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Tasmin Carlow-Ujiie: Spark to Flame Student Feature

February 28th, 2022 | For the Love of Music, VCM News, VCM Presents - Conservatory Concert Series, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 28, 2022 Meet Tasmin Carlow-Ujiie! One of the student performers at the 2022 Spark to Flame Student Showcase! Tasmin started playing the cello with Ms Judith Fraser at the Vancouver Academy of Music at the age of five. Shortly after, Ms Fraser and Ms Nicki Steida introduced her to chamber music, and Tasmin discovered her love for the […]

French Art Song Competition 2022 Results

February 23rd, 2022 | VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 23, 2022 Congratulations to all our students who participated in this year’s French Art Song Competition, held on the evening of Wednesday, February 16 in the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Our adjudicators Anne Grimm and Benjamin Butterfield were very pleased with how well prepared each singer was and found it a delightful […]

Chloe Williams: Spark to Flame Student Feature

February 22nd, 2022 | Alix Goolden Performance Hall, For the Love of Music, VCM News, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 22, 2022 Meet Chloe Williams! One of the student performers at the 2022 Spark to Flame Student Showcase! Chloe has been studying flute with Emily Nagelbach for almost four years. She is in her second year with the Collegium program and is also a member of the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra. She is a grateful recipient of […]

Alex Chernata: Spark to Flame Student Feature

February 17th, 2022 | Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Uncategorized, VCM News, VCM Presents - Conservatory Concert Series, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 17, 2022 Meet Alex Chernata! One of the student performers at the 2022 Spark to Flame Student Showcase! Alex Chernata was born in Cherepovets, Russia and migrated to Canada in 2005. His studies on the clarinet began shortly after.  Currently enrolled in the performance program at the University of Victoria, his […]

Amy Chen: Spark to Flame Student Feature

February 16th, 2022 | Alix Goolden Performance Hall, For the Love of Music, Uncategorized, VCM Presents - Conservatory Concert Series, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 16, 2022 Meet Amy Chen! One of the student performers at the 2022 Spark to Flame Student Showcase! Amy is 13 years old and has been studying piano with Ingrid Henderson at the Victoria Conservatory of Music since the age of 8. Amy has won numerous awards in the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival including […]

Eu-Rway Chew: Spark to Flame Student Feature

February 10th, 2022 | Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Uncategorized, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 10, 2022 Meet Eu-Rway Chew! One of the student performers at the 2022 Spark to Flame Student Showcase! Eu-Rway Chew is 15 years old and has been studying piano with his teacher Ingrid Henderson for 6 years at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.  Eu-Rway enjoys performing regularly in the community including the […]

Congratulations! Camilo Aybar composition, Pandemic

February 9th, 2022 | For the Love of Music, VCM News, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published February 9, 2022 Congratulations to Collegium clarinetist and composer Camilo Aybar on the completion of his 5 movement Symphony No. 1 in D minor, “Pandemic”. “This is my most substantial and ambitious work yet. It is undoubtedly my most emotional as well, a piece of wide scope which captures the entirety of the COVID-19 global pandemic from start to […]

Volunteer for the 2022 Garden Tour

February 7th, 2022 | VCM Fundraisers

Published February 7, 2022 We need your help! The Mother’s Day Musical Garden Tour will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2022 and we’re looking for volunteers. If you enjoy plants or love gardening, like working with the community and want to join a close-knit group of volunteers, this is the place for you. […]

2022 Louis Sherman Concerto Competition Finalists

February 3rd, 2022 | Uncategorized

Published February 3, 2022 The Louis Sherman Concerto Competition Finalists have been announced! The first round of the competition was held by submitted recordings and two entrants were selected as finalists to play on March 1st: Elana Lin and Layla Park both Collegium members. Congratulations to each of them! Due to Covid restrictions the March 1st concert will […]

2020 and 2021 Hilda King Theory Award Winners

January 5th, 2022 | For the Love of Music, VCM News, VCM Student/Alumni News

Published January 5, 2021 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING VCM THEORY STUDENTS! The Victoria Branch of the BC Registered Music Teachers awarded the 2020 and 2021 Hilda King Theory Awards to the following VCM students: Carey Wang received the 2020 award for the highest mark for RCM Grade 9 Harmony – First Class Honours with Distinction. […]