MusicFest Canada

MusicFest Canada stands with Black Lives Matter.

They shall not grow old, As we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them.

MUSICFEST CANADA’s NATIONALS ACCESSIBILITY RECORDING PROGRAM - EVERY CANADIAN ENSEMBLE WELCOME! BACKGROUND: For 49 years, Musicfest Canada, through its Regional Affiliated Festivals and the Nationals, has supported music programs by setting the standard for performances. We understand that COVID restrictions have caused many of our Affiliated Festivals to place their 2020/2021 Festivals on hold. But together, we want to ensure that we continue to provide music educators with ...ways to motivate their students. As outlined in our August mailing, we are offering three streams of The Nationals this year: Live, Virtual and Recording for details, see our 2021 Rules & Regulations, beginning on page 6.(link below) We are proud to revise our Recording option, and launch today our Nationals Accessibility Recording Program: Any ensemble! Any time of year! $489 In the Nationals Accessibility Program, participating ensembles will receive: Written adjudications, rating and comments by 3 world-renowned Canadian adjudicators A 1-hour online clinic with one of the adjudicators The recording will be scheduled to be streamed as part of the scheduled festival in May 2021 Standard of Performance plaques (Awards) will be mailed following the performance Results will be posted on our website during the scheduled festival in May 2021 Virtual access to all Musicfest concerts during the scheduled festival in May 2021 FESTIVAL PROCESS: You record 3 contrasting pieces, with total performance time not to exceed 20 minutes. You upload the link to the recording and PDF’s of the scores to our website at any point in the school year. We do an adjudication as if you are participating in a live performance at the Nationals. HOW TO REGISTER: If you have an invitation to MusicFest 2021, your Invitation is already online in our system and you can proceed to register and upload your scores and recording. If you have an invitation and require additional invitations, contact [email protected]. In addition, if you have a deferred deposit from May 2020, we will apply that to the registration fee. If you do not currently have an invitation, and if your local regional affiliated festival through which you could earn one is not running this year, please contact [email protected] to apply through our Audio Audition process. https://musicfest.ca//2021-RR-english-numbered-revised-Nov

Congrats to our Associate Director and Chairman of the Jazz Division on this fantastic honour.

Cool mask-based contest at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto!

Happy 40th Anniversary to our amazing friends at Ellison Travel & Tours. Thank you for your many years of friendship and sponsorship! #ET40years

Last week, the Coalition sent a letter to Ministers of Education across Canada, stating our position on the importance of music education in schools. The lette...r was co-signed by 20 music organizations and shows the level of support for this initiative. We wanted to share the letter with all of you. You are welcome to add your voices to this letter by referencing it in communications with your government representatives. We will be launching a letter-writing campaign in the next 10 days to enhance this letter, so please watch for more details. BCMEA Carl Orff Canada - Ontario Chapter Canadian Music Educators' Association/Acme Coalition for Music Education in British Columbia Kodály Society of Canada Manitoba Music Educators' Association MusicFest Nova Scotia Band Association Ontario Band Association OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association PEI Registered Music Teachers Association Alberta Band Association Manitoba Band Association MusiCounts