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Vancouver School of Irish Music is a non-profit society with the goal of bringing authentic Irish traditional music to young people in Vancouver. Check out our blog below for a flavour of our activities!
We are currently enrolling for our Fall term classes (ages 7-12, multiple classes). Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings, 6-7 pm at Renfrew Elementary School during the elementary school term from September to Christmas.
New students will begin with the tin whistle (supplied by us) and returning students will have the opportunity to take up other instruments (fiddle, flute, accordion, etc).
Please email us at info@vsim.ca to register your child.
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Irish Families Picnic
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Sean-nós Northwest
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Regular Trad Session at Foy's Bar
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Next tin whistle classes starting April 1st!
These group tin whistle classes are intended for children in the 6-12 age group and will run from April to June 2025.
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CelticFest
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Lecture by Seán Gavin and Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl
Our students had a special class with guest teachers Seán and Caoimhín, learning the march Roddy McCorley. Later on Seán and Caoimhín delivered an insightful lecture on the regional styles of Irish traditional music.
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Children's Classes Update
We are looking forward to our Jan/Feb 2025 children’s classes, which are now fully booked. We have emailed instructions to registered families - if you have missed the email or have any further questions please contact us at info@vsim.ca.
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Children's Classes Starting January 2025!
We are delighted to announce our first run of Irish traditional music classes! These classes are intended for children in the 7-10 age group (approx.) and will run for six weeks in Jan/Feb 2025.
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Update
Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey over the summer. Based on the results we are planning to run a pilot series of classes in the New Year. We are inquiring with schools in East Van (via the Vancouver School Board) to arrange a suitable venue. The details will be worked out once we have secured the venue, but will involve a group of children in the 6-10 age range, all on the tin whistle, once a week (weekday evening) for 4-6 weeks. We will send out a newsletter email and social media posts once the classes are confirmed, likely November.
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Take Our Survey
If you live in the Vancouver area and are interested in Irish traditional music lessons, please take our survey below.
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Wednesday Evening Session
Eoin brought a mic along to our last session and has extracted a few tracks.
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