MUSIC – Radio & Television

Radio & Television Commercial radio in Canada emerged in 1918, with the first licensed station beginning operations in December 1919. Regular broadcasts commenced a year later, initiating a twelve-year period that would transform mass…

MUSIC – Today

Today The latter part of the 20th century and early 21st century witnessed a revolutionary transformation in music accessibility and consumption. Music has become thoroughly woven into the fabric of Western daily life, pervading virtually…

MUSIC – Bibliography & Websites

Bibliography & Websites McKillop Dickie, J.E. (2021). Leisure and Entertainment in the Early Twentieth Century – Digital Collections for the Classroom. [online] The Newberry. Available at: https://dcc.newberry.org/?p=16464. [Accessed…

MUSIC – Stave Falls Dancing Group

Stave Falls Dancing Group Photograph Courtesy of Mission Community Archives A photograph taken on August 1, 1912, captures a dancing group at Stave Falls. The image shows approximately…

MUSIC – The Great Pacific Brass Band

The Great Pacific Brass Band Photograph Courtesy of Mission Community Archives In the early 1900s, a significant chapter in Mission's cultural history began with the establishment…

MUSIC – Earl Streeter

Earl Streeter In 1927, three years after the Fraser Valley's first radio station, Earl Streeter, the "general all-around garage operator," established his "Radio Programme Station CJCU" from Osbourn's Ice Cream Parlour on First Avenue…

MUSIC – 1900’s

The 1900's Bandura: Banduras are Ukrainian folk instruments. Donor was a singer/songwriter that owned 'Oldstime Music'. Made and purchased in Mission. Donated by: Don Olds. The dawn of the 1900s…

MUSIC – 1800’s

The 1800's Photograph Courtesy of Mission Community Archives The formalization of public music began with Venice's first opera house in 1637, though organized concerts wouldn't…

MUSIC – Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples have created music ‘since time immemorial,' with musical expression remaining integral to all Indigenous cultures. Colonialism inflicted severe damage on cultural and musical practices through residential…

MUSIC

Time Well Spent How Our Leisure Activities Made Us Who We Are The practice of listening to music purely for enjoyment, separate from ritual or storytelling, emerged relatively recently in history. While spontaneous…