Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
This is an hour long program written by and featuring UK comedian Bill Bailey that’s perhaps best described as what if the cast of Monty Python wrote The Young Lutheran’s Continue Reading →
Author: srobb
Artistic Director, Delta Community Music School
Bernstien: The Unanswered Question
From the original Harvard University Lecture Series.1973
Jazz Workshops in the 21st Century, the New Mentorship Process
Every time I see a teaching artist talk about music I learn something new. Every time I look at a contemporary book or blog post explaining creative music work I Continue Reading →
Can Music Make Your Child Smarter?
Most parents can agree that kids just get music, instinctively and instantly. We recognize it the first moment we successfully calm a hysterical newborn with a ballad or watch a Continue Reading →
B.C. and the budget: What’s old is new again
The new BC child tax credits amount to no more than $25 per child per year for eligible families. An article from the Victoria Times Columnist – Victoria BC There is an old Continue Reading →
CBC digital music service launched
The CBC is diving into the world of online music with the goal of providing listeners access to their favourite tunes, and a way to discover new artists and connect Continue Reading →
Business Support for Communities Could be Waning
This study is based on what is happening in the US, but in many respects Canada is not following far behind. Harvard Business School just released its first study of US Continue Reading →
The Problem with “Problemization” in Arts Funding
I discovered an excellent article on the weekend that really gets to the heart of matter when it comes to the whole notion of “project driven” and “problem driven” methods Continue Reading →
Brass Fest at UBC
I am writing to invite you to the Second Annual Brassfest workshop held at the University of British Columbia on Sunday, February 5, from 9am-6pm in UBC’s Old Auditorium. A Continue Reading →
The Langley School Music Project
It was 1978. A first year music teacher in Langley BC was making his own way. An old story now in 2012 , but a story that deserves a retelling. Continue Reading →