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Jazz Combo Songs June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

"Blue skies"


Omani Miles, vocals and producer

"Dilemma"


Written and produced by Brad Shipley
First and Second Year Big Band June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

"1 Family Guy"

"Basically Blues"
Malaspina Singers June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

"Djenge"

"Fields of Gold"
Third and Fourth Year Big Band June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

"Among the Pyramids"

"Fast Eddie"
Vocal Jazz June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

"Bumble bee"

"My funny valentine"
Music Instructors February 10, 2025 - 7:15pm

Music Faculty

Brent Jarvis

Bachelor of Music, Jazz Performance, Piano (University of Toronto); Master of Arts, Musicology (University of Victoria)
Teaches Piano, Musicianship, Improvisation, Theory, 20th Century Music History, and Careers in Music.
Contact: Brent.Jarvis@viu.ca
Alumni August 3, 2016 - 5:14pm

Jazz Diploma Program

Anita Bonkowski

  • professional drummer, bassist and teacher

Pat Collins

  • bassist with Moe Koffman

Bill Costin

  • professional musician & educator, Musical Theatre "Forever Plaid"

Ingrid Jensen

  • Berklee graduate
  • working musician in New York and Europe
  • Juno award winner for her album "Vernal Fields"

Carmella Luvisotto

  • band teacher - Wellington Secondary, Nanaimo

Walter Martella
    Programs August 7, 2024 - 9:37am

    Two-Year Diploma Program - Jazz
    Contact Us January 16, 2024 - 2:29pm

    Sasha Koerbler

    Professor and  Chair
    Office: Building 320, Room 203
    Mail drop: B345
    Email:  Sasha.Koerbler@viu.ca

    Careers August 3, 2016 - 5:13pm

    Private Tutors Spring 2020 August 8, 2023 - 8:48am
    • Greg Bush
    • Lee Ellefson
    • Brent Jarvis
    • Rosemary Lindsay
    • Ken Lister
    • James Mark
    • Martin Pakosz
    • Steve Smith
    • Hans Verhoeven

       
    Yoichi Mukai June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

    Education:

    • MA in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (Carleton University)
    • PhD in Linguistics (University of Alberta)

     Research Interests:

    • Linguistics
      • Phonetics
      • Psycholinguistics
      • Japanese
    • Research Method
      • Pupillometry
      • Quantitative analysis
      • Corpus analysis

    Teaching:

    • Japanese
    • Linguistics

     Website:
    Courses August 3, 2016 - 5:13pm

    Chinese

    French

    Japanese

    Spanish
    Student Feedback August 3, 2016 - 5:13pm

    Coming soon.
    French Courses October 22, 2024 - 7:36pm

    All French placements and course prerequisites will be verified by the French instructor(s). Students without stated prerequisites will be removed from the class list.

    The option of the Challenge examination is available for students wishing to “challenge” a Language course when they feel that they have the necessary proficiency in it, equivalent to the requirements of the course challenged. The Challenge exam will have the following parts:
    Chinese Courses October 22, 2024 - 7:37pm

    The option of the Challenge examination is available for students wishing to “challenge” a Language course when they feel that they have the necessary proficiency in it, equivalent to the requirements of the course challenged. The Challenge exam will have the following parts:
    Japanese Courses October 22, 2024 - 7:35pm

    The option of the Challenge examination is available for students wishing to “challenge” a Language course when they feel that they have the necessary proficiency in it, equivalent to the requirements of the course challenged. The Challenge exam will have the following parts:
    Spanish Courses October 22, 2024 - 7:37pm

    The option of a Challenge examination is available for students wishing to “challenge” a language course that they feel they have the necessary proficiency in, providing their proficiency is equivalent to the requirements of the course challenged. The Challenge exam has the following parts:
    Contact Us August 20, 2025 - 2:07pm

    Voicemails can be left for the Program Chair or any Modern Languages faculty member at 250-740-6108

    French Program

    Hope Leith
    Professor
    Building 355 Room 327
    Email: Hope.Leith@viu.ca

    Japanese Program

    Yoichi Mukai
    Professor / Program Chair
    Building 355 Room 326
    Email: Yoichi.Mukai@viu.ca
    Modern Languages Studies Faculty August 3, 2016 - 5:13pm

    Kimi Furuta

    Degrees

    MA (UBC) – Language Education

    BA (Tohoku Gakuin) – English Language and Literature

    Areas of Interest

    Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

    Language Learning and Technology

     

    Japanese Program Wordpress site

    email Kimi Furuta