THE SWINGLES WILL BE OUR FEATURED PERFORMING GROUP

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 … Read more

FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS FOR THE 2019 FESTIVAL

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.

CHORAL FACILITATORS FOR THE 2019 FESTIVAL

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

INSTRUMENTAL FACILITATORS FOR THE 2019 FESTIVAL

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

FESTIVAL A GREAT SUCCESS!

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 … Read more

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

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