Lost & Found Music Studios

Lost & Found Music Studios is a Canadian musical-drama children's series created by Frank van Keeken and aired by Family Channel.^[1] The series is produced by Temple Street Productions^[2] and Beachwood Canyon Productions. It is a music-centered spinoff of the dance-focused The Next Step, using a similar mockumentary format and sharing characters and locations; the main characters of Lost & Found initially appeared in the third season of The Next Step.^[3] The series premiered on December 11, 2015, on Family Channel,^[4] running for two seasons of 27 episodes, and airing its final episode on March 31, 2017.

Lost & Found Music Studios
Genre	Teen drama Docudrama Musical
Created by	Frank Van Keeken
Starring	Shane Harte Alex Zaichkowski Keara Graves Sarah Carmosino Levi Randall Deshaun Clarke Ella Jonas Farlinger Katrina Hachey Trevor Tordjman
Opening theme	"Lost and Found"
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	27
Production
Executive producers	Frank van Keeken Ivan Schneeberg David Fortier
Producers	Laura Harbin Jay Prychidny Laurie McLarty
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	23–24 minutes
Production companies	Temple Street Productions Beachwood Canyon Productions
Original release
Network	Family Channel
Release	December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11) – March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
Related
The Next Step

Premise

"A live music venue, recording studio and jam space, Lost & Found is an amazing place where young musicians go to become great. Members immerse themselves in music, write songs record tracks and form bands in hopes of turning their passion into a profession. But, if making it in the music industry wasn’t hard enough, these aspiring artists also have to deal with the many issues teens face including first crushes, peer pressure, difficult home lives and trying to fit in."^[4]

Cast and characters

Main

• Shane Harte as Luke, lead singer and guitarist for the band Lost & Found, and a songwriter
• Alex Zaichkowski as John, the lead guitarist of Lost & Found, and a songwriter
• Keara Graves as Leia, a singer-songwriter who has been with the program for two years, she views herself as the best songwriter in the program. She has a crush on Luke.
• Sarah Carmosino as Rachel, a singer and songwriter with self-confidence issues, and Leia's best friend
• Levi Randall as Theo, the quirky bassist of the Lost & Found band
• Deshaun Clarke as Jude, a confident rapper
• Ella Jonas Farlinger as Eva, a shy singer and songwriter with strict parents
• Katrina Hachey as Hannah, a singer and guitarist
• Ali Milner as Parker, the studio manager at Lost & Found Music Studios
• Michael Torontow as Mr. T, a music producer and the owner of the Lost & Found Music Studios
• Rakim Kelly as Isaac, a young singer from a tough neighborhood who auditions to join the Lost & Found music program
• Olivia Solo as Annabelle, a nervous singer-songwriter who auditions to join the Lost & Found music program but blows her audition when she learns the wrong song
• Matthew Bacik as Nate, a singer and keyboardist with an oppressive stage mother who auditions to join the Lost & Found music program
• Maranda Thomas as Mary, Jackie's older sister, and a singer who auditions to get into the Lost & Found music program
• Alyssa Baker as Maggie, a musician and singer-songwriter from a small town who auditions to join the Lost & Found music program
• Jeni Ross as Clara, a young singer, Giselle's sister, who auditions to join the Lost & Found music program

Recurring

• Victoria Baldesarra as Michelle, a dancer at The Next Step
• Trevor Tordjman as James, a former dancer with The Next Step and a drummer for the Lost & Found band, though he is not in the music program
• Brittany Raymond as Riley, a dancer at The Next Step
• Jordan Clark as Giselle, a dancer at The Next Step
• Kathryn Greco as Patricia, the manageress of Java Junction
• Ian Matthews as Thomas, John's imposing widower father
• Lovell Adams-Gray as Tully, Isaac's older brother, who runs with a bad crew, and is also known as the musical act Paradox
• Bailey Pelkman as Britney, a singer who is auditioning for the second year in a row to get into the Lost & Found music program
• Lauren Thomas as Jackie, Mary's younger sister

Guest stars

• Tyler Shaw as himself (in "Dancing in the Rain")
• Brenda Bazinet as Ruth, John's grandmother (in "Callin' Callin' Part 2", "The Sound of Change")
• Kerri Smith as Connie, Eva's strict mother (in "Rhythm Is My Heartbeat", "Wondering", "You Could Have It All")

Episodes

Season 1 (2015–16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Lost and Found"	Samir Rehem	Frank van Keeken	December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
2	2	"See Through Me"	Samir Rehem	Amy Cole	January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)
3	3	"Play the Record"	Samir Rehem	Frank van Keeken	January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
4	4	"Heart & Soul"	Jim Allodi	Emma Campbell	January 22, 2016 (2016-01-22)
5	5	"Invincible"	Jim Allodi	Elizabeth Bekcer	January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
6	6	"All About the Music"	Jim Allodi	Laura Harbin	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)
7	7	"Day After Day"	Samir Rehem	Tricia Fish	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)
8	8	"Dancing in the Rain"	Samir Rehem	Duana Taha	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
9	9	"Potent Love"	Samir Rehem	Ian Malone	February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
10	10	"Heart Shape"	Frank van Keeken	Frank van Keeken & Laura Harbin	March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)
11	11	"Freebird"	Mitchell T. Ness	Story by : Amy Cole and Daniel Godwin Teleplay by : Amy Cole	March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)
12	12	"Sunrise"	Shawn Alex Thompson	Matthew MacFadzean	March 25, 2016 (2016-03-25)
13	13	"Callin' Callin' Part 1"	Mitchell T. Ness	Amy Cole	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
14	14	"Callin' Callin' Part 2"	Mitchell T. Ness	Frank van Keeken	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)

Season 2 (2016–17)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
15	1	"Sweet Tarts"	Frank van Keeken	Frank van Keeken	December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
16	2	"Rhythm in My Heatbeat"	Mitchell T. Ness	Amy Cole	January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)
17	3	"Wondering"	Mitchell T. Ness	Tricia Fish	January 20, 2017 (2017-01-20)
18	4	"Take Control"	Stephen Reynolds	Brad Vermunt & Malek Pacha	January 27, 2017 (2017-01-27)
19	5	"Hit My Heart"	Stephen Reynolds	Emma Campbell	February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)
20	6	"How Far We've Come"	Stephen Reynolds	Malek Pacha & Brad Vermunt	February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)
21	7	"Last Shot"	Shawn Alex Thompson	Elizabeth Becker and Bethany Kaster	February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)
22	8	"Take You There"	Shawn Alex Thompson	Ian Malone & Matthew MacFadzean	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
23	9	"Let It Go"	Shawn Alex Thompson	Emma Campbell and Malek Pacha & Brad Vermunt	March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)
24	10	"Falling for You"	Frank van Keeken	Frank van Keeken & Laura Harbin	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)
25	11	"Call My Name"	Frank van Keeken	Bethany Kaster	March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)
26	12	"You Could Have It All"	Frank van Keeken	Amy Cole	March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)
27	13	"The Sound of Change"	Frank van Keeken	Frank van Keeken	March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)

Broadcast and release

The series was aired by Family Channel in Canada, premiering on December 11, 2015,^[4] and on CBBC in the United Kingdom.^[1] In the United States and globally, the series was released by Netflix, with the first season launched on April 1, 2016,^[5][6] and the second season released on December 3, 2016.^[7] The series departed Netflix internationally in December 2021.^[8]