What’s New
Canadian Student Recitals
November 5th, 2023 @ MSMV (3396 Shrum Lane) 1:15p.m., 2p.m., 2:45p.m., 3:30p.m. Canadian Concerts 4:15p.m. Jazz/Other Concert
Faculty Recital – Letizia Pent
November 26th, 2023 at 2p.m. @ Tapestry Building (3338 Wesbrook Mall)
Christmas Student Recitals
December 2nd and 9th at 3pm-9pm (hourly) @ Dunbar Heights Baptist Church (3996 W 17th Ave)
Piano and Strings/Woodwinds Concerto Competition
March 5, 2024 Piano and Strings/Woodwinds Concerto Competition Deadline on December 22nd, 2023 Application can be picked up at the front desk or from the teacher.
Term 1 (September 4, 2023 to Feb 3, 2024) Important Dates
Private lessons start on September 4, 2023 (Monday) Musicianship/Sight Reading classes start in the week of September 18 Theory 5/6 and Theory 7/8 will start on September 11, 2023 Performance classes will start in week of September 18 or October 2, 2023 (Please check with us later) School opens on…
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Gifted Artists Concerto Gala 2025
The next Gifted Artists Concerto Gala will be held in spring of 2025 and we will accept applications this coming summer of 2024. Please email MSMVan for more information.
Watch Derek Lowe’s performance at the 2022 Gifted Artists Concerto Gala
Watch Owen Wang’s performance at the 2022 Gifted Artists Concerto Gala
Watch Adam Sun’s amazing performance at the 2019 Gifted Artists Concerto Gala
Adam Sun is a student of Burnaby North Secondary School. He started learning piano with Irina Faletski when he was 7 years old. Adam participated in various music competition in Vancouver and received many distinctions from several festivals such as the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival and Festival on the Lake.
He likes collaborating with other musicians and, last summer, he took part in an ensemble for four pianists, a new piece written by Canadian composer Alex Pechenyuk, the name being “Summer Overture.”
In 2018 Adam was 2nd place winner of the Canadian Music Competition. At the time of performing in the 2019 Gifted Artists Concerto Gala, Adam was 11 years old. Adam performed the A. Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Opus 70.