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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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING VCM THEORY STUDENTS! The Victoria Branch of the BC Registered Music Teachers has awarded the 2019 Hilda King Theory Award to the following VCM students: Nicholas Zhang received the award for the highest mark for RCM Grade 9 Harmony. Nicholas studied grade 9 Harmony at the 2019 VCM summer academy and […]
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Welcome to new Faculty joining the Music Therapy Department! Graylen Howard Music Therapy- Nanaimo (starting February 2020) Graylen Howard is a graduate of the Applied Music Advanced Diploma Program at Mohawk College, and has a Bachelor of Music Therapy and Master of Music Therapy programs from Wilfrid Laurier University. Graylen has extensive clinical experience […]
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Over the last two years, we have been working to create a plan and secure funding to help us improve our main entrance. Now we need your help! Upgrade Plans As a member of our VCM Community, you have used the main entrance at 900 Johnson Street and you may have noticed it is […]
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Our favourite Christmas tradition is right around the corner, Daniel Lapp’s Home for Christmas Concerts! Every year Daniel Lapp choses a student to be a special soloist at the Home for Christmas concerts. This years student soloist is Evan Overman, who will perform on the trumpet. We caught up with Evan as he is preparing […]
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