VCC Music Alumni Week 2022
Vancouver Community College (VCC) Music Alumni Week is back for 2022 with an epic mix of online and in-person events.
All in-person events will follow B.C.’s COVID-19 protocols requiring masks and vaccine passports.
Free Welcome Concert and Foodbank Fundraiser
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
VCC Auditorium (Broadway campus)
Free tickets: Eventbrite
Foodbank donations: foodbank.bc.ca
VCC's 2022 Music Alumni Week kicks off with a fundraising concert for Greater Vancouver Foodbank. Warm up your February evening with a great show of energetic and uplifting music ranging from pop/rock to jazz and classical. It's all for a good cause — donations to the Vancouver Food Bank will be accepted on site.
Academic Symposium
Thursday, Feb. 3, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Broadway campus, building B, room 1228
VCC's Music department will be hosting an academic symposium to present recent research on several topics, including musicology, orchestration, diversity and inclusion, and musical genres from baroque to technical death metal.
Songwriter’s Circle: Erik Severinson and Russell Wallace
Thursday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m.
VCC Auditorium (Broadway campus)
Those interested in songwriting can take part in the Songwriter's Circle where VCC’s Indigenous Vocal Ensemble director Russell Wallace will present original and traditional music from the Lil'wat Mation. Erik Severinson will present original music from his recordings with Whelming. Both performers will have a roundtable discussion on songwriting techniques in a supportive environment.
Alumni Masterclass: Scott Wilson, electronic music
Friday, Feb. 4, 3 p.m.
Online (Zoom): email music@vcc.ca for meeting link
Professor of Electronic Music at the University of Birmingham Scott Wilson will touch on composition, synthesis, and a new approach to sound in this Zoom session. READ MORE ABOUT SCOTT >
Alumni Masterclass: Daniel Ruiz, percussion
Friday, Feb. 4, 3 p.m.
VCC Auditorium (Broadway)
Originally from Bogota Columbia, Daniel will demonstrate methods for expressive and collaborative musical approaches to the drum set and percussion instruments.
Alumni Masterclass: Joelysa Pankanea, sound design
Friday, Feb. 4, 3 p.m.
Broadway campus, building B, room 1227
Sound designer Joelysa Pankanea will describe her career as a composer and percussionist.
Learn from the best. Applications are now open for VCC Music programs starting in September 2022.