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- ↑ Saunders, Stanley. "Youth Orchestras". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- ↑ "School History". dcms.ca. 5 March 2012.
- ↑ "Youth and Training Orchestras". orchestrascanada.org.
- ↑ "Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra". www.richmondchamber.ca.
