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UPDATED 2022-03-23: As a small business operating in the province of Ontario, the GYMC is continuing our current COVID-19 safety policies and protocols. We all have a role to play in helping protect our community and reducing the spread of COVID-19. Please follow GYMC pandemic protocols to help keep yourself and others safe when you are in the building.   …

Since October 1, 2021, everyone entering the GYMC Facility must be vaccinated against COVIDs 19, as recommended by the Ministry of Health and Provincial Health Officer. Subject to the exemptions enumerated in this policy, the GYMC requires you to obtain a vaccination for COVIDs 19 prior to engaging in any lessons (single or group), events or any other business that …

We are saddened to learn of the sudden death, in late April, of Wendy Vernon.  Wendy will be remembered in the Guelph and Mt. Forest area as a highly respected ballet teacher and choreographer.  She is survived by her husband, Canadian conductor, Timothy Vernon, and four children:  Allegra, Ariel, Blythe and Jeremy, to whom she was a supportive Suzuki Mom.

It’s been a tough year for the Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC), just it has for many due to the pandemic. The GYMC faces a $100,000 deficit and is in urgent need of support to continue its music, dance and arts programs. Fortunately, a generous donor has pledged to match donations up to a total of $50,000 to help close …

The Guelph Youth Music Centre (GYMC) is offering a NEW Online Course… Music is a Language. Led by GSO/GYSO Conductor Al Cannon, this interactive course provides a hands-on version of the written and oral language of music, commonly referred to as music theory. Students play their instruments at every session! Students will immediately apply their new knowledge to their playing, …

 The Guelph Youth Music Centre is offering rental space for private lessons, classes, rehearsals, and meetings in accordance with current government restrictions and regulations. There are seven studio rooms (small, medium and large), one dance studio with sprung floor and one recital hall available. Rental rates, appointments and tours are available by calling 519-837-1119. For more information, click on the RENTALS menu …