‘Extreme disappointment’: VIU cuts all school music programs

Last Updated: May 25, 2024 11:16AMVancouver Island University has cut its school music programs, as the post-secondary institution stares down a $20 million deficit.

“There have been no students admitted into the Music Classical Transfer Program since 2013 and no admission to the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies since 2021 so the most recent decision for these programs was administrative housekeeping,” said Michael Quinn, provost and vice-president academic in a statement to CHEK News on Friday.

Bush says the board of governors also said that the music building required $4-million in upgrades, and that those would not be feasible with a $20 million deficit. “If they want to study jazz music they have to go to Capilano on the mainland,” said Bush, though he added cost of living is higher there than in Nanaimo.

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