Posted December 03, 2016 by Julie-Anne Saroyan
With profound sadness the Hales family announces the sudden passing of Bob/Bobby on October 15, 2016, at 82 years of age. He was a devoted husband to spouse Marj, best dad ever to daughters Karen, Cheryl and Kim, as well as a caring, supportive and fun grandpa to four grandchildren: Nadin...
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“I often feel like music is like the ocean, that there’s so much of it that if you want some you can just dip your hand in. If you want to write a song you can just scoop up some and there it is.” Doug Edwards VMA lost another beloved pioneer member November 11 when Doug Edwards died...
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Vern Griffiths Wednesday Nov. 2 to Wednesday Nov. 9th was a whirlwind week for Vern Griffith. As VSO Principal Percussionist Vern usually presides over his domain in the back corner of the Orpheum stage. This particular week started off however with the front of the Orpheum stage transfor...
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BANG, Jae-won GROSS, John C. REID, Adam BECKMAN, Thomas HELSDON, Emily REIDIE, April BELTER, Cameron HSUEH, Yi-Chen (Amanda) ROBERTSON, Daniel BEQUARY, Cassandra KEMP, Jordan ROBERTSON, Zoe CASTELLO, Mary KILROE, Bonnie ROSS, Aaron CHANG, Ju Chun (Lucy) LO, Jonathan ROSS, Sean DAVIES, And...
Read More >>Posted December 03, 2016 by Julie-Anne Saroyan
The next VMA election takes place in Nov. 2017. There will be several vacancies on the board due to retirement and changing circumstances. The VMA depends on its Board of Directors to provide guidance for the organization, to set policies, and to respond to changing conditions. The VMA ha...
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