Students build connection to military veterans through music project Eight Greater Victoria piano students have written piano compositions to honour soldiers from the Canadian Scottish Regiment who died during the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. Darron Kloster May 26, 2024 5:45 AM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Previous Next 1 / 1 Music teacher Emily Armour is behind a program called Music for Veterans that sees students write piano compositions for fallen veterans. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Advertisement Expand Listen to this article 00:06:10 Between football practice, schoolwork and all the other things a busy teenager has going on, Liam Ray took time to compose his own song for a young soldier he never knew.
He calls his three-minute piano piece Ballad for Seanmhair — grandmother in Scottish Gaelic — and it pays tribute to Ronald Cameron, who at 21 was cut down in the first wave of Canadians storming Juno Beach on D-Day. Ray’s research found that Cameron, a Vancouver truck driver who loved his work, was especially close to his grandmother and had talked a lot about her in letters and last wishes as his Victoria-based Canadian Scottish Regiment was preparing to invade Europe in the historic battle 80 years ago. Ray, 16, said he wanted to capture the love that the young solider had for his grandmother, his connection to home and what he might be feeling getting ready for battle.
“It was tough to start,”.
