We will be offering a Spring term for our African Drumming course if we have sufficient Enrolment. Starts Wednesday April 8 and runs to June 10. See our African Drumming Page for details.
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Lots going on here for Summer 2015. For the first time our Thrive City String Boot Camp will be a full overnight camp at Hatzic Lake. We are excited by this and as well we will doing lots of fundraising over the next few months as our goal is to get at full financial support for at least 10 students to attend.
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Why should we be doing this you might ask? Well, for our camp director John Littlejohn this is all about “giving back”. We are remembering back to our own childhood and development and what it was like to not be able to partake in opportunities like the one we are offering here. World class excellence in instruction should not just be confined to the affluent who can afford it. Around the world programs such as the highly popular “El Sistima ” program in Argentina are proving much to the contrary; giving an arts education to those who can least afford it might be the best investment one can ever make.
Indeed a summer program like the one we are offering maybe the turning point in some child’s life. Our program now in its fifth year has been making a difference to many students from a wide variety of backgrounds.
This will the first year that the program is offered outside of Delta. As a non-profit arts group we must remind ourselves that we are here for everybody, not just the privileged few. Hopefully we can raise enough funds to make this work.
We are currently working on our summer programs for July and August 2015. We are planning another season of the South Delta Jazz Workshop and Festival. We are pleased to announce the return of our long standing faculty including Len Aruliah, Jared Burrows, Rob Kohler, Stan Taylor, Brad Muirhead, and Stephen Robb. At the moment we are confirming guest artists and faculty and will be making an announcement shortly.
On the String Camp front we are looking at offering an expanded session with the Thrive City String Boot Camp that will include both the regular and “Junior” camps here at DCMS. We are looking at making the main String Camp an overnight camp for 10 days in August held at Camp Luther at Hatzic Lake, just outside Mission BC. Stay tuned for more details.
Our next session of African Drumming with Kris Bowerman starts January 21, 2015. Check out the African Drumming page for more information.
A big welcome back to all our returning students at the Delta Community Music School and Big Welcome to all our new students coming to the school for the first time. Operating for over thirty years here in Ladner we offer a wide variety of programs to the community from private lessons to group classes and summer workshops!
Group classes:
African Drumming – starts September 17 – information is here
Jazz Combo Classes – start Tuesday September 16 – information is here
We are going to start a new Jazz Big Band Class – Thursday September 18 – info is on the same page as the Jazz combo class link above.
Music for Tots – will not be running this term due to insufficient enrolment.
Private lessons:
Many of our teachers still have openings, but it is first come, first serve and many of the prime lesson spots have now been filled. Check with our school office for availability and registration.
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