CBY Music & Performing Arts
Developing the next generation of Canadian artists since 2017
With our purpose-built academy in the heart of Waterdown, industry-leading instructors and extensive connections within the creative arts industries, CBY offers award-winning instruction in the performing arts where you can explore your passion and find your place.
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CBY Music & Performing Arts
Developing the next generation of Canadian artists since 2017
With our purpose-built academy in the heart of Waterdown, industry-leading instructors and extensive connections within the creative arts industries, CBY offers award-winning instruction in the performing arts where you can explore your passion and find your place.
We're musicians, producers, directors, actors & educators with years of experience.
Music & Performing Arts in Waterdown
At CBY Music, we have an exciting range of performing arts opportunities designed to help you realize your potential. Our private and group lessons, which take place in an engaging and supportive environment, teach a host of skills in the fields of music, drama, dance, and musical theatre.
- Music
Cultivate the skills you need to create, produce, and perform different styles of music as either a singer, instrumentalist or artist. If your goal is to play your favourite songs, become a performer, write your own songs, grow your confidence or take your music exams, we have the programs to get your started and keep you going!
- Private, Semi-Private and Group Lessons
- Voice and Instrumental
- Creative Artist Development
- Accredited Exams
Music
If your goal is to play your favourite songs, become a performer, write your own songs, grow your confidence or take your performing arts exams, we have the programs to get your started and keep you going!
- Private, Semi-Private and Group Lessons
- Voice and Instrumental
- Creative Artist Development
- Accredited Exams
We’re Proud Of Who We Are And What We Do.
Active and celebrated industry professionals
We have a diverse team of professional musicians, actors, dancers and live performers whose talent is highly in-demand. We’re confident in our expertise, as we have years of experience and a fervent passion for the arts. We strive to make students and parents feel proud of their studio and pass on that CBY pride to future generations.
Unique Opportunities
We develop the next generation of Canadian artists by constantly offering opportunities outside of lessons to help our students reach their full potential.
Measurable Achievements
We build personalized learning plans for each student based on their goals and work closely in tandem with parents to keep each student on a path for success.
Industry Access
We have deep connections with the performing arts industry and are proud to make these connections available to our students.
Learn more about our values and what we offer
We work diligently to create an academy environment that makes all members feel valued and integral, with less of an emphasis on “star culture”.
Real students and families. Genuine Testimonials.
What Does the CBY Community Say?
Vanessa Sears
“CBY Music fosters a safe, fun and invigorating environment for young people eager to hone their skills and excel in the industry.”
Vanessa Sears is an actress and CBY masterclass instructor, most recently known for:
- Mary Poppins (Young Peoples’ Theatre)
- Billy Elliot (Stratford Festival)
- Suits (as Young Jessica)
She is a Dora Award winner, Toronto Theatre Critic’s Association Award, Critic’s Pick and BroadwayWorld award-winning Canadian Stage and Screen actor.
Vanessa Sears
“CBY Music fosters a safe, fun and invigorating environment for young people eager to hone their skills and excel in the industry.”
- Mary Poppins (Young Peoples’ Theatre)
- Billy Elliot (Stratford Festival)
- Suits (as Young Jessica)
⭐️ BOOKED IT ⭐️ congratulations to CBY student Emma who has been cast in an exciting upcoming Toronto musical! This will be such an amazing opportunity for this endlessly hard working, talented youngster. We’re all so proud of you, Em! More details soon.
#lifeatcby #cbystudents
Tonight at Youth Showstoppers, some amazing things happened…AND THIS IS ONLY WEEK TWO!! 🤯 What a special group this is becoming 💕 #lifeatcby #cbyshowstoppers #comealive #thegreatestshowman #contemporarydance #musicaltheatre
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to Sammy for earning a First Class Honours with Distinction in her Level 3 @conservatorycanada voice exam! She scored in the top 10% with a whopping 90!! 🤯
What a month this kid is having! Well done Sammy. We’re super proud of you!
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
#lifeatcby #cbystudents
⭐️ BOOKED IT ⭐️ huge congrats to Zooey for booking her first professional voiceover job! Expect to hear her unmistakable voice in a new animation series coming to your TV very soon!! So well deserved 🥰
#lifeatcby #cbystudents #childactor
First Junior Showstoppers session of the year! WE’RE BACKKKK! Hands up who’s excited for Shrek Jr 😏😏
First week of term is going very well! We have also launched a Tik Tok account. Follow us for exclusive content of #lifeatcby 👉🏻@cbyacademy
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to our recent exam students!! The results are in and we couldn’t be more proud of you!
Well done to:
- Ava for scoring a 72 in her @conservatorycanada Level 2 voice exam.
- Graeden for scoring an 85 in his @conservatorycanada Level 4 voice exam.
- Emma for scoring an 86 in her @conservatorycanada Level 3 voice exam.
- Grayson for scoring an 81 in his @conservatorycanada Level 2 voice exam.
- Zooey for scoring an 85 in her @conservatorycanada Level 2 voice exam.
- Mori for scoring an 81 in her @conservatorycanada Level 2 voice exam.
Round of applause for all! What a fantastic way to finish our summer term and start our new term! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
#lifeatcby #cbystudents
Congrats to CBY student Sammy for landing her first professional acting role in a Volkswagen commercial 🎉
Our local newspaper Flamborough Review wrote a great article about her this week. Check it out!
#lifeatcby #soproud
https://www.thespec.com/local-flamborough/life/2022/08/27/waterdown-girl-drives-home-first-acting-role-with-volkswagen-commercial.html
…meanwhile, on the other side of town, the CBY Music soccer team were closing out their season with a 4-2 win!!! Great job girls! Now THAT’S how you finish a summer season! ⚽️ #goooocby
❤️ THANK YOU ❤️ to everyone who came out to our very first Scholarship Fund Summer Market, and an extra special thank you to our team of incredible volunteers (including an army of studio moms), our CBY families who donated generously and the amazing folks at Birmingham Consulting!
We raised a grand total of $947 today that will go towards making quality arts education accessible to young people.
Now, who wants to help us get that number to $1000?! 💪🏻 Every little bit helps! Our e-transfers are open for additional donations and can be sent to payments@cbymusic.com.
We love this town, we love our team, we love this community! Thank you again for your generosity and for spending the morning with us at CBY.
Also, watch this space! In the coming days, we will be extending our fundraising efforts even further with an online market on our Facebook page! More details on that soon.
#lifeatcby
☀️ The CBY Summer Market is open! ☀️ come down to 21 Mill St N and find some treasure! We have student performances all morning too. We’re here till noon!
Donations for our summer market this Saturday are coming in hot! In this mountain we have already got clothing from Lululemon, vintage vinyl records, kitchen appliances, smart home tech and, obviously, plenty of baby gear!
The CBY summer market is taking place at our studio at 21 Mill St N, complete with live performances from CBY students throughout the morning. All proceeds raised go to the CBY scholarship fund. Be sure to join us this Saturday, 9am-12pm. Come find some treasure! ☀️
#waterdown #waterdownmoms #lifeatcby #summermarket
We want to say a very special congratulations and thank you to Rebecca and Carly, who are the first recipients of our 5 YEAR STUDENT PIN! Both have been with us since we opened our doors in Sept 2017 - our true OGs - and have been on quite the talent-filled journey ever since!
And, in what is perhaps the best full circle moment ever, the pair have now joined the CBY staff to run our Saturday Musical Theatre Classes, starting this September! This dynamic duo are part of our founding family and have a wealth of theatre and performing experience. As such, we can think of no better pair suited to take on these exciting and rapidly growing programs.
Thank you Rebecca and Carly for sticking with us for 5 years, for bringing your undeniable talent and hard work to our studio and for contributing so much to the student culture at CBY. The impression you have made continues to be felt by our students, their families and our staff.
#lifeatcby #cbystudents #studentaward
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to CBY students Emilia, Emma and Zooey who were all signed by our friends at @premierartistsmgmt after performing for them at our annual agent showcase!! They will now be represented for professional work in film, TV, voiceover and theatre and everyone at CBY are SO PROUD of them!! 💙 So much talent here!!
#lifeatcby #cbystudents #childactor #nailedit #waterdown
