Music For Children
Vancouver Conservatory of Music offers a comprehensive range of early-childhood and beginner programs designed to cultivate a lifelong love of music. Through engaging, age-appropriate instruction, our young students develop rhythmic awareness, coordination, and creative expression while building the essential foundations for future musical study in a warm and supportive atmosphere.
Piano Kids
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 30 or 45 minutes
- Class size : Private, in-person & online
- Age Range : 4 to 9 years
- Specification : Personalized course for preschoolers & mid-children
Pianokids 1
At the end of this course, children will be playing simple pieces in white keys in A minor and C major scales. Level 1 teaches children foundational musical concepts including time values, pitches, rhythmic precision, notation, and dynamics, while encouraging the development of proper finger, arm, and body positions.
▼ Read MorePianokids 2
Building on the concepts explored in Level 1, Level 2 aims to enhance students’ confidence and improve their technique. Students receive instruction in the fundamentals of piano play and study score reading, proper pedal use, phrasing, and other concepts and techniques.
The repertoire is drawn from a variety of styles, from highly lyrical works to rhythmic pieces. Homework is assigned each week, with parents tracking their child’s progress.
Prerequisite: Pianokids 1, or permission of the instructor.
Pianokids 3
Level 3 studies deepen the link between theory and practice by further developing students’ awareness of expression, contrast, and tone.
Prerequisite: Pianokids 2, or permission of the instructor.
Violinkids
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 30 or 45 minutes
- Class size : Private
- Age Range : 4 to 9 years
- Specification : Personalized course
Violinkids 1
At the end of this course, children will be learning how to use bow smoothly, and playing simple pieces on open strings.
▼ Read MoreAlso, Level 1 teaches children foundational musical concepts including time values, pitches, rhythmic precision, notation, while encouraging the development of proper finger, arm, and body positions.
Violinkids 2
Building on the concepts explored in Level 1, Level 2 aims to enhance students’ confidence and improve their technique. Students receive instruction in the fundamentals of violin play and study score reading, proper bow use, more attention to left hand position, phrasing, and other concepts and techniques.
The virtues of practice, discipline, posture, and technique are conveyed in a fun, upbeat environment. The repertoire is drawn from a variety of styles, from highly lyrical works to rhythmic pieces. Homework is assigned each week, with parents tracking their child’s progress.
Prerequisite: Violinkids 1, or permission of the instructor.
Violinkids 3
Level 3 studies deepen the link between theory and practice by further developing students’ awareness of expression, contrast, and tone. Particular attention is paid to basic musicianship and body awareness, including techniques for expressing tone through the use of arm and wrist.
Prerequisite: Violinkids 2, or permission of the instructor.
Guitarkids
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 30, 45 or 60 minutes
- Class size : Private, in-person & online
- Age Range : 4 to 9 years
- Specification : Personalized course using mother-tongue approach
Guitarkids 1
At the end of this course, children will be learning how to pluck the strings through the thumb, index and middle finger on the Guitar, and playing simple pieces on open strings.
▼ Read MoreAlso, Level 1 teaches children foundational musical concepts including time values, pitches, rhythmic precision, notation, while encouraging the development of proper finger, arm, and body positions.
Guitarkids 2
Building on the concepts explored in Level 1, Level 2 aims to enhance students’ confidence and improve their technique. Students receive instruction in the fundamentals of guitar play and study score reading, more attention to left hand position, phrasing, and other concepts and techniques.
The virtues of practice, discipline, posture, and technique are conveyed in a fun, upbeat environment. The repertoire is drawn from a variety of styles, from highly lyrical works to rhythmic pieces. Homework is assigned each week, with parents tracking their child’s progress.
Prerequisite: Guitarkids 1, or permission of the instructor.
Guitarkids 3
Level 3 studies deepen the link between theory and practice by further developing students’ awareness of expression, contrast, and tone. Particular attention is paid to basic musicianship and body awareness, including techniques for expressing tone.
Prerequisite: Guitarkids 2, or permission of the instructor.
Sing & Play
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 30 or 45 minutes
- Class size : Private, in-person & online
- Age Range : 4 to 7 years
- Specification :Fun & Entertaining
Sing & Play
Sing & Play program captures the attention of preschoolers, helps them discover their voice, and sets them on a path towards musical proficiency.
▼ Read MoreThrough playful exploration of rhythm, song structure, and melody, preschoolers are introduced to singing and other instruments such as Piano, Violin, and Ukulele.
Prerequisite: No
Sunshine Program
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 30, 45 or 60 minutes
- Class size : Group classes with parents
- Age Range : 1 to 5 years old
- Specification : Faster direction for pre-teens, teenagers, and adults
Sunshine I, ages 1-3 (Toddlers), 45 min
Sunshine 1 helps your child to improve her/his musicianship and cognitive development. We utilize singing, playing, and dancing as tools to unlock your child’s full potential.
▼ Read MoreAlso, the course helps your child to empower her/his memory by memorizing more and more songs through repetition with their teacher using nursery rhythms. Enhancing your child’s hand-eye coordination ability, which is the golden key to the world of music, is another crucial aspect of the course.
Sunshine II, ages 3-5 (Preschoolers), 60 min
Sunshine II offers an active, hands-on approach to music to enhance your child’s hand-eye coordination ability to build a strong foundation for their performance ability in the future.
Also, singing, dancing, playing, and teamwork music activities are the main body of Sunshine II.
Preliminary Piano Program
- Prerequisite : No
- Duration : 120 minutes
- Class size :Group class
- Age Range : 4 to 7 years old
- Specification : Fun & Entertaining using Orff approach
Orff Schulwerk Program
VCM Orff program is designed for children aged 4 to 7 to shape their musical foundation. In this program, students learn musical skills through imitation, exploration, improvisation, and composition.
▼ Read MoreChildren understand the concept of rhythm, time values, music notation and terminology, basic improvisation, and composition.
In the VCM Orff program, children spend thirty minutes on improving their musicianship skills, thirty minutes on the piano basics, thirty minutes on the xylophone, and thirty minutes on the recorder.
In addition, our instructors prepare children to perform at the annual VCM Music Festival.
