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: education
Community Teachers shift online
Many Community Arts teachers have made the transition to teaching online during the past few months. Thanks to Steve Dotto for bringing a few of us together to share what Continue Reading →
Calling Young Composers – Turning Point Ensemble
Vancouver’s award winning chamber orchestra, Turning Point Ensemble, is offering an opportunity for up to four young composers to develop new work with the 16 member ensemble and its conductor/Artistic 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 →
National Youth Band Auditions
Apply now to be in the 2015 National Youth Band of Canada. Performances in May 2015. Online Application http://www.canadianband.org/#!national-youth-band/cpda National Youth Band of Canada Audition Deadline The National Youth Band 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 →
The Truth About Piano Lessons
A piano teacher looks at what it takes to succeed in music, why parents should care, and what they can do to help their kids. (This article applies to much Continue Reading →
Fraser MacPherson Jazz Workshop – Dec. 7
December 7, 1-3pm, a free workshop by legendary jazz drummer Louis Hayes at Cory Weeds’ Cellar Jazz Club (3611 W. Broadway). * All workshops are free of charge and open to the public. Students wishing to perform 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 →