Benjamin Zander: Classical Music with Shining eyes
Here is a video clip of Benjamin Zander, musician and author of “The Art of Possibility” talking about the relevance of classical music to our world and how classical music Continue Reading →
Month: November 2008
Tuba Christmas 2008
Granville Island December 14,Yuletide Stage in Triangle Square Why: Tuba Christmas is an opportunity for Tuba and Euphonium players to get together and be the star of the concert. We Continue Reading →
Canadian performing arts organizations generate $2.70 in revenues for every dollar recieved from governments
Largest share of total revenues came from box office revenues (38% of total revenues), larger than total government or total private funding Private sector revenues grew the fastest over the Continue Reading →
National Youth Orchestra of Canada
A reminder that NYO applications are due by December 1st. Dear NYOC Alumni and Friends, The National Youth Orchestra of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of the Super Continue Reading →
Student expectations of grades
Here is an article recently pubished in the National Post about changing expectations from students with respect to grading. We increasingly live in a world where success is thought of Continue Reading →
Recent Articles on Education
A couple of interesting articles on education have appeared in the past few weeks. The first from Science Daily indicates that children learn from mistakes only after about the age Continue Reading →
Welcome
Welcome to our brand new blog forum for BC Community Music Schools. Hopefully this will become an information source for finding out what is happening at your local music school. Continue Reading →