Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria

Victoria Conservatory of Music teaches music including keyboard, strings, brass, percussion, woodwinds, theory and composition, jazz and music therapy. It offers group and individual lessons and the students get a chance to perform at various venues. The conservatory has been teaching music since 1964 and has students coming in from all over the world. The building itself is worth visiting too. For it was a former Metropolitan United Church, the original portion of this building dates back to 1890. The building includes original stone facade, stain glass windows and sky lights, spiral wooden staircase, pews and lots of old woodwork including a pipe organ that has been restored.