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: thoughts and writings
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 →
COVID-19 Response Information
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 →
10 things we should change in classical music concerts
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 →
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 →
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Here is a video from the Piano Guys.
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 →
Your Brain on Improv
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 →
The New Economic Reality for Classical Musicians
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 →
Advertising on Social Media
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 →