Kitchen Party Music Inc. is the registered SK. non-profit organization which runs The Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party. Run by volunteers, we are striving towards year-round programming, because Kitchen Party Music Inc. is dedicated to creating sustainable collaborative musical experiences by working together with communities in S.E. Saskatchewan.
This is our Current 2025-2026 Board of Directors:
Which is why to date, we have focused most of our energies on creating the main event of the year: our wonderful Music Camp. It is possible to glimpse the energy in this video!
In all of our year-round activities we focus on a cooperative atmosphere, where all participants (regardless of age or ability) are valuable and vital contributors. And at The Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party, this philosophy is central to our camp.
So, let’s talk about how that happens at KLKP!
How do we do promote this philosophy in a camp setting? Firstly, we actively encourage families to attend as a unit because we believe that music best grows in the nurturing environment of our families.
Our Kids KLKLP Offering:
But we acknowledge that attending as a family, while OPTIMAL, is not an option for many people. This is why in 2022 we piloted a specialized Kids KLKP program in collaboration with our main community partner, the Kenosee Lake Boys and Girls Camp. We offer specialized children’s classes and experiences (like the Kids’ collaboration project and the Kids’ square dance in the pool), and THEY provide the camp counsellors who supervise the children outside of lesson time, ( including overnight for those eligible) and provide relevant land-based programming like hikes, canoeing, games in the forest.
These children also have access to a fully dedicated Artist in residence, who provides a calming presence and visual art support, as well as a local Tradition Keeper who helps us all to stay grounded on the Treaty 4 territory we live on.
Unsupervised TEEN KLKP programming
These teens have often attended as a child in the Kids KLKP, and now return to access the full instructional day offered. KLKP provides great supervision in the form of teachers who loosely supervise outside of class times, check in regularly, ensure curfews are met, and manage social difficulties as they arise. This allows these young budding musicians to access the top notch musicians and artists which KLKP hires each year, even if their parents are unable to attend alongside.
Our Flagship Stream:
This stream can be attended by musicians of all ages. Children under 16 as long as they have a parent/ guardian onsite and can engage in the full instructional programming, as well as adults of all abilities.
We offer a high quality program to adult and advanced players by encouraging collaboration and jamming.
Then, we work hard at creating a musical family at the camp, where, even if a participant arrives solo, they are quickly embraced into a real family on campus.
Finally, we assemble the finest team of instructors/artists and human-beings we can find: musicians who not only excel at their craft, but who are also great role models on many levels, and yet are also just members of our musical family who can guide us to become better musicians. Our class sizes are small, the individual attention is abundant and opportunities to collaborate with other fantastic musicians on performances abound!
Our camp focuses on inclusion, collaboration, excellence and cooperation.
KLKP is deliberate in their message of inclusion, and the team is always working towards improving how we walk gently on the earth and with each other.
We are helping to build a caring community of talented musicians and extended family which lasts beyond the borders of the summer camp, and throughout the year as networks extend and participants take our challenges home with them and continue to build “the musical community” where they live.
Our Community Partnerships:
KLKP’s primary partner is our facility partner, the Kenosee Lake Boys and Girls Camp, as they provide:
- catering using wonderful local volunteers
- camp counsellors which allows us to collaborate on our children’s programing
- Facility use, maintenance and improvements which help to continually expand our ability to keep everyone comfortable.
Local organizations who sponsor children’s tuition, sponsor Festival concerts, and who provide volunteers and support in many ways.
- Sask Lotteries/ Sask. Arts Board
- Carlyle Lions Club
- Moose Mountain Lions Club
- Moose Mountain Knights of Columbus
- Performance Realty
- Moose Mountain Players
- Cornerstone Theatre
- and many more….
Individual participants who add to their registraiton to assist others in attending.
Major donors like David Hongisto with a $20,000 donation to assist with the continuation of children and teen programming.
