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 →
BC Association of Community Music Schools
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 →
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 →
Update: March 17, 2020 Please check our individual member school’s websites for the latest information. As of today most of the Non-profit music schools have suspended classes, including VSO SoM, Continue Reading →
Times are changing with the presentation of classical music with many groups breaking beyond the old molds, but the “tradition” of classical music concerts is still more than a century Continue Reading →
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 →
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Here is a video from the Piano Guys.
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 →
Happy New Year!! Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation — so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find Continue Reading →
There is much strife these days in the classical orchestral world between professional orchestra management and the musicians, especially in the country of our neighbours to the south, the United States. Continue Reading →
Since Facebook’s grand entry into the world of public trading, or rather lacklustre entry into public trading many are wondering about the value of social media sites in terms of their revenue Continue Reading →