Vancouver Music Gallery, previously known as First Music, a small business started by Shirley & Graham Shannon began in 2002 by importing pianos accessories from Italy. Shirley and her husband Graham with their love for Music spend much of their time expanding the business. With her love in the retail industry, Shirley soon convinced her husband to open a small store on the North Shore to sell pianos. | 
| Soon after in 2004 with the help of Peter Gomes, the piano technician, the two couples opened up a small store on the north shore, on 1st Street West side and started selling pianos & related accessories. Since the store was on 1st street, the owners name it First Music Store. | 
| Piano lamps, music stands, digital pianos were soon added to the product line. Shirley continued to import piano accessories, mainly piano benches from Italy and china. With the help of her extended piano bench line, the store soon became famous on the North Shore.
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| | In 2006, First Music, moved to a bigger facility on Hanes ave, close to Cap Mall. The business was growing and more work had to be done. |  | | In Early 2007, the couple decided to retire to pursue their sailing dreams. Soon after the couple decided to hand the management over to Highlander Enterprises, to manage and expand the business even further. |  | | By late 2007, due to increasing cost of rent, most of the music shops on the North Shore either were closed or moved further out to the city leaving the North Shore musicians with no choice but having to drive further out to find what they were looking for. That's when the opportunity came for First Music to carry other musical instruments than pianos to meed the demand of the musicians on the North Shore. As a result, guitars, wind instruments & violin were added to the lines of products at First Music |  | | Late 2008, the store was renovated to increase the capacity of it's showroom by cutting back from it's warehouse space. New colors, lights, larger showroom & new products definitely change the image of the retail outlet. |  | | Today you can find pianos, guitars, wind instruments and string instruments at First Music. Since the shareholders decided to open new locations in the future in the Metro Vancouver area, the name of the store changed to VMG, Vancouver Music Gallery. Backed huge financial support from the mother company, Highlander Enterprises, supportive staff and great management VMG will be ready to launch it's second location by 2010. |  |
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