Welcome to Vesuvius Music Studios

Lloyd and Diana English are career musicians who make Saltspring their home. Both continue to have active musical lives performing, recording and teaching while managing their music school on the Saanich Peninsula. Their professional lives have provided opportunities ranging from directing and teaching to commercial music production and live concerts in an array of musical genres from pop to classical.

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Thousands of Happy Students Over 40 Years

  • "I found your approach really positive, removing the gulf between theory and playing. You put theory on the fretboard and make it understandable."

    Fred Brooks
  • "Lloyd, Can't tell you how much I appreciate your teaching method. Even after years of playing I feel like I've finally broken through a plateau that was keeping me stuck for ages".

    Dave
  • "Lloyd is the best! Never have I had such clear concise understanding of Harmony and Fretboard Mechanics... I see immeasurable systemic progress... In such a short period."

    Darcy Green

More About Us

  • Guitar – All Styles, All Levels
  • Piano – All Styles and Levels
  • Voice – Classical, Pop
  • Mandolin, Ukulele, Electric Bass, Recorder, Accordion
  • Berklee Method Functional Harmony and Theory
  • General Musicianship and Jazz Improvisation – All Instruments including Brass and Woodwinds
  • Toronto Royal Conservatory Theory, Harmony, History
  • Hindemith Method – Classical Harmony
  • Delamont Method – Arranging
  • Songwriting – Form, Structure and Studio Production
  • University Entrance preparation as well as Toronto Royal Conservatory Examination preparation at all levels
  • Workshops, Clinics & Coaching

Our home on Salt Spring Island has two comfortable teaching studios with waiting area as well. We are located just a couple of minutes from Portlock Park on Broadwell Road. We currently teach on Fridays and Mondays on the island.

We are affiliated with the Royal Conservatory and have guided many students through exam preparation at every level including harmony and theory and at the same time have diverse performance backgrounds in many different styles.

For us music is a passion and has been our life’s work since early childhood. There is no substitute for the benefits that music and a music education can bring to students, listeners and participants of any age.