Published October 1, 2020 Daniel Lapp’s Joy of Life Cross Canada Celebration! Join Daniel Lapp and Special Guests for the Joy of Life online event on YouTube on Thanksgiving Sunday, October 11 at 4PM (PDT). Joy of Life Special Guests include: Shari Ulrich For over four decades, accomplished singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shari Ulrich has […]
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Posted August 12, 2020 Registration is now open for Fall classes and lessons! Important COVID-19 Update for Fall The safety and wellbeing of the VCM community is at the forefront of our plans for the Fall. When we re-opened our doors in July, we implemented health and safety measurements based on guidance from B.C. health […]
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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 20, 2020 Where to rent instruments in Victoria during COVID-19 During this unprecedented time, the Victoria Conservatory of Music has ventured into new territory and moved lessons online! It has been an exciting and creative time with lots of new learnings. Our faculty has transitioned to online lessons for both private instruction and […]
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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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Updated June 19, 2020 Both VCM Downtown and Westhills locations will re-open on Monday, July 6. See the Westhills Re-opening Plan here. Downtown Plan is coming soon. Updated May 28, 2020 With BC now in Phase 2 of its Restart Plan, and Phase 3 scheduled to begin in June, the Victoria Conservatory of Music is […]
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Posted March 12, 2020 Kelly Derrickson is a First Nation artist from Westbank, British Columbia, where she enjoyed an idyllic childhood, growing up in a small town near a lake and the mountains. “Being raised as native, I was not feeling much racism in younger years, but as a teen I felt it,” she […]
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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 on February 21, 2020 Meet Nicole Teachman! One of the outstanding student performers at the February 29, 2020 Spark to Flame concert! Nicole is a grade 11 student at Oak Bay High school. She began playing the piano at age 6, then proceeded to switch to the cello at the age of […]
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