Congratulations to the South Delta Jazz Festival for being nominated for the “Special Events & Tourism Award” by the Delta Chamber of Commerce as a part of the Annual “Hats off to Excellence Awards” . Awards will be decided at the “Hats off to Excellence” Awards Gala on Friday November 18, 2011 at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn. The Jazz Festival is one of three finalists for this prestigious award for 2011.
Category: News
Our August 2011 Newsletter is available for download. This contains information about our new fall programs and also a recap of our busy and successful summer programs that took place here at the Music School during July and August 2011.
Visit us at Ladner Village Market on Sunday August 28th. Come and find out about new programs and instructors at the school for fall 2011. We welcome Tracy Neff (Music Theatre), Melanie Adams (voice) and Elliot Polsky (drums and percussion)
We will be continuing our African Drumming Class with Kris Bowerman this past Summer. We had good attendance at our summer classes so we have decided to continue with offering a fall term.
Our fall term for students with previous experience starts Wednesday September 28th at 7:30pm. For beginning students with no previous experience Kris offers a course available through Delta Continuing Education. Please contact them for details if you are interested in the beginning course.
See our African Drumming page for the course description and registration form
Five low-income music students from Baltimore, Maryland arrived in Vancouver Saturday evening after a full day of travel. The trip has already been life changing for them! This was the first flight for 4 of the students, and everyone’s first time in Canada. We begin “Boot Camp” on Monday, which is an intensive technique booster where the students will be learning alongside Canadian string students and taught by the critically-acclaimed string trio, Infinitus.
We want to invite you to follow the journey through our Video & Picture Journal on Facebook. Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thrive-City-String-Academy/117972991630017
We’ve already posted up our first video, in which the kids answer the questions: 1. “How was your first flight?” and 2. “What do you know about Canada?” Come see what they have to say!
We accepting donations to help with covering these students expenses while in Canada. If you would like to help, please contact us
The Thrive City String Boot Camp is taking place over the first two weeks of August at Delta Community Music School in Ladner BC.