnership will expand Make Music Matter’s Music 

Enrichment Program further in the DRC and will work more 

directly with children and youth, particularly young girls, and 

the protection and implementation of children’s rights in the 

North and South Kivu. 

Finally, Make Music Matter is in the process of putting forth 

a proposal to bring our special brand of music therapy and 

advocacy to work with Aboriginal and Indigenous communities 

in Ontario, Canada. This proposed program would focus, 

similar to Panzi, on women affected by sexual violence in the 

community and work towards educating a Canadian audience 

on sexual violence against Aboriginal women and a process of 

healing among participants. 

Beyond the anticipated program expansions, Make Music 

Matter will be looking into the process of doing a third My 

Song For Change contest, will be fully re-designing their 

website, and will continue to edit and release songs created 

in its existing programming. In the near future, Make Music 

Matter will be releasing a promotional video and a four song EP 

with Swedish Hip Hop artist, Timbuktu, who visited the Panzi 

Hospital site last September to work with its beneficiaries. 

Given its great success and adaptability, Make Music Matter 

will be reviewing its Mission and Vision Statements to better 

represent the beneficiary group impacted by its Music 

Enrichment Program. 

Music Matter is looking forward to continuing to impact change 

in the communities and meeting its mission of engaging, 

educating, and fostering communities affected by extreme 

poverty through music and socially conscious art. 


THANK YOU TO 

OUR PARTNERS 

A very big thank you to the many partners, foundations, Canadian corporations 

and many more unnamed Canadian women and men who donate to us individually. 

Without them we would never be able to help the poor and disenfranchised both 

overseas and at home and advocate for a better future. 

An extra special thank you goes out to 

the artists that continue to advocate for 

Make Music Matter: 

IMPLEMENTATION AND 

SUPPORTING PARTNERS: 

Panzi Hospital 

Panzi Foundation USA 

Panzi Foundation DRC 

Uyisenga N’Manzi 

Metalworks Institute 

Joao Carvalho Mastering 

War Child Canada 

Humanitarian Innovation Fund 

Western Union Canada 

Walmart Canada 

Global College 

Slaight Communications 

Friesen Foundation 

Lush Handmade Cosmetics 

Manitoba Council for International 

Cooperation (MCIC) 

MLA Christine Melnick 

The Asper Foundation 

CUPE National 

Mel Lazareck 

The University of Manitoba - 

College of Medicine 

Larry Vickar 

Bonnie Buhler 

Deborah Gray 

Albert el Tassi 

Global College and 

The University of Winnipeg 

Graffiti Art Programming Inc. 

Direct Focus Marketing Communications 

SUPPORTING 

ARTISTS: 

Ian D’Sa and Billy Talent 

Cone McCaslin (Sum 41) 

Sam Roberts Band 

John Angus MacDonald (the Trews) 

Hill Kourkoutis (Serena Ryder, Hill, 

and the Sky Heroes) 

Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) 

Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat, Mounties) 

Big Sugar 

Damhnait Doyle 

Classified 

Luke McMaster 

Timbuktu 

BOARD OF 

DIRECTORS: 

Darcy Ataman 

Jit Lahiry 

Jaime Cundy 

David Bottrill 

Michael Espinoza 

Daniel Goldenberg 

Rebecca Purver 

Devon Gergovich 

Brian Fox 

Jennifer Lin 

Ryan Clarke 

photos by Jeppe Schilder 

MSFC photos by Randy Krahn 

Annual Report written by Brianne McKay and Darcy Ataman 

*Our Financial report is available upon request. 


Make Music Matter Inc. 

605-110 Princess St. 

Wpg MB R3B 1K7 

darcy@makemusicmatter.org 

Make Music Matter is a registered Canadian Charity 

Business Number: 834452369RR0001

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