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Friends! We are incredibly excited to announce that Creative BC has given us grant money to help fulfill our dream of starting a music recording program at the school! 

Our “Empowerment Through Creative Education” program will be starting up this year – soon you will be able to record your own music for any purpose such as auditions, demo audio, or even for commercial purposes! Stay tuned for more information about this fantastic initiative, and a HUGE thank you to Creative BC for helping us achieve our vision!

It’s time!
A new creative season is about to begin…
We have a few spaces left in our kids performance troupe!
Rachel Wyatt facilitates our collaborative creative process…
September to June. 

Watch your child develop confidence,
body awareness and communication skills!
Classes begin September 10th/11th…
It’s time for little voices to be heard…
for big ideas to be shared!

Contact Rachel Wyatt to learn more, this is going to be a great year!

Music Makers I & II, the perfect programs for kids from 12 months to 4 years old! Music, movement, and pretend play permeate this class! Developmentally appropriate activities and music making fosters the young child in creativity, musicality and social experience. Did we mention adorable?

Check out our Music Makers page for program times and more information!

Music Explorers, the perfect program for kids aged 3-7! It encourages budding and experienced young musicians to engage in music making games and activities using their voices and a variety of instruments. Musical concepts concepts of rhythm, melody, movement and composition will be explored and discovered. Student creativity will be encouraged through improvisation, movement and singing activities. 

Classes are on Thursdays and begin September 12.  Check out our Music Explorers page for more information!

Calling all singing youth aged 8 and up…come sing your heart out in a relaxed setting and learn vocal technique, ear training, sight singing, confidence boosting, team building and much more! This is going to be so much fun! Call the Music School to register your spot. 250-545-4977

Here we go again! Time to register for your favourite musical program! Classes start the week of September 9th, so make sure you register now to guarantee your spot. We are so excited for the upcoming year, we can hardly contain ourselves!

Well, that wraps up another school year! What a fantastic year this was, thank you so much to all of you for making this school such a special place to be. Just a reminder the office will be closed for the summer, reopening August 19th. We hope you have a spectacular summer, we will see you all next year!

These fine young people were all winners in the Scholarship Recital this past May. The talent that comes out of this school still blows us away! We’d like to again thank and acknowledge our community for all of the scholarships that we were able to give out. It was a record year for the amount of scholarship money!

• Heartwood Homes
• Vernon Community Singers
• MQN Architects
• Sanssouci Quartet
• David and June Rempel
• Dr. Lora Fellenz and Dr. Mathias Fellenz
• Sandro Banducci Memorial Scholarship
• Patti Brenner Memorial Scholarship
• Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
• Bourcet Engineering
• Hrabchuk Family Scholarship
• Elizabeth Scott Scholarship for Young Musicians
• Dante Darkazanli Memorial Scholarship
• Nixon Wenger Scholarship
• Caroline Galbraith Memorial Scholarship
• Olive Woodley Memorial Scholarship
• Peter & Pauline Legg Memorial Scholarship
• George Shaw Memorial Scholarship
• Dr. Jane Laidlaw Scholarship
• Reekie, Kineshanko, Tulloch Endowment Fund
• Hurlburt Memorial Scholarship
• Vernon Community Music School Scholarship

$657.17!!! Thank you, thank you! Because you brought in your Natures Fare receipts, we have raised $657.17 so far! All moneys raised go toward much needed equipment and programs at the school, so please keep on dropping them off. Our next batch will be sent off in August, and again in December. We really appreciate you! 

Does your 7-12 year old LOVE acting, singing, dancing, and designing costumes and wants to learn more? Then the Carriage House Performance Troupe is the program for them! Phone Rachel with The Carriage House Performance Troupe to learn more, and then come register at the office. We have payment options available, so that your performer can have a TON of fun this school year!