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Concert Band Centennial High School Wind Ensemble, Calgary, AB Harry Ainlay High School Symphonic Band, Edmonton, AB Vincent Massey Collegiate Wind Ensemble, Winnipeg, MB   Concert Choir Burnaby Central Chamber A , Burnaby, BC Grace Note, Vancouver, BC Kokopelli, Edmonton, AB Magee Secondary School Chamber Choir, Vancouver, BC O’Neill Chmaber Choir, Oshawa, ON Ihana from … Read more

The Banff Centre will provide festival on site accommodation.  Meals are also available on site and all recreational facilities and internet are free.  You will have no transportation costs if you stay at the centre since all festival activities are within walking distance. The Room Category is ROH (Run of the house) Rate is $165.00 … Read more

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.