With the pandemic hitting the arts extremely hard, we are blessed to have navigated through these times. Creative solutions for our student artists, such as specialized ventilation systems, outdoor open-air facility creation, pay-per-view online streaming concert ticketing, have allowed the…

Kaden Connelley, preparing for a major solo in November.

Performing live at the VCS Radio Open-Air Pavilion 
Saturday, December 5, @ 5:00 pm.  -- NOTE: This is a change from November due to expected rain.
Tickets available…

VCS Radio Symphony presents James Barrie's PETER PAN LIVE This Friday and Saturday 

Friday, August 28 at 7:30 pm 

Saturday, August 29 at 7:30 pm 

Location: The VCS Radio Open-air Pavilion On campus at VCS. 

Also…

I'm both excited and a bit scared (just a bit) to begin my first official day as the head of the expanded conservatory that currently covers all performing arts at VCS. Part of my job is to act as an…

The VCS Radio Conservatory Abstract Music Project

Dwinell Grant's movie, Themis (1940)

About the project -- As the coronavirus shelter-in-place had disrupted our regular orchestra classes and rehearsals, we've had to look for unique ways to find creative…

Given the approaching end of the school year and the exciting future ahead, I thought I'd reaffirm my commitment to VCS, God's blessing to our community. 

I'm fully committed to the success of this institution.  I believe in all…

We're all concerned about the current COVID-19 pandemic situation. We're committed to taking the best precautions to ensure the safety of our students, but that won't stop them from learning to play their musical instruments.  

What does this mean for the conservatory?  

VCS Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jazz ensemble 

VCS Radio Drama Players (Debut) 

VCS Radio FX Engineers (Debut) 

LIVE at the Empress Theater 
330 Virginia St, Vallejo CA 94590   

Thursday, March 12th at 7:30 pm 
tickets available…

I'm excited to offer a brand new first-level engineering certification program at VCS for tech-minded students. With this program, your child will become a student technical operator for KVCB-LP HD and will have the chance to obtain both the VCS…

BACK TO WORK IN 2020!!   

For me, this is year 35. Aside from a few more buildings, not much has changed. There still seems to be exhilarating energy at VCS. I thought it was just a passing phase. Things…

VCS Radio Symphony -- August 12, 13, and 14, 2019 at 7:00pm -- Brenden Theatres

If you haven't seen a Buster Keaten film, this is the one to start your adventure with one of the most excellent filmmaker comics in history. 

This film has it all! Love, betrayal, and redemption, are all rolled up into some of the most inventive comic stunts on the big screen. Filmed in the Sacramento delta waters in 1928, Keaton stuns audiences with tumbling buildings and death-defying visuals that'll keep you at the edge of your seat! 

"...some of the best moments in movie history… wildly inventive, increasingly audacious stunts."
        ---Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide

What's even more exciting is that the film will be accompanied LIVE by The VCS Radio Symphony, renown for their groundbreaking film performances. These aspiring artists have produced over 20 major film projects as well as score restorations, orchestrations, and compositions.

VCS alumnus, Evan Losoya is composing the brilliant new musical score.

VCS Radio Jazz at the studio lounge courtyard at Skywalker ranch!
Photo gallery here.

VCS Radio Jazz Ensemble's latest album, entitled "Spectrum" is officially released! 

Recorded the famous Skywalker Sound Studio, this album shows the incredible talent…

What a fantastic event we have planned for the 3rd 4th and 5th graders at VCS!!!

It all starts at
6:00 pm

at the Vacaville Performing arts Theatre
1010 Ulatis Drive - Vacaville

Tickets available at the…

It's been quite an adventure! After visiting Davies Symphony Hall earlier this year to hear the famous San Francisco Symphony, our students set out to recreate the performance in Vacaville. 

They will perform Richard Strauss' Don Juan, that so…

The big turnout was inspiring!! My students were pleased to present their composition and performance at the Empress! What an amazing historical theater!!

We invite you to our next VCS Radio Symphony concert featuring Ricard Strauss' treacherous tone poem…

VCS RADIO SYMPHONY SCORES THE LOST WORLD Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 pm - Empress theater - 330 Virginia St, Vallejo, CA.
This Thursday,  the VCS Radio Symphony students will score the original 1925 epic film, THE LOST WORLD by special effects master, Willis O'Brien (KING KONG). This epic film is shown courtesy of the brilliant and painstaking search, restoration and support of Lobster Films, Flicker Alley Films, as well as such organizations as UCLA and the Acadamy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. THE LOST WORLD has been restored with its' missing footage believed lost forever! 

VCS Radio Symphony is proud to perform great music in a night of Jazz and fun February 19th at 7:30 pm at the Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre - 1010 Ulatis drive -- Vacaville, Ca.  

As usual, these talented young…

More than 50 conservatory students and their parents joined me at Davies Symphony Hall in Downtown San Francisco to attend a concert! 

It was the San Francisco Symphony's performance of Richard Strauss' tone poem, Don Juan along with…

Jazz Band to produce their next album at the legendary Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California in May!

The sounds of the iconic Star Wars Saga came from the minds of George Lukas and his company nestled in a country ranch surrounded by vineyards and yes, Lake Ewok!!

With the closing of Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, it was a struggle finding a new recording home large enough for our growing ensemble. The only other west-coast studio with the facilities we need is Capitol Records in Hollywood, a wonderful place where the kids have worked before, but scheduling crunches and transportation concerns were looming.

Merry Christmas!! It's A time to rejoice and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior!!! 

Just so you know: Barney, the purple conservatory truck is back from the doctor!   

Many have asked what I plan to do…

It was quite a weekend! After teaching my Saturday classes, I met up with a VCS family in Sacramento to help them shop for an artist-level trumpet for their son. This is a special time, especially for the young artist…

The VCS Radio Symphony kids knock "The Lord of the Rings" out of the park! The VCS Radio Explorer Ensemble Rocks out Christmas Music. The 3rd graders pass their pre-band phase with flying colors and begin their instrument selections. 

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Pictured: Senior student, Hunter Sumner putting on the finishing touches on Tuesday's 
amazing musical experience from "Middle-earth!"

TWO CONCERTS

6:30 pm Tuesday, November 6th
Elementary Students at VPAT

3rd, 4th and 5th-grade bands (The VCS Radio Elementary…

Radio World Magazine does a two-page feature on our network project. 

Each Wednesday at 3:00 Pacific time, high school radio stations across America come together for a one-hour LIVE show. It's called the National High School Radio Network. 

On its third year, the programme is broadcast on radio stations from California to New York.