40% cut in funding for BC Arts Council
Arts and Culture in BC is heading into a severe crisis. Arts and culture in BC contributes 5.2 BILLION to our economy each year. It employs 80,000 people. The Ministry’s Continue Reading →
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Before the Music Dies
Here is a link to an eye opening documentary from 2006 about the shape of the music industry today. What does it take to become the next great pop sensation? Continue Reading →
Concerts this week
The South Delta Jazz Festival hosted by Delta Community Music School begins this week. Two concerts well worth attending will be the evening concerts on Friday and Saturday. Friday July Continue Reading →
Key Note address from Vancouver Arts Summit
I attended the Vancouver Arts Summit last week (June 25 and 26) hosted by the Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture and 2010 Legacies Now. The keynote speaker for the Continue Reading →
news from place des arts
Evening Concert with Joe TrioJuly 11, 2009 @ 7PMCarré Heritage Square1120 Brunette AvenueCoquitlam, BC To mark the 100th Anniversary of Maillardville, this year’s Fair in the Square includes a special Continue Reading →
Brain Scientists Identify Close Links between Arts, Learning
By Ben Mauk About Ben Mauk May 14, 2009 Music training in childhood improves cognitive abilities, according to research presented May 6 at Johns Hopkins University’s “Learning, Arts, and the Continue Reading →
Jerome Kagan on Why the Arts Matter: Six Good Reasons for Advocating the Importance of Arts in School
From the Dana Foundation website:Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., of Harvard University, spoke about the importance of arts education in elementary schools during the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference at Baltimore’s Continue Reading →
Vancouver Arts Summit
Vancouver Arts Alliance is hosting an Arts Summer later this week on June 25 and June 26. at the Vancouver Public Library. Here is some info about it from their Continue Reading →
BCACMS conference
It’s that time of the year again… Time for us all to get together for our annual conference and AGM of the BC Association of Community Music Schools this weekend. Continue Reading →
Summer Music Camps Vs. Summer School
At Delta Community Music School we are gearing up for our 6th annual South Delta Jazz Festival and Workshop. From July 7 – 11th we will hosting the Jazz Workshop Continue Reading →