Vancouver Academy of Music

The school was originally located on West 12th Ave but relocated to the Music Centre in Vanier Park in May 1976.

[1] When the VAM was initially founded, it only offered classes for young children in the Orff, Suzuki, and Kodály methods.

In 1971 trumpeter Jerold Gerbrecht (longtime principal trumpet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) was brought in as music director to expand the school to include adult classes in music theory, history, composition, dance, and private instrumental and voice instruction.

[1] The Academy's program offerings continued to expand throughout the 1970s and 1980s with master classes, opera workshops, and other specialized courses.

Students attend non-music classes at TRU and have their music courses at the Academy.