Welcome to the Pleasant Mountain Music Newsletter – September Edition. We love summertime, but we ALSO love the return to lessons that fall brings. Welcome to brand new students, welcome back to returning students, and we hope you all look forward to the music potential of this new season!
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Upcoming Events
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Sing-along Night!
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Saturday Sept 19th
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Doors @ 7:30pm, Singing 8:00pm
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Featuring:
Richard Pinto
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The PMM House band
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Pay What You Can
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Lam Jam Open Mic Night
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Friday Sept 25th
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7:00pm
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Message @eddielammusic on Instagram to reserve a spot
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Pay What You Can
See our full Calendar of events here!
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Fall Classes
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Ongoing Classes!
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How To: Drum Circle
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Have you always wanted to join a drum circle but aren’t sure where to go or what to play? Are you intimidated by burly men with giant cajons?
Our Intro to Drum Circle class is designed to help you gain confidence, work on your rhythm, and get you banging that drum slowly (or quickly). You be dancing on the beach and making sick beats in no time.
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Ages: 16+
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Dates: Mondays
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Starting: September 14
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Times: 7:00-8:00pm
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$25 per class, or buy a 4-pack to save $$$
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Queer Choir
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Vancouver is quite the choir town, and while there’s plenty of wonderful options to choose from, there are only a handful of choirs that specifically have trans, non-binary, and queer folks in mind. Pleasant Mountain Music is thrilled to be a place where one of these fantastic choirs can be hosted and thrive!
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Dates: Saturdays Bi-Weekly
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Starting: September 20
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Times: 3:30-5:00pm
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$25 per class, or buy a 4-pack to save $$$
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Join anytime
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Pleasant Mountain Voices Choir Tuesdays
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Pleasant Mountain voices is a choir that celebrates connection through uplifting Pop, Indie, R&B and Soul music.
It’s open to singers of all levels and all SATB ranges. The choir will focus on building musicality, confidence and ensemble awareness in a supportive and fun environment guided by choir director Richard Pinto
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Ages: 16+
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Dates: Tuesdays
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Times: 5:30-7:30pm
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$30 per class, billed monthly
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Join starting on any Tuesday in September.
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Adult Rock Band
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Missing that final link in your music making journey? WE’VE GOT THE CLASS FOR YOU! Kick start the next phase of your musicianship with this fun and inclusive Rock Band class! Song choices are chosen by the Rock Band participants themselves and guided by veteran guitarist, performer, and instructor Hugo!
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Ages: 19+
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Starts: ongoing
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Date: Wednesdays
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Time: 6:00-7:30pm OR 7:30-9:00pm
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$35 per class, billed monthly
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Join anytime, your first session is FREE!
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Metal Choir
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This performance focused group meets weekly on Thursdays and sings sick metal tunes with custom 4-part harmony arrangements! Sing and scream healthily under the unclean vocal specialist and skilled choir director Kelsey Luo
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Ages: 19+
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Starts: ongoing
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Date: Thursdays
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Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
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$30/class, billed monthly
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Metal Singing Class
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Meet and greet other like-minded singers who are connected by an appetite for hard rock and heavy metal! All voices are welcome in this class. Some singing experience is helpful, but not required.
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Ages: 17+
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Fall 2026: Sept 29th – Dec 15th
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Date: Tuesdays
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Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
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$30/class, billed monthly
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8-Bit Video Game String Orchestra
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New for Sept 2026 is PMM’s first string orchestra class for kids! Join us for this inclusive class where teacher Sara will use the best music from video games to develop participant’s playing skills. Featuring instruction from multi-instrumentalist Sara Cruz
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Ages: 14+
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Fall 2026: Sep 27th – Dec 20th
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Date: Sundays
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Time: 12:30-2:00pm
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$30/class, billed monthly
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Additional Updates
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LOW-SCENT STUDIO:
Please help us keep our space welcoming to students, parents, teachers, and pets with scent sensitivities! Avoid wearing perfume, cologne, after-shave, or any heavily scented hair or body products to the studio for your lesson.
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HAND WASHING
: The return to indoor activities correlates strongly with an uptick in communicable diseases, so one easy option for reducing the spread of germs is by simply washing your hands before your class. Thank you so much for doing your bit on this front!
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REFERRAL PROGRAM
our referral program is still ongoing! If you get friend to sign up and schedule 4 lessons before December 31st, you each get a free lesson (equivalent to the lesson length signed up for).
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Google Review:
Consider leaving us a Google Review – we ALL get candy when PMM reaches 50 reviews! We’re sitting at 48 as of the sending of this newsletter!
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We’re singing in the car, getting lost upstate
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place
And I can picture it after all these days
Taylor Swift – All To Well
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