Welcome to the Algoma Conservatory of Music, a non-profit music school located at Algoma University. Through the development of the Algoma Conservatory over the past 37 years Sault Ste. Marie has become home to one of the largest and finest music schools in Ontario. From our professional violinists, singers, flutists, guitarists and pianists, to our many youth orchestras and choirs - there is hardly a music event in Sault Ste. Marie which does not involve one of our 30 resident instructors or the students whom they train. Many of our highly qualified faculty members have relocated to Sault Ste. Marie from across Canada to teach at the Conservatory and through Algoma University's Music & Fine Arts Programs, bringing their performance and teaching experience to hundreds of students every year.
A full range of group music classes are offered for young children including Musical Twos, Musical Threes, MusicTime for ages 4 & 5 and Music Readiness for 1st graders. For students aged 6 to adult the heart and soul of the Algoma Conservatory is private music lessons on all instruments and voice with 30 outstanding teachers. In addition there are several levels of youth orchestras, youth choirs and flute ensembles as well as music theory and history classes to meet the requirements for Royal Conservatory of Music examinations. These courses combined with the practical exams enable students to receive both grade 11 and grade 12 credits in high school.
We also host over 30 special events every season including: Algoma Conservatory Concerts - featuring some of the finest touring ensembles and soloists in Canada and the U.S.; a series of student recitals giving hundreds of Conservatory students as well as our choirs, orchestras and other ensembles the opportunity to perform; and the Sault Ste. Marie Family Concert Series which features both our professional faculty and advancing students. These are reasonably priced concerts which feature great music, many different instruments and are perfect for the whole family.
Other community services at the Algoma Conservatory include coordination of the Sault Ste. Marie Kiwanis Music Festival; a reasonably priced instrument rental program and sales of quality pianos and other instruments at excellent prices.
I invite you to browse the many course offerings and concerts at the Conservatory and hope you will join us in the pleasure of making music. With our wide range of courses and teachers we can often coordinate lessons with several family members at the same time. Simply give us a call and we will do our utmost to make it possible to bring the gift of music into your home. A gift which will last a lifetime.
