Spring, Fall, Winter Sessions
– Promotes development of ensemble skills and chamber music repertoire year-round
- Winter session: Jan 12 – Feb 16
- Spring session: Apr 6 – May 12
- Fall session: Oct 26 – Dec 1
- Coachings will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time for coaches and students
- Venue: to take at either place at either student’s home or coach’s studio
- Performance: YVR International Airport
PCMA Summer Camp
– Join other students to excel in our 3rd annual summer camp, a fun and inspiring environment!
- An intensive 6-day program with coachings, workshop/group activities, masterclass, and chamber orchestra
- Dates: July 2 – 7
- Venue: VSO School of Music
- Students will be learning 2 chamber works with two different ensembles during camp
- Final gala concert: July 7, Pyatt Hall
- Tuition: $580, Application fee: $30, Early bird discount: $15 off before May 15
- Scholarships and bursaries available (applications must be received before June 1)
Masterclass PLUS
– Learn, watch and interact with visiting internationally renowned guest artists
- Distinguished visiting artists to conduct guest masterclass and talk about their program with PCMA students
- Students will attend guest artist performance (under guidance of our faculty) at the Vancouver Playhouse
- Cost: free of charge to PCMA students except for admission to performance at the Playhouse
- Guest artists, date, venue: TBA
Hausmusik
-PCMA offers a flexible and creative approach to adult students participation and performance
- Weekly coaching sessions available September to June
- Time and venue can be arranged to best suit everyone’s schedule and location (coaching could be conducted at student’s home if location is not an issue)
- Cost: TBA
- Performance: every 3 to 4 months, PCMA will arrange a Hausmusik, or House Music, gathering for students to mingle and share their musical passion in an intimate, casual house concert setting, which was how chamber music originated around 200 years ago