Band History
The North Vancouver Community Band is a non-profit community band based in North Vancouver offering a musical experience and education for amateur woodwind, brass and percussion players in the Lower Mainland.
Started over 20 years ago, the North Vancouver Community Band was brought together by community members with a passion for music but no outlet. Looking for an opportunity to bring musicians with diverse background and different skill levels together in a supportive environment conducive to musical growth, a counsel of volunteers was recruited and a band was born. Since then the band has been dedicated to expanding musical awareness and has proudly provided to the musical education of 250+ members and performed at countless community events.
The North Vancouver Community Bands intentionally seeks to make music accessible for everyone in the community, regardless of age, skill level or socioeconomic status. The band offers a unique and supportive environment that encourages new members to pick-up forgotten instruments, learn new instruments or enhance their current skills. Currently the band boast a membership of 50 individuals aged 13 to 85 and is one of the only known groups to welcome members with disabilities and work with them to accommodate their limitations, encouraging a diversity of members at different skill levels.
What makes the North Vancouver Community Band incomparable is that encompassed with this passion for music, is the desire by its members to share their musical repertoire with a diverse range of audiences. Concert venues and concert programing are designed for audience of all ages, from school aged children to seniors to increase musical awareness and appreciation in the community.
Started over 20 years ago, the North Vancouver Community Band was brought together by community members with a passion for music but no outlet. Looking for an opportunity to bring musicians with diverse background and different skill levels together in a supportive environment conducive to musical growth, a counsel of volunteers was recruited and a band was born. Since then the band has been dedicated to expanding musical awareness and has proudly provided to the musical education of 250+ members and performed at countless community events.
The North Vancouver Community Bands intentionally seeks to make music accessible for everyone in the community, regardless of age, skill level or socioeconomic status. The band offers a unique and supportive environment that encourages new members to pick-up forgotten instruments, learn new instruments or enhance their current skills. Currently the band boast a membership of 50 individuals aged 13 to 85 and is one of the only known groups to welcome members with disabilities and work with them to accommodate their limitations, encouraging a diversity of members at different skill levels.
What makes the North Vancouver Community Band incomparable is that encompassed with this passion for music, is the desire by its members to share their musical repertoire with a diverse range of audiences. Concert venues and concert programing are designed for audience of all ages, from school aged children to seniors to increase musical awareness and appreciation in the community.
Published Articles
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Click here to read the recently published article about the North Vancouver Community Band in the North Shore News.
Click here to read the recently published article about the North Vancouver Community Band in the North Shore News.
Our Music Man
_Victor has a Bachelor of Music Degree and a Master in Music Education from UBC. He has been a student of Henry Ohlman of UBC, Larry Teal of the Teal School of Music in Detroit and Stan Karp of Capilano University. In his career, Victor has been principal clarinetist with the International Honour Band, clarinetist in the UBC Wind Ensemble, first alto saxophonist of the Delta Band, alto saxophonist for Sax Noir Sax Quartet, 1st clarinettist of the 15th Field Artillery Band and Music Director of the Deep Cove Swing Band, the CBC Summer Band, the Britannia Community Band, the Brit Rhythm Machine and The Summer Centre of the Arts in Eric Hamber Secondary School. At present, he conducts the North Vancouver Community Band plays clarinet with the Capilano University Wind Ensemble and ,of course, leads and plays alto sax with Sax ala Mode.
The North Vancouver Community Band gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia.
