Come visit Prussin Music on Sunday, June 16th from 1-2 pm and meet our Suzuki violin teacher, Meredith Bates. We will be offering 3 Suzuki Group classes:
PreTwinkles: for new students, age 4-6
Suzuki Level 1: for young students, ages 5-7 who have completed “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Intermediate Chamber Ensemble: for students age 9 & older, who are interested in supplementing their private studies and gaining experience performing in groups
Come visit us and our fellow band-fest friends at one of the best events of the summer! Over 1000 musicians play in 21 bands! Visit http://ladnerbandfest.org/ to see the full schedule of bands. Admission is Free. Bring your lawn chairs and listen to Vancouver and the lower mainland’s community of great bands! Bring a picnic, or pick up something on-site. Memorial Park is right next to the great Ladner Village Market. Hosted by the Delta Music Makers.
June 8th and 9th: 10:30 am to 6:00 pm. Memorial Park Ladner
See you there!
We are excited to be offering our second year of summer camps. Choose from “Gizmos & Gadgets“, “Creative Music for Kids“, “Fiddle Etc” and more! All our camps meet the CATC criteria. Click here for details.
We’ve added a new, exciting page to our website…our Places to Play Page! This page is a resource for beginner, intermediate and advanced players, who’d like to find a band or orchestra to play with! We’d love to help our customers find their voice, instrument and their musical community! We’ve listed local bands and orchestras, our long-time friends and customers. Learn about these groups, and how to join!
We’re also working hard to keep our Community Links pages and Upcoming Shows pages up-to-date with community organizations and performances. Keep checking in to see what is new with our Vancouver community partners.
Last, but not least, we’ve added a Fun Videos section to our site. We’re always sharing interesting, endearing and funny musical videos among the staff at Prussin, and this page gives us a chance to share these things with you.
Feel free to contact us if you have a community organization or event you’d like listed- email emma@prussinmusic.com
It is with great honor that we introduce the new Sigma guitar line! Sigma was formerly branded under the famous Martin Acoustic brand name and made in Korea. As a reasonable and affordably priced acoustic line for those who wanted a Martin guitar but just couldn’t afford one, the Sigma guitars offered all that and more! Sigma is now an independent company offering the same amazing instruments for very reasonable prices!
We have several models available – more photos coming soon.
Life at times presents us with opportunities to make a big difference with a little effort. We invite you to help make such a difference through ‘Instruments for Change.’ We are sending musical instruments to the young musicians of the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra in Cateura, Paraguay.
Instruments for Change was launched on February 15, 2013. In two weeks we have received offers of up to 80 instruments . These include flutes, violins, trumpets, clarinets, saxophones, a cello, orchestral xylophone, a guitar, an autoharp, and a baritone horn. Offers of instruments and funds have been received from Vancouver as well as Seattle. One of the instrument donors is Don Davies, Member of Parliament, Vancouver Kingsway, who is also a violinist.
Our initiative is inspired by Landfill Harmonic. If you have not yet seen the truly inspiring U-Tube video called Landfill Harmonic, please view it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXynrsrTKbI or http://vimeo. com/52711779
Cateura is a slum built on a landfill. The video is about a remarkable musical orchestra in Cateura where young musicians play instruments made from trash.
Playing music brings hope into the lives of these children. As one young girl says in the video “without music I would have nothing”.
We have communicated with Favio Chavez, the Director of the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra. He is excited about the possibility of the Landfill Harmonic receiving proper instruments.
Favio writes: “the orchestra is a process that allows children to access better opportunities that will enable them to experience situations of change in their lives. One such situation on change could be through access to better tools or instruments. The idea is that those who are now at a certain level keep improving, otherwise we will not be creating a real change. I see this as a process not a product.
New young children are beginning to learn music by playing on recycled instruments because there are not enough proper instruments for all. These children are probably the next generation of the orchestra, once the children who are now in the orchestra are able to have access to better conditions to study and life. And the story begins again….But the recycled orchestra will continue even as proper instruments are integrated.”
Prussin Music of Vancouver has generously donated many instruments, and has also volunteered to be the depot for donated instruments.
Please deliver your instruments to Prussin Music, 3607 West Broadway, Vancouver, clearly tagged for “Music for Change”
Prussin Music is making available a limited number of instruments for purchase at greatly reduced prices. Donors can purchase instruments in whole or make a partial donation toward an instrument of their choice.
Donations towards purchasing instruments can be made by phoning Prussin Music (604) 736-3036. Please specify that you wish to donate towards the purchase of an instrument for Instruments for Change, and indicate if you have a preference for any particular type of instrument.
The names of donors who wish to be listed, along with personal messages, will be forwarded to Landfill Harmonic so that the young musicians will see that they have inspired the world.
To communicate about Instruments for Change, please contact Janos Maté at jmate@telus.net, or 604-828-0687 (m)
We’re excited to have secured our dealership of Ohana Ukuleles for Vancouver, BC. Ohana offers exceptional quality in their product line that exceeds 80 different models of Ukulele. Whether you are looking for your first reasonably priced laminate body instrument, or want something with more exotic woods and visual characteristics, every Ohana Ukulele has unmatched smoothness and ease of action. We hope that you will find these instruments as fun and inspiring as we do!
Check out our Ohana Ukulele Page to see and hear these instruments in action.
Last winter we were fortunate add another experienced and talented guitar repair technician to our roster! If you haven’t met Scott Mowbray yet, be sure to ask for him next time you are in if you are interested in having your guitar tuned up. From set ups to refrets, no job is too big or small for our in house guitar techs. And the best part is, the guitar shop is open 7 days a week! As always we offer free estimates, and exceptionally fast turn around time for all repairs. Bud and Scott are certified and experienced with repairs for guitar, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin.
Our string luthier Ian Moar has been hard at work creating instruments that go beyond being great instruments. These instruments have been carefully taken apart, and every piece of work has been highly customized to create incredibly unique and resonant instruments. Using measurements from historically important instruments, Ian is able to not only recreate vibrant instruments, but combine designs to offer an ideal solution for the discerning player. Finally, when the instrument is perfected, he paints the instrument by hand using traditional varnishing methods – every instrument looks different but they are always beautiful. We stock Moar instruments in ever size, from violin to bass – and we encourage you to try one and see (and hear) the difference for yourself.
Welcome to the new Prussin Music website! What started in October as a new repair blog quickly evolved and we are excited to have a fresh face and revamped content throughout the entire website. We will be continuing to upload pictures and videos of repairs, interesting instruments, and of course products that we sell. As we develop and grow the website, each section of the store and our specialties will have multimedia content here online. Our hope is to share a bit of an inside look from our perspective as musicians and professionals in the music trade industry. Hopefully we will educate as well as entertain.
One of the most valuable resources that we’ll be using heavily is YouTube – many of our manufacturers have already spent countless hours producing wonderful videos highlighting their products. We’ll be sharing their videos on throughout the site, as well as sharing some of our own! As the site grows and expands, we hope that you will find that you want to come to this website regularly to see what is new. With our news feeds on the frontpage, it will be easy to see what is new around the store.
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