VCS Radio Conservatory

I don't have allergies, but for some reason, my eyes always seem to get a bit red and watery around May. Maybe it's not allergies. Could it be that this is the month my senior students graduate? Could it be the fact that they were my students since they were 3rd graders ten years ago? 

The Radio Advertising Bureau, the largest commercial radio industry organization, recognizes our own VCS Radio station as an integral part of the future of broadcasting! 

I was a recently featured guest of the RAB president's Radio on Main Street industry podcast. Listen to the recording of that national interview... 

Taking on one of the most beautiful and challenging works for orchestra is no easy task. The 40-minute epic work, composed in 1888 by Russian composer, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, is based on 1001 Arabian Nights. It features brilliant orchestration in a vivid storytelling style, so well-known by the members of the renown VCS Radio Symphony.

So, What's it like during a typical production? It's hard to answer because each student project is always so different and fresh! The VCS Radio Conservatory is the creative performing Arts department of our school. Our world-renowned education focuses on multimedia production, musical…

VCS radio Jazz Ensemble spent the last four days at the Reno Jazz Festival, the largest of it's kind in the world. Schools from all over the country bring their jazz bands to attend clinics and to perform in…

 VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble
receives a 2018 SMA award for
Outstanding Performance
of a High School Large Jazz Ensemble

Vacaville Christian Schools

It's always wonderful when our students get recognized for their artistry and work! The Downbeat Student Music Awards are the most prestigious of its kind in the world. It names the best high school and university jazz ensembles globally. We are very proud of our students for bringing VCS into the world-class level of upcoming artists!

If you see a VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble member, give him/her a thumbs-up and congratulations. An award such as this is a rare and big thing!

DownBeat Magazine officials say, 

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MAJOR EVENT:
VCS Radio Symphony
LIVE
at the
Empress theater film festival in Vallejo, Ca.

Saturday, May 5th at 3:00 pm

We'll be presenting a program celebrating early cinema and…

STAY TUNED!!!!

VCS Radio Symphony's live film score: A trip to the Moon
featuring Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 

VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble's live premiere from their upcoming album 
Including a work considered by many to be impossible to perform; and an…

Pictured: Above the stage at Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre

Can Elementary students play the blues???   OH YES!!

The elementary Blues festival February 20th at 6:30pm at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre

VCS Radio Explorer Ensemble - a giant 60-member band of VCS 4th and 5th graders with special VCS 6th grade guests!

Featuring:
Basic Basie
How to Catch a Jewel Thief - (their own composition!)

VCS 3rd Grade Band finishes with their own blues composition complete with many solos and lots of energetic fun!!

For parent information

Every year I throw interesting challenges at my amazing creative music students for our ambitious experimental concert in February. 

This time the jazz band had two challenges: 

First, they have to create musical imagery of an aircraft flying through a storm.

Pictured --  Saturday creative artists going for the ultimate challenge!

Some kids want to be ahead of the class. They want to advance as far as their talents take them. These are the students that crave an extra challenge. Is there a way to move ahead fast?  OH YES!!!

The VCS Work-Ahead Sessions are a popular way to advance quickly through the achievement levels. They're free mini-lessons weekdays before school and on Saturdays for elementary kids.  after school sessions are reserved for middle and high school. Students get to check off requirements for each page in their conservatory books. Each checked-off book advances the student to the next level.

Advanced levels come with greater opportunities.

Level IV gets solo privileges in the VCS Explorer Ensemble. Level VI artists get to join the VCS Radio Symphony. Level VII artists get to join the VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble. Level VIII is honors level and will award our creative artists 5.0 weighted GPA for high school.

As always -- no need to sign up -- just drop in. 

Here's the Schedule: