Our responce to cuts to music education
An Open letter to the School boards of BC The importance of Grade Seven Band in the music curriculum of the province of BC. This letter has been written in Continue Reading →
Category: advocacy
Resources about ReOpening post COVID-19
Resources from Orchestra Canada On August 14, Orchestras Canada hosted a webinar with Toronto Symphony Orchestra Production Manager Chris Walroth. Chris shared some key insights on how orchestras should be Continue Reading →
Working toward your reopening plan
As our province has now entered into Stage 3 of re-opening, most of our schools are working toward a re-opening plan so that we can work toward bringing back in-person Continue Reading →
Summer 2020, welcome to Stage 3 (Covid-19 response)
Update – June 28, 2020 As our provincial restrictions are changing, and we are now moving to Stage 3 many of our businesses and activities are beginning to resume operations Continue Reading →
BCACMS Conference 2016
Our Annual conference is coming up this October 14 and 15, 2016 at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria BC. On October 14 , the focus on our professional development Continue Reading →
How playing an instrument affects your BRAIN
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. Continue Reading →
The Benefits of Music Education
Our Friends at the Royal Conservatory of Music have published a new brochure outlining the benefits of Music Education. You can find a pdf version on their website here.
The perennial discussion to cut school music in BC
Updated April 17It seems that every few years in this province of BC we encounter a movement that wishes to cut the “frills” from education in order to balance the Continue Reading →
Musicians may be most creative ‘when not actually playing instrument’
New research into how and when the muse strikes finds that even fairly mundane activities can feed in to new insights For a musician, it’s an elusive question: where to Continue Reading →
Is Music the Key to Success?
CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is Continue Reading →