The Park Songbook is a community-based initiative that brings together students from Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) and associate composers from the Canadian Music Centre.

Now called Community Music Schools of Toronto (CMST), RPSM has grown to serve additional neighbourhoods in the city.  This project was conceived by soprano and former CMST faculty member, Zorana Sadiq, who dreamed of a community-based art song program, where students would write the lyrics, then professional composers would tailor the music and push the abilities of student pianists and singers from the school to perform.  This music now lives in the repertoire of Canadian art song, which was always the intent. 

The Park Songbook Volume 1

  • Not Knowing – Dean Burry / Hanna Yusuf
  • Promise – Dean Burry / Jenny Zhang & Emily Hoang
  • Making Something – Brian Current / Isidora Ateljevic
  • Flowers – Juliet Palmer / Lotus Sheikh-Lewis
  • I’m Grateful – Juliet Palmer / Fatou Mukuna
  • So Crumble into Sand – Jeffrey Ryan / Mustafa Ahmed
  • Spaghetti – Jeffrey Ryan / Nikita Layne-Austin
  • Brown Mouse – Saman Shahi / Crystal Qiu & Ethan Qiu
  • What if – Saman Shahi / Fatou Mukuna

The Park Songbook Volume 2

  • The Sandwich of My Dreams –  OmarDaniel / Madeline Perez
  • Peace – Omar Daniel / Themis Zerit
  • Sad – Omar Daniel / Twila Ferraz
  • Amazing Feeling – Aaron Gervais / Anne-Marie Mogaus
  • The Land of Sweets – Aaron Gervais / Emily Tu
  • Peace – Aaron Gervais / Paula Ponce
  • Ancient Feelings – Pouya Hamidi / Piaras Chauvin
  • Calm Down, Baby – Pouya Hamidi / Emmanuel Wegayehu
  • Time – Pouya Hamidi / Sabrina Wan
  • Bullying – Emilie LeBel / Andrej Mihailovic
  • The Dream – Emilie LeBel / Alma Ahmed
  • A Hockey Player Goal – Emilie LeBel / Yuiel Issac

The Park Songbook Volume 3

  • Detester, Aimer – Alice Ho / Thomass Muir
  • Lost Then Found – Alice Ho / Thomass Muir
  • The King’s Flag – Alice Ho / Tyler Diep
  • I See You – Cecilia Livingston / Stefan Ateljevic
  • Love Is – Cecilia Livingston / Daria Tarnopolski
  • She – Cecilia Livingston / Doris Du
  • Ginger Heaven – Alexina Louie / Benjamin Aenishanslin
  • The Joust – Alexina Louie / Stefan Ateljevic
  • I Can See My Future – Monica Pearce / Yuiel Isaac
  • Jungle of Nerves – Monica Pearce / Thomass Muir
  • Light and Darkness – Monica Pearce / Siddhartha Kundu

The Park Songbook Volume 4

  • The High Life – Ian Cusson / Jayden Park
  • I Am An African Girl – Ian Cusson / Zahra Ekpelibe
  • Voilà ! Une petite fleur – Ian Cusson / Eugenie Henaux
  • A Day at the Park – James Rolfe / Malia Mowatt
  • I See – James Rolfe / Siddhartha Kundu
  • New Kittens – James Rolfe / Piravinth Logeswaran
  • Change – Bekah Simms / Siddhartha Kundu
  • Love – Bekah Simms / Aarika Jnawali
  • Nero – Bekah Simms / Vincent Deng
  • I Am Out Of Ideas – Linda Catlin Smith / Ben Aenishanslin
  • Sound is everywhere – Linda Catlin Smith / Yvonne Hong
  • When I Go To Sleep – Linda Catlin Smith / Shorna Kundu

The Park Songbook Volume 5

  • Kindness – Tova Kardonne / Andrej Mihailovic
  • My Drawer – Tova Kardonne / Class of 2016
  • Stressful Days – Tova Kardonne / Doris Du
  • I am lost – Shelley Marwood / Kristine Lieu
  • Reverse War – Shelley Marwood / Ben Aenishanslin
  • Where She Went – Shelley Marwood / Emily Tu
  • Quincey – Roydon Tse / Quincey Wise
  • Whoever You Are – Roydon Tse / Alice & Crystal Qiu
  • You Will Never Know – Roydon Tse / Ben Aenishanslin
  • The Art of Disappearing – Leslie Uyeda / Alma Alisa Ahmed
  • Bend and Sway – Leslie Uyeda / Stacy Darko
  • Learning to Drum – Leslie Uyeda / Mahalia Gilmore