On Saturday December 6, some of our grades 4 to 7 singers — along with brave parents — will be entertaining the Granville and Broadway area. We were invited by the South Granville Business Improvement Association to participate in this event:Sip, Shop & Sparkle in South Granville Did you know that there are proven health…
VEMS Choirs Sing on CKNW
On November 25, 2025 the two Senior Choirs from Hudson and Trafalgar performed at the CKNW’s Kids’ Fund day on radio. Choirs from around the city are invited to be background music for an hour each. Hudson was on from 10 AM to 11 AM and Trafalgar was on from 1 PM to 2 PM. This…
Fall 2025 Registration is Open
If your school community is participating in the program and we’ve sorted out logistics, you can register online. Our system provides the ability to request financial assistance. If your school is not showing, please contact president@vems.ca. Sometimes it’s all a matter of timing! For school communities wishing to bring extracurricular music to life, please look…
Beginner Band FAQs
Q: What is Beginner Band?A: Children in grades 4 to 7 are shown how to use one of flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, or euphonium/baritone. No previous music experience is required. Grade 4s due to physical constraints may be required to use the smaller instruments. The basics of making music as a team are explored…
How Can my School Access VEMS Music Programs?
VEMS typically connects with Parent Advisory Councils and Principals at individual schools to discuss what will work. There are many factors including the number of students, grades the school covers and availability of spaces to hold the programs. We love coming to PAC meetings to explain how everything works. To kickstart the process, we have…
How Do You Choose Music for Kids to Sing?
One of the challenges of choral music for children is meeting fulfilling the complex priorities of what works for children singing in groups. For example, when you hear music on the radio, and sing along, try to imagine that particular song in the voices of a group of children. Plus, they only have a piano…
Maritime Museum – Light Up the Harbour 2024 – More Pictures!
Our friends at the Maritime Museum graciously shared these awesome photos taken by Christian Zane. This was December 12, 2024. Kids from at least 8 different schools joined forces for the celebration.
Maritime Museum – Light Up The Harbour 2024
We invited our Senior Choirs from all over the city to join the Maritime Museum in its annual Light Up the Harbour celebration. On December 12, 2024 we arrived with 47 kids and their parents to help with the festivities. Catherine Campolin, our Choral Program Director led the kids. Dave Dagta our pianist kept the…
Musical Halloween 2024
We have below a selection of “scary” music groups from October 31, 2024. Don’t anyone say that choir and band isn’t spooky fun!
Can you help with our Fall Fundraiser?
The Vancouver Extracurricular Music Society (VEMS) was incorporated as a BC Society in May 2023. VEMS currently provides 36 choirs and 2 beginner band offerings in 22 elementary schools as extracurricular activities. We are a charitable organization registered with the CRA. Our goal is to bring as much music as possible to kids in Vancouver…