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Port Coquitlam - Music history Lessons
Music Lesson Centre
View Store Details1360 Dominion Avenue
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, V3B 8G7
Lesson Centre: Phone or Text (604) 464-1118
Store Phone: (604) 464-1011
Fax: (604) 464-1109
Lesson Centre Email: pocolessons@long-mcquade.com
Store Email: poco@long-mcquade.com
Lesson Centre Hours
***CLOSED MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2025******OPEN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025***
Monday: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
This Location Offers:
Online Lessons All LessonsPrivate Lessons
Group Lessons
Fall Classes!
GROUP WIND LESSONS!- with GEETA:
"Learn all the specifics of your instrument with your musical peers!"
COST: $20.00 per person, per session
DATE: 45 Minute - Weekly - Thursdays - September 11, 2025 - June 25, 2026
TIME: Flutes: 5:30 pm, Clarinets: 6:15 pm, Saxophones: 7:00 pm, Trumpets: 7:45 pm
LOCATION: 1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: All levels, Ages 10+
REQUIREMENTS: Must have your own instrument
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
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START-UP WINDS & THEORY CLINIC!- with GEETA:
Join us for these FREE sessions where you will learn all you need to know about your new instrument, basic theory, & more!
ALL MUSICIANS, ALL AGES
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
FLUTE: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
CLARINET: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
SAXOPHONES: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
BASIC THEORY: 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
TRUMPET/BARITONE/EUPHONIUM/TUBA: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
TROMBONE: 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
No experience necessary. Must have your own instrument.
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
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BROADWAY BOUND MUSICAL THEATRE with SUSIE:
In this program students will learn a variety of styles and genres. Gain experience with your stage voice, dance routines, and acting. Final show at the end of the program!
COST: $400 per person - non-refundable upon registration
DATE: Weekly - Mondays - September 22, 2025 - December 1, 2025 (No Class on Monday, October 13, 2025)
TIME: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
LOCATION: 1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: Beginner/Intermediate students, age 8 to 18
REQUIREMENTS: No experience required
REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
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INTRO TO IMPROV INTENSIVE! with GEETA:
Have fun learning about jazz improvisation through history, theory & practical application! All instruments and voices welcome!
COST: $200 per person - non-refundable upon registration
DATE: 2 days - October 18, 2025 & October 19, 2025
TIME: 12 pm to 5 pm
LOCATION:1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: All ages
REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 2 years experience on your instrument. Bring your instrument & music stand. *Drums, piano & amps provided
REGISTER BY OCTOBER 1ST, 2025
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
Our Music history Teachers:
Online Lessons:
Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
A graduate from VCC, Gerard obtained his BMus in Classical Voice Performance in 2013. He has been teaching at Long & McQuade since 2016. Taking what he has learned from opera and the art of classical music, Gerard focuses on enhancing common vocal practices in more modern styles of singing such as musical theatre and pop. He places a strong emphasis on applying proper vocal technique to any genre of music. A few of the techniques Gerard focuses on are: range expansion, creating a richer tone with depth, developing the chest, head and mixed registers, cultivating vibrato, working through the various passagios, establishing healthy belting in both chest and mixed registers, and improving diction, breathing, phrasing and much more. In 2018, Gerard began teaching at Douglas College running both the music theory and aural skills/ear training prep courses for students entering the music diploma or music therapy programs. From 2015 to 2021, Gerard served as the Assistant Director and Head Teacher of Voice, Theory, Music History, Aural Skills and Ear Training at Bravo Music in Vancouver. From 2011 to 2014, Gerard was a tenor soloist and section leader for both Pacific Spirit Choir and West Vancouver United Church Choir in West Vancouver. He is very well versed with the Royal Conservatory of Music curriculum and has helped hundreds of students prepare for exams in rudiments, harmony, history and voice from preparatory to ARCT level. Gerard’s message to all his students: “we’re going to work hard, give your voice a work out and we’re going to have fun doing it.” Gerard's rate is $32.00 per half hour lesson.
Our Group Lessons:
GROUP WIND LESSONS!- with GEETA - Geeta Das
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-09-11 to 2026-06-18Cost: $20.00 per person, per session
GROUP WIND LESSONS!- with GEETA:
"Learn all the specifics of your instrument with your musical peers!"
COST: $20.00 per person, per session
DATE: 45 Minute - Weekly - Thursdays - September 11, 2025 - June 25, 2026
TIME: Flutes: 5:30 pm, Clarinets: 6:15 pm, Saxophones: 7:00 pm, Trumpets: 7:45 pm
LOCATION: 1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: All levels, Ages 10+
REQUIREMENTS: Must have your own instrument
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
INTRO TO IMPROV INTENSIVE! with GEETA - Geeta Das
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-10-18 to 2025-10-19Cost: 200.00
Have fun learning about jazz improvisation through history, theory & practical application! All instruments and voices welcome!
COST: $200 per person - non-refundable upon registration
DATE: 2 days - October 18, 2025 & October 19, 2025
TIME: 12 pm to 5 pm
LOCATION:1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: All ages
REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 2 years experience on your instrument. Bring your instrument & music stand. *Drums, piano & amps provided
REGISTER BY OCTOBER 1ST, 2025
Call, text or email the Lesson Center to register!
BROADWAY BOUND MUSICAL THEATRE with SUSIE - Susie McGregor
Lesson Registration Brochure Dates: 2025-09-22 to 2025-12-01Cost: $400
In this program students will learn a variety of styles and genres. Gain experience with your stage voice, dance routines, and acting. Final show at the end of the program!
COST: $400 per person - non-refundable upon registration
DATE: Weekly - Mondays - September 22, 2025 - December 1, 2025 (No Class on Monday, October 13, 2025)
TIME: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
LOCATION: 1360 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam
WHO: Beginner/Intermediate students, age 8 to 18
REQUIREMENTS: No experience required
REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
