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With your WVML card, you can stream high quality recordings from our music databases and film subscriptions.

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Classical Music Library

Listen online to over 330,000 tracks of classical music. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. You can also create your own playlists.

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Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents, students, and business owners only.

Naxos Music Library

Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 800 classical music labels including Chandos, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Erato, Finlandia, Hänssler Classic, Harmonia Mundi, Hungaroton, LSO Live, Marco Polo, Naxos, New York Philharmonic, Nimbus, Nonesuch, RCA, Sony Classical, Teldec, Universal Classics, Warner Classics, and Parlophone (former EMI Classics.) A thousand videos of operas, ballets, masterclasses, interviews, lessons, and performances are also available.

Listen in browser or download the app*: iOS | Android

*App users must first create an account: click here.

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Naxos Music Library – Jazz

All jazz, all the time. Listen online to an entire album or search for your favourite song or performer.

Listen in browser or download the app*: iOS  | Android

*App users must first create an account: click here.

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Kanopy

Stream an amazing collection of movies and documentaries. You can also learn new skills with the Great Courses. Users have access to 18 credits per month (but unlimited access to kids' content).

New to Kanopy? View a tutorial.

Download the app: iOS | Android

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Medici.TV

Medici.tv streams videos of classical music, opera, dance, and jazz, offering a catalogue of over 4,000 programs, including concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries, and master classes, filmed from the 1940s to the present day. Every year medici.tv streams over 150 live events from the world’s most prestigious concert halls, opera houses, festivals, and competitions. Replays are usually available for three months.

Download the App: iOS | Android

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on the web: music

These curated resources are free and easily accessible on the web! All you need is an internet connection

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CBC Music Playlists

Canada's online music service offers playlists in a variety of genres.

Spotify

The current titan of music streaming. A huge catalogue of music (30 million+ songs), with most genres and styles well represented. Spotify free allows you to find and stream music, and to create and share playlists. Ads are present in the free version, and offline listening is only available for premium accounts. On mobile, you cannot select specific songs. You choose a playlist, and can listen to it on shuffle and can skip up to six tracks per hour.

App available for Android, iOS, windows mobile and computer. Account required.

on the web: video

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British Pathé on Youtube

Newsreel footage from around the globe covering major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, science and culture from1896 to 1976.

Internet Archives – Movies

Full-length feature films, classic shorts, documentaries, World War II propaganda and more; many are available for free download.

National Film Board of Canada

Documentary, fiction and animated films which explore the world we live in from a Canadian point of view, with a dedicated channel highlighting Indigenous perspectives (Indigenous Cinema).

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