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"Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
~ Plato

Our goal is to provide each student with the best possible music education. Through learning to play an instrument, students will be challenged to develop an informed and inquiring mind that enables them to engage the fundamental issues of their art and to become effective cultural leaders in society.

The study of music brings growth and development in so many ways. By performing in both large and small ensembles, students will develop highly refined listening skills, personal confidence, healthy self-esteem, cooperation, collaborative skills, and leadership qualities.

Through the process of individual study of an instrument, each student will develop self-discipline, the ability to set short-term and long-term goals, and better understand achieving quality through perseverance and dedication. Students will also gain many other qualities, including Empathy, Humility, Respect, Responsibility, and Resilience: the Core Values of St. George's School.

Most importantly, we believe that the study of music allows us to celebrate and preserve our cultural heritages, and also explore the realms of expression, imagination, and creation resulting in new knowledge. It is a medium that allows us to express what words cannot.

Music Education Avocacy and Research

Benefits of Music Education:

Improved language abilities
- Language competence is at the root of social competence. Musical experience strengthens the capacity to be verbally competent.

Increased emotional resilience
Increased empathy
Increased attention span and focus
Increased self-confidence
Increases in the capacity of key brain regions
- IQ Development

Music making involves more than the voice or fingers playing an instrument; a child learning about music has to tap into multiple skill sets, often simultaneously.
Music learning supports all learning.

Arte Music Academy, 2014

Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education.
Arts Education Partnership, 2011

Music education improves average SAT scores.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Without music, life would be a mistake.
George Bernard Shaw

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
Ludwig von Beethoven

To play without passion is inexcusable!

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Phone: 604-224-1304
Email: info@stgeorges.bc.ca

Junior School

3851 West 29th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6S 1T6

Senior School

4175 West 29th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Canada V6S 1V1

St. George’s School acknowledges that we are situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam First Nation.

Contributions to St. George's School Foundation are eligible for tax receipts as prescribed by Canadian law. St. George's School Foundation's Charitable Registration Number is: 11917-5511 RR0001.