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If the purpose of a college education is for students to learn, academe is failing, according to Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, a book being released today by Continue Reading →
A chastened Liberal government has raised its gambling-grant total to $120 million for 2010-11, below 2008-09 levels In hindsight, the juxtaposition was hilarious: For its October symposium on the financial Continue Reading →
Matt Locke originally came up with the concept of the Six Spaces of Social Media. Evan McIntosh added a seventh earlier this year, Data Spaces, and ideas about how education Continue Reading →
We are writing to remind you of the deadline for entries to the 2011 Toronto Symphony Orchestra National Piano Competition. The deadline is FEBRUARY 18, 2011. The Competition will take Continue Reading →
Music triggers the same pleasure-reward system in the brain as food, sex and illicit drugs, according to McGill University researchers who have been peering into minds of music lovers. They’ve Continue Reading →
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working; basically implying that the environment of the modern office isn’t a good place to acutally get work done.. At TEDxMidwest, he lays Continue Reading →
The School of Music at the University of British Columbia is pleased to host the Region 9 Conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance from Thursday, February 17 to Saturday, Continue Reading →
Happy New Year to all our readers at Music Schools BC. I think 2011 should prove to be an interesting year for us here in British Columbia working in the Continue Reading →
Here is a beautiful rendition of Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” with Polyphony Chamber Choir.Have a safe and wonderful holiday season!Enjoy…
The Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival website is now open for registrations for the 2011 Festival.Entry deadline is January 15, 2011 Main Festival – April 1 – 21, 2011 Concert Band Continue Reading →