Posted May 28, 2018 by
MusicianFest is a program that is funded by the Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) to help create music performances at senior facilities across Canada and the U.S. This program is open to solo musicians, who will be paid $200 for each performance. The VMA has five openings. To apply, please ...
Read More >>Posted May 17, 2018 by
Our latest member to be featured is David Jonsson, proud member of the VMA for over 50 years! Coming from a musical family, it is easy to see where David got his talents from. His father was a self-taught guitarist and harmonica player who also possessed a phenomenal singing voice, while his ...
Read More >>Posted May 17, 2018 by
TORONTO, April 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Senior representatives from numerous live and recorded musicorganizations participated in a follow up meeting to the inaugural March 1, 2018 Canadian MusicCommunity Anti-Harassment Summit. These organizations came together to work collectively to discuss an industr...
Read More >>Posted December 23, 2016 by Julie-Anne Saroyan
Steven Wilkes, Vancouver Symphony Assistant Principal violist remembers Victoria Megalos. Vicky came to Vancouver, via Montreal, at the start of the 1970-71 Vancouver Symphony season. We were stand partners in the viola section for several years. After finishing her orchestra career, she col...
Read More >>Posted December 09, 2016 by Julie-Anne Saroyan
What are your musical activities? What genres of music do you play? I play with various artists, including my guitar and harmonica duo ‘David Sinclair and Keith Bennett’, musical theatre shows, studio sessions both in studio or tracks over the internet. I play many genres, other than classical...
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