Event Archive
YACP Information Night
Thursday, April 1, 2021, 7:30-8:00pm
Online (Zoom)
This is a free online event hosted on Zoom. RSVP required; complete this form on or before March 30 to join. A division of VAM’s College Division, the Young Artist Collegiate Program (YACP) offers students the opportunity to receive college music credits while still in high school. Topics in this session include the program’s content,… Read more »
VAM Vocal Theatre Production : Dido and Aeneas
Friday, March 13, 2020, 7:00pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Free Admission: VAM’s college voice department, led by Department Head Robyn Driedger-Klassen and Director Alan Corbishley, reinvigorates Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, a work that laid the foundation for English opera.
Group Piano Spring Concert
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 10:00am
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
This event, originally scheduled for May 18, has been moved to June 1. Free admission: Representing one of VAM’s key foundational programs that builds essential skills of music training, group piano students of Rebecca Kelly present their year-end performance.
VAM Schola Cantorum and Vancouver Viols present To All Lovers of Musick: Old and New Music for Voices and Viols
Saturday, June 1, 2019, 2:00pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Free admission: Vancouver Viols join VAM Schola Cantorum for a unique presentation of ancient and contemporary music for voices and viol consort. Music by Nico Muhly, Orlando Gibbons, John Wilbye, and Henry Purcell.
Adult Learning Program Soirée
Friday, May 31, 2019, 7:30pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Free admission: One of VAM’s fastest growing communities, the Adult Learning Program is a celebration of lifelong learning through music. Come hear a highlight of our adult learners in an evening gathering of music, food, and conversation!
Kay Meek Competition
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
In VAM’s most prestigious competition, distinguished students compete for the chance to appear as featured soloist in the Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra’s 2019/20 season. Competition time is dependent on number of applicants and will be posted online in early May, 2019.
Marian Schreiber Suzuki Festival Concert
Sunday, May 26, 2019, 2:00pm
Orpheum Theatre
Free admission: Since 1969, VAM’s reputation has been built on the success of our Suzuki program with some of North America’s most experienced instructors of this proven methodology. One of the most primary principles of the Suzuki method is the importance placed in music as a shared experience, reflected in this culminating festival where many… Read more »
Dal Richards School of Swing Spring Gala
Sunday, May 26, 2019, 2:00pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Free admission: Swing into spring with classics rendered by VAM’s jazz orchestra named after Vancouver’s very own ‘King of Swing’ and VAM supporter, Dal Richards.
Orchestral Year-End Concerts
Saturday, May 25, 2019, Pre-Junior & Junior Orchestras: 6:00pm | Intermediate Orchestra: 7:30pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
Free admission: Ending the season with diverting delights, VAM’s Pre-Junior, Junior & Intermediate Orchestra perform music by Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, and more. VAM’s Orchestral Training Program is supported by: RBC Foundation The R & J Stern Family Foundation
Alto Clef Festival Concert
Thursday, May 23, 2019, 7:30pm
Koerner Recital Hall at VAM
The alto voice of the violin instrument family takes the spotlight in this concert featuring students of VAM’s viola department.