Published August 5, 2021 We need your vote! Last year we were honoured to win the award for the “Best Place to Develop Your Child’s Potential” in the Best of the Westshore Awards. Your support during this unprecedented time has meant we were able to offer both online and in-person lessons at our Westhills, […]
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We’re excited to share the 2021 Spark to Flame student performers have been announced! Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to be featured on this year’s online event! • Camilo Aybar (clarinet) • Galen Boulanger (voice) • Alex Chen (voice) • Charlie Dutton (piano) • Lexie Krakowski (cello) This year’s Spark to […]
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Posted October 21, 2020 Music Therapy Summer Camp was held in all three VCM locations (downtown Victoria, Westhills Langford, and at the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music) between July 27 and August 14. The response has been overwhelmingly positive! Here are a few testimonials: The music therapy Summer program is amazing! After doing it last year […]
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Published October 21, 2020 COVID-19 Update! The VCM Music Library is now open! Hours are 10am to 6pm on Monday to Friday. To keep everyone safe, we’ve established some new rules for visiting the VCM Music Library: Masks are now mandatory There is a maximum of 3 people in the library Plan […]
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Posted May 7, 2020 The Mother’s Day Musical Garden Tour has been a treasured annual event in the community since 1982, bringing the community together to enjoy beautiful private gardens and delightful music from students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music (VCM). For the first time in its 38 year-long history, we must cancel […]
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Posted April 7, 2020. This blog contribution is from the City of Victoria’s Music Advisory Committee HAVE YOUR SAY IN VICTORIA’S FIRST MUSIC STRATEGY! Music is for people. That’s why a public survey has been released to assess the economic and social impacts of Victoria’s music scene. The results will help inform the […]
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Posted March 10, 2020 Meet Alana Hayes! Opera Studio’s Xerxes! Alana Hayes will perform the role of Xerxes in this years Opera Studio production! Handel’s great opera Xerxes (Serse) is a story of sibling and romantic rivalry in the court of Persia where King Xerxes and his brother vie for power and affection in […]
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Posted March 6, 2020 March is Music Therapy Awareness Month and we’re featuring our talented Faculty on our social channels. We’re excited to introduce Graylen Howard, our Music Therapist based in the satellite location in Nanaimo! We interviewed Graylen to learn more about what its like to be a Music Therapist. What is […]
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Posted Feb 3, 2020 Meet Emily Dubois! Our very first (ever) Contemporary student performer at the February 29, 2020 Spark to Flame Concert! Emily Dubois is a young musician with no shortage of musical ambition. Born and raised in a musical household in Langbank, Saskatchewan, she fell in love with the fiddle and Canadian […]
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Meet Vanessa Tian! One of the extraordinary student performers at the February 29, 2020 Spark to Flame concert! Nine-year-old Vanessa Tian begun her piano studies with Ingrid Henderson at the Victoria Conservatory of Music at the age of five. She has been recognized as a promising young musician, winning the Junior Piano Trophy for outstanding […]
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