Music Department

Welcome to Vancouver Island University’s Music Department - an exciting, vibrant, intense, and fun place to work and study on Vancouver Island. Our students and instructors have one thing in mind; to make great music and musicians and to have fun doing it. VIU’s Music Department has turned out some of the most successful music makers on the West Coast. Just take a look at some the accomplished artists who have been here and you will agree that this is the place! Speaking of place, Nanaimo, where we are located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, has an incredibly vibrant music scene for a small (population 90,000) city. There are music venues here that range from small, intimate bistros, to music-centric bars, all the way to the excellent 800-seat Port Theatre. Nanaimo is a beautiful, waterfront city that inspires us on to greater musical accomplishments. Study with any of our instructor-musician faculty members, and you will leave VIU with musical grounding that will stay with you on whatever musical path you choose to follow into the future.