Welcome to Xenia Concerts
Xenia Concerts Inc. works with the neurodiversity and disability communities to design, produce, and present exceptional performing arts experiences for children, their families, and others within those communities who face systemic and social barriers to inclusion.
Meet Your Artist Training Program Team
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Rory McLeod
Executive and Artistic Director of Xenia Concerts
As Executive & Artistic Director of Xenia Concerts, Rory works with stakeholders in the disability and neurodiversity community, presenting partners, and performing artists to co-create concert experiences that are inclusive for people who face social and systemic barriers to inclusion.
As Executive & Artistic Director of Xenia Concerts, Rory works with stakeholders in the disability and neurodiversity community, presenting partners, and performing artists to co-create concert experiences that are inclusive for people who face social and systemic barriers to inclusion.
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Erin Parkes
PhD, Founder of The Lotus Centre for Special Music Education
Erin founded Lotus Centre in 2012 based on a passionate belief that people of all abilities have a right to learn and experience music in an environment that meets their needs.
Erin founded Lotus Centre in 2012 based on a passionate belief that people of all abilities have a right to learn and experience music in an environment that meets their needs.
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Kaylce Carter
Accessibility Coordinator of Xenia Concerts
Kaylce’s work focuses on disability justice, anti-racism, co-design, curriculum design, collective care, and unpacking the institutional, social, and material effects that race, gender, disability, and class and their intersections have on our collective lives.
Kaylce’s work focuses on disability justice, anti-racism, co-design, curriculum design, collective care, and unpacking the institutional, social, and material effects that race, gender, disability, and class and their intersections have on our collective lives.
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Bruce Petherick
Musician, creator of Acoustic Spaces; Xenia Artist Training Advisor
Bruce Petherick is a neurodiverse (ASD) musician, and a creator of Acoustic Spaces living in Calgary. He has performed music around the world playing various styles from Classical, Jazz, to Musical Theatre
Bruce Petherick is a neurodiverse (ASD) musician, and a creator of Acoustic Spaces living in Calgary. He has performed music around the world playing various styles from Classical, Jazz, to Musical Theatre
Xenia provides an excellent, comprehensive, and welcoming approach to supporting artists in their learning and community engagement! It was such a wonderful learning experience to participate in the artist training program, and it has been so lovely working with the incredible team members!
— SarahRose Black, Xenia Artist & Music Therapist
Performing through Xenia Concerts was a beautiful experience for me. There is no doubt that music can change lives. With Xenia Concerts, it is not only the audience whose lives stand to be impacted, but also those of the artists. Thank you so much for doing the important work you are doing and for the invitation to be a part of it.
— Jesse Stewart, Xenia Artist
It was a wonderful experience, and a very emotional one as well. Getting to share our music with different audience members and being trained to do it in a safe, and respectful way was a very special experience, and I am grateful to have been able to have this opportunity to learn and grow as a human.
— Joanna Yesol Choi, Xenia Workshop Participant, Cellist, Dior String Quartet
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