News

The Banff Centre just recently renovated their accommodation facilities and will be offering rooms for festival participants. Information on how to book rooms will be on the web page next week.  

There are two kinds of concerts at the festival.  FESTIVAL CONCERTS which take place in the Eric Harvie Theatre and feature special guest groups and SHOWCASE CONCERTS which take place in various festival facilities and feature festival participants.  You will be assigned to the FESTIVAL CONCERTS and you will have to apply for the SHOWCASE … Read more

Jennifer Buchanan A leading expert on boosting mood, increasing productivity, and decreasing stress Friday, April 13, 2018 1 PM Eric Harvie Theatre In our age of unyielding distractions and persistent disruptions, often to the detriment of our health, there is a simple yet incredibly powerful tool that we have not fully leveraged – music. As … Read more

This year we had a very large number of applicants for the 2018 festival.  Unfortunately, we had to refuse many groups.  Those groups that were accepted have already been notified. Since there have been no applicant withdrawals, groups on our waiting list will likely not be accepted to the festival.  

The festival is please to announce the following Vocal Jazz Facilitators for the 2018 festival. Kevin Fox – Swingle Singers. Suba Sankaran – Juno nominated performer.

The festival is pleased to announce the following Concert Band Facilitators for the 2018 festival. Dr. Shelly Axelson – Montclair State University, New Jersey. Dr. Jason Caslor – Arizona State University. Dr. Gerald King – University of Victoria.