Dovercourt Annual Report 2018

BSOMA
Participation in music and arts programming at BSOMA continues to climb. Our growing
roster of music teachers (now 26) delivered 4510 private lessons in 2018 in vocals, guitar,
ukulele, drums and more. Participation in group classes and camps grew once again to 312
participants and 123 respectively. Our students performed at RBC Bluesfest, CityFolk,
Westboro Fuse, Music in the Park, and the McKellar Park Fall Festival, entertaining crowds
with their fine musicianship. Our very first Rock University band, Five + None, who has been
with us since 2016, has established themselves in the last year as one of the top new rock
bands in Ottawa, landing a single on commercial radio, booking festival gigs, and placing
well in local band competitions.
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Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture programming at Dovercourt is now entirely overseen by the BSOMA team.
We have continued our commitment to employing great community artists as our visual arts
instructors, and have developed our own courses for all age groups, rather than relying on
third party providers. The results have been a greater variety of visual arts programs for that
maximize the strengths our instructors and better suit the needs of our clients, and better
revenue results. Our Dance program saw 306 participants, a slight decline in registrations
from 2017, but with a renewed investment in program quality, we expect great things in the
coming years. Pottery registrations were again strong, maintaining the same number of
participants as in 2017 (200+).