Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival
Banff Centre | Banff, Alberta
As a result of major theatre renovations at the Banff Centre the Festival will not take place in 2020. We look forward to continuing the great history of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival as the jewel of Canadian festivals once the theatre renovations have taken place. Check the web page next year for up dated information.
Willie Connell
Executive Director
Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival
The 2019 festival was another great event. From all accounts every part of the festival was successful. We received very positive reports on the clinic work done by the facilitators. Both the Festival and Showcase Concerts were a great success. The new Special Sessions were really popular and very well received. The TPDP program has continued to be a great success. Everything about the festival was well received. Thank you to all who attended!
Congratulations to the following winners.
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
Sarah Bell – Vincent Massey High School
Adrian De Guzman – New Westminster High School
SAVE THE MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Nicholas De Souza – Holy Cross High School
Grant Alexander – St. Mary’s High School
Many of the questions we are now getting can be answered on the General Information Page. Please check it out for a lot of last minute details. Make sure you send in your bios and seating charts (General Information Page) to us well before the festival. It is too time consuming doing this at registration.
The following scholarships will be offered at the 2019 festival. All applicants should prepare an etude/study and a solo to perform at a 15 minute audition which will take place at the festival Sat. April 13. You will be contacted with you audition time.
COMOX YOUTH MUSIC CAMP
$250 partial scholarship for male musical theatre scholarship
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CAMP
Two full scholarships for a week long session($415US)
SMV VOCAL JAZZ CAMP
Three $100 partial scholarships for students in Manitoba
Three $200 partial scholarships for students in other provinces
SAVE THE MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
One $500 scholarship towards first year instrumental music tuition at an accredited Canadian University
One $500 scholarship towards first year vocal music tuition at an accredited Canadain University
We are pleased to announce that we will have two special sessions at this year’s festival. No tickets required.
FRIDAY APRIL 12th- 1:00pm MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE
BREATHING GYM – presented by Tom McCaslin, Principal Tuba of the Calgary Philharmonic.
SATURDAY APRIL 13th – 1:00pm ERIC HARVIE THEATRE
A session with our guest group the SWINGLES
Please select a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of Showcase Concerts you would like to see. We will try to give everyone at least one concert. We are planning to let you know in the next few weeks what concert you can attend. Tickets for all concerts will be given to you at registration.
CRMF 2019 Showcase Concert Schedule
(You must apply for these concert with your first, second, and third choices)
Thursday
ROLSTON HALL
7 PM Argyle Sec. School, North Vancouver, BC
8 PM Corazon / Lalin, Nelson BC
9 PM Corazon / Lalin, Nelson BC
Friday
ROLSTON HALL
2 PM Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir, Winnipeg, MB
3:30 Luther College H.S., Regina, SK
4:45 Fort Richmond Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
6:00 Carson Graham, North Vancouver, BC
7:30 Campbell CI, Regina, SK
9:00 ihana, Red Deer, AB
MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE
7 PM Sir Winston Churchill H.S. Symphonic Band, Calgary, AB
Saturday
2 PM Corazon / Lalin, Nelson BC
3:15 Vista Murrieta High School, Murrieta, California
4:30 ihana, Red Deer, AB
5:45 Konektis, Virden, MB
7:00 Kokopelli, Edmonton, AB
8:00 Kokopelli, Edmonton, AB
9:00 Kokopelli, Edmonton AB
MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE
7 PM Vincent Massey Collegiate Wind Ensemble, Winnipeg, MB
Jazz –
ROOM 122/4
Thursday
7 PM Maple Sugar, Winnipeg, MB
Friday
7 PM Kelowna Secondary School Jazz Band, Kelowna, BC
9:00 ‘Nuf Sed / FORM, Edmonton, AB
Saturday
7 PM Lord Beaverbrook Hard Choral, Calgary, AB
2019 Festival Concert Schedule
Thursday April 11 University Of Calgary Wind Ensemble
Eric Harvie Theatre
7:30pm
Archbishop Joseph MacDonald, Carson Graham, Camrose, Central Memorial, Eric Hamber, John Maland, Onoway, Pickering College, St. Mary’s, Salisbury, Sir Winston Churchill, Vincent Massey
9:00pm
Argyle, Campbell, Earl of March, Glenlawn, Holy Cross, Lloydminster, New Westminster, Notre Dame.
Friday April 12 Swingles
7:30pm
Argyle, Central Memorial, Fort Richmond, Kokopelli, Lord Beaverbrook/Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Maples, Vincent Massey Choir, Vista Murrieta
9:00pm
Carson Graham, Corazon/Lalin, Guildford Park, John Maland, Konektis, Lloydminster, Luther College, Marion Graham, McNally, Onoway, Pickering College, Vincent Massey
Saturday April 13 Swingles
7:30pm
Campbell, Chorazz, Camrose, Earl of March, Eric Hamber, Holy Cross, Killarney, Nuf Sed/Form, Solilioquy/ihana, South City Jazz
9:00pm
Archbishop MacDonald, Glenlawn, Glenlyon Norfolk, Kelowna, New Westminster, Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s, Salisbury, Sir Winston Churchill
Our Thursday evening Festival Concert will feature the University of Calgary Wind Ensemble under the direction of Gareth Jones. They will present two concerts at 7:30, and 9:00.
In 1963 Ward Swingle first assembled a group of Parisian singers that became known as The Swingle Singers. Since then they have won five Grammy Awards and made more than 50 recordings. The festival is excited to announce that the The Swingles, now based out of London, England, will be the featured performing group at the 2019 festival.