The Impact of an Educator and Giving Your Time to Others - With Educator/Musician/Director Stacy Mortenson

Weekend Inspiration - The Impact of an Educator and Giving Your Time to Others

One of the most rewarding and impactful things one can do with their abilities is to share in their passion with others. It is statistically shown that we feel much more rewarded when we give a gift than when we receive one. As we all know I love to say that time is our most precious commodity.

What if we gave people the gift of our time, our talents, our passion our love? What kind of impact could we make on the world?

This all makes me think of educators and what kind of person it takes to show up day in and day out with their time, their precious time. They are dedicated individuals that have shaped who we are and what we become as well as our children.

So who better to bring on this week to the CMH Pod but one of those people who truly impacted my life and thousands of others.

How can you be generous with your time?

This Week on our Colour Me Happy! Podcast

Stacey Mortenson my band instructor who has been at it for 27 years now, but still going like she is fresh out of university! Changing lives one day at a time! I was lucky enough to be a small part in that journey!  It was a nostalgic episode where we giggled and reminisced but also touched on the fact of how integral arts programming is to our youth in our current climate and how music has played a role in all our lives. Stacey shows up, she shows up for her passion, she shows up for her students, and she shows up for her community. And how fortunate she showed up for us on this podcast. This is one you will not want to miss! 

Stacey Mortenson-Spokes is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (with Distinction). As a French horn player and former member of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Stacey’s teaching career began 26 years ago in Lloydminster, teaching Brass at Lakeland College and band and classroom music for Lloydminster Public School Division. Returning home to Saskatoon in 2006, Stacey has since taught music at Centennial Collegiate, Walter Murray Collegiate and is currently the music director at Evan Hardy Collegiate, where she directs three concert bands, three jazz bands, several jazz combos, the marching band and the choir. 

Stacey’s bands perform often and have traveled extensively across Canada, consistently receiving top awards at festivals including the National Festival, Musicfest Canada. Through the years. Stacey has thoroughly enjoyed conducting at SBA summer camps, conducting the SBA Junior honour band, adjudicating at Springfest Canada and workshopping touring bands. Stacey founded the Saskatoon Serenade, Saskatoon’s first all-female concert band of 40+ lovely musicians, in 2013.

In 2016, Stacey received the Keith Mann Outstanding Canadian Band Director Award at Musicfest Canada, and in 2017, she was deeply honoured to receive the Saskatchewan Band Association’s Distinguished Band Director Award. Ms. Mortenson-Spokes has always had a strong passion for music and the value of Music Education in shaping students’ lives and is excited to be here this weekend sharing music with dear colleagues.

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