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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.

 

 Showcase Concert Schedule

(You must apply for these concert with your first, second, and third choices)

 Thursday  – ROLSTON HALL

7PM                Argyle Sec. School, North Vancouver, BC

8:30                Corazon/Lalin, Nelson BC

 

Friday – ROLSTON HALL

2PM                Maples Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB

3:30                Luther College H.S., Regina, SK

5:00                Carson Graham, North Vancouver, BC

7:45                 Campbell CI, Regina, SK

9:00                 ihana, Red Deer, AB

 

Friday – MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE

7:00PM           Sir Winston Churchill H. S. Symphonic Band, Calgary, AB

 

Saturday – ROLSTON HALL

2PM                  Corazon/Palin, Nelson BC

3:30                  Vista Murrieta High School, Murrieta, California

5:00                  ihana, Red Deer, AB

7:00                  Kokopelli, Edmonton, AB

8:00                  Kokopelli, Edmonton, AB

9:00                  Kokopelli, Edmonton AB

 

Saturday – MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE

7:00PM              Vincent Massey Collegiate Wind Ensemble, Winnipeg, MB

 

Jazz Performances

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Thursday

7:30PM              Maples Vocal Jazz, Winnipeg, MB                                   

 Friday

7:00PM              Kelowna Secondary School Jazz Band, Kelowna, BC

9:00                     Nuf Sed/FORM, Edmonton, AB

Saturday

7:00PM             Lord Beaverbrook Hard Choral, Calgary

 Festival Concert Schedule

Thursday April 11          University Of Calgary Wind Ensemble

Eric Harvie Theatre

7:30pm – Carson Graham, Camrose, Central Memorial, Holy Cross, John Maland, Lloydminster, Onoway, Pickering College, Vincent Massey

 9:00pm – Argyle, Campbell, Earl of March, Glenlawn, New Westminster, Notre Dame

Friday April 12     Swingles

7:30pm – Central Memorial, Fort Richmond, Guildford Park, Kokopelli, Lloydminster, Lord Beaverbrook/Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Maples, Vincent Massey Choir, Vista Murrieta

 9:00pm – Argyle, Carson Graham, Corazon/Lalin, John Maland, Konectis, Luther College, Marion Graham, McNally, Onoway, Pickering College, Vincent Massey

 

Saturday April 13           Swingles

7:30pm – Campbell, Camrose, Earl of March, Killarney, Nuf Sed/Form, Solilioquy/ihana, South City Jazz

 9:00pm – Archbishop MacDonald, Eric Hamber, Glenlawn, Glenlyon Norfolk, Kelowna, New Westminster, Notre Dame, 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 three concerts at 7:00, 8:15, and 9:30. 

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. 

More on The Swingles →

We would like to thank all those groups that applied for the 2019 festival. Once again we had more groups than we can accommodate at the festival. The selection committee are working hard at finalizing the list of groups to be selected for the 2019 festival. We will be informing all applicants by next week.

We are pleased to announce the following facilitators for the 2019 festival.

CONCERT CHOIR

Andrea Ramsey – Santa Barbara, CA

Dinah Helgeson – Vashon, WA

Carrie Tennant – Vancouver, BC

VOCAL JAZZ

Peter Eldridge – New York Voices

Greg Jasperse – Western Michigan University, Gold Company

We are pleased to announce the following facilitators for the 2019 festival.

CONCERT BAND

Dr. Paula Holcomb – State University of New York

Dr. Glenn Price – Caltech

Clinton Marshall – South Carolina

JAZZ BAND

Jenny Kellogg – Eastern Washington University

Jim Mair – Kansas City Community College

Scott Prebys – Mary College Professor Emeritus

The 27th annual festival from all accounts was a great success! From the great Festival Concerts featuring UBC University Singers and The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra to the excellent Showcase Concerts featuring festival participants, this was indeed a successful event.  Many groups told us they had the best clinics they have ever had so our facilitators were once again top notch. 

We look forward to seeing you at the 28th annual festival which will take place April 11-14 at the Banff Centre.

Congratulations to the following scholarship winners!

Brenon Parmar – Berklee Five Week Summer Performance Program

Ainsley Brown and Steve Onyshko – International Music Camp Scholarship

Hope Mack, Alissa Vanovermeire, Marianne Sawatsky – SMV vocal jazz camp scholarship

Mikylo Odut – Save the Music Scholarship

Corinna Schüler – Save the Music Scholarship