Solo & Small EnsembleWelcome to Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals 2025. Learn more below about becoming a participant in our Solo & Small Ensembles Festivals from April 5 to April 30, 2025.
*THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO Jan. 24, 2025!
NEW to registration this year!
*New registration system! - Music Festival Suite. Everyone is new to this system and will be required to create a new profile before registering, as old Profile ID’s and passwords are no longer valid.
If a student is under 18:
FIRST - TEACHERS MUST CREATE A PROFILE in Music Festival Suite before the student can be registered.
NEXT - PARENTS CREATE A PROFILE and then add their child to their account. Parents will need to enter the teacher’s Profile ID when they add their child to their account.*
*Teachers and accompanists are assigned a Profile ID after they create a profile.
Participants must enter each piece they plan to perform as a separate entry in its respective class. View the Syllabus for a list of potential classes.
Registration fees on the syllabus and the registration website will now be displayed with our usual $15 administration fee (per entry) already included.
You may want to use this Teacher Worksheet to organize your registration info for your students.
Many class numbers will be different than last year.
NEW CLASSES:
-Sing and Play
-Singer/Songwriter
-Art Song Small Ensemble for singer and pianist
Contemporary Voice performers will now be amplified (Popular, Folk and Sacred, Jazz, Singer/Songwriter, and Sing and Play).
Intermediate Art Song must now be sung in the original language.
Accompaniment is to be performed on piano only, with the exception of own choice instrumental accompaniment for the Contemporary Voice Division, Folk Song and the Sing and Play categories.
We will host an Open Information Session on Zoom on Dec. 16, 2024 and Jan. 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm to answer any registration questions. Click the link to join: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7817322800?omn=87593362305
How to register if I am a…
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TEACHER
1 - Read the Syllabus
2 - Review the General Rules and Regulations
3 - Make sure you have:
*Class and repertoire info (you may want to use this teacher worksheet to gather information)
*Accompanist’s Profile ID (can be added later)
4 - Login to Music Festival Suite to create a profile for YOURSELF FIRST and then send your Username or Profile ID to your students
5 - Make sure your student links you to their profile. For small ensembles, the teacher needs to create a GROUP
6 - Register the student or GROUP for classes or fill out teacher worksheet to give to parents so they can register their child (If you are registering the student, select the parent as the one responsible for payment)
7 - Parents need to finish the registration by completing payment
8 - View your personalized schedule in Music Festival Suite
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PARENT
1 - Read the Syllabus
2 - Review the General Rules and Regulations
3 - Make sure you have:
*Class and repertoire info (use teacher worksheet to gather information)
*Teacher’s Profile ID (TEACHER MUST CREATE A PROFILE FIRST, before you can register a student)
*Accompanist’s Profile ID (Can be added later)
4 - Login to Music Festival Suite to create a profile for YOURSELF
5 - Add your child to your profile by clicking on the ‘Linked Children’ arrow
6 - Register the child for classes (Teachers must create a GROUP to register for small ensembles.)
7 - Finish registration by completing payment
8 - View your personalized schedule in Music Festival Suite
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STUDENT
1 - Read the Syllabus
2 - Review the General Rules and Regulations
3 - If you are 18 or over, make sure you have:
*Class and repertoire info
*Teacher’s Profile ID
*Accompanist’s Profile ID (can be added later)
4 - Login to Music Festival Suite to create a profile for YOURSELF
5 - Register for classes
6 - Finish registration by completing payment
7 - View your personalized schedule in Music Festival Suite
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ACCOMPANIST
1 - Read the Syllabus
2 - Review the General Rules and Regulations
3 - Login to Music Festival Suite to create a profile for YOURSELF
4 - Provide your Profile ID to your students
5 - View your personalized schedule in Music Festival Suite
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Small Ensemble
Read the Syllabus
Review the General Rules and Regulations
Parent and Teacher both create a Profile in Music Festival Suite first
ENSEMBLES
1 - Teacher makes their own Profile.
2 -Inside their Profile, Teacher creates a Group Profile for the small ensemble.
3 - Teacher registers Group and indicates who will pay the fee (teacher, parent, student)
4 - Teacher informs all the members of the small ensemble of any scheduling that happens.
DUET OPTIONS:
Duet is of two children who share the same Parent - Parent can register them.
Duet is of a Teacher and Student - Teacher must identify themselves as a self-taught Teacher by making their own Profile an Entrant with their own ID as their Teacher.
Duet is of a Parent and Child - Parent should also then identify themselves as a Teacher both for themself and for their Child.
Duet is of two adult performers - While likely both adults will have identified themselves as self taught, one of the adults should also identify the other as a second Teacher, and it is that person that would enter the registration.
Prefer a video tutorial?
Let our Solo and Small Ensembles Festival Coordinator, Krista Pederson, walk you through setting up a parent profile, linking a child to a parent profile, and registering a child for a class from start to finish, using the new Music Festival Suite registration system introduced for the 2025 Festival season.
Key Dates and Locations
2024/2025
December 2
Registration is Open
January 24
Registration Closed (11:59pm PST)
April 5 – April 30 - Solo and Small Ensemble Festivals (timeline of dates are tentative, depending on final registration numbers):
April 12 – April 17
Brass and Woodwinds
Mary Byrne - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Sanctuary
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 20-21
Classical Guitar
Charles Hobson - Adjudicator
Tom Lee Music Vancouver, Music Experience Centre
728 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1E4
April 21-22
Harp
Josh Layne - Adjudicator
Vancouver Academy of Music, Koerner Recital Hall
1270 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 4R9
April 23 – April 30
Junior Piano Level Prep-3, Donna Falconer - Adjudicator
April 7-17
Junior Piano Level 4-6, Jean Brown - Adjudicator
St. Faith’s Anglican Church
7284 Cypress St.
Vancouver, BC V6P 5M3
April 6 – April 17
Intermediate Piano
Everett Hopfner - Adjudicator
Tom Lee Music Vancouver, Music Experience Centre
728 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1E4
April 7 – April 17
Senior Piano
Patricia Tao - Adjudicator
Mikolaj Warszynski - Adjudicator
Unitarian Church, Sanctuary and Fireside Room
949 W. 49th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1
(be sure to check your individual schedule for specific room)
April 24 – April 29
Junior Violin and Viola
Anni Yu - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Fireside Room
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 5 – April 11
Intermediate/Senior Violin/Small Ensembles
Hojean Yoo - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Sanctuary
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 7– April 13
Cello and Double Bass
Brian Yoon - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Fireside Room
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 27 – April 29
Classical Voice
Benjamin Butterfield - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Sanctuary
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 23 – April 26
Musical Theatre
Melissa Morris - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Sanctuary
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2
April 15
Contemporary Voice
Dawn Pemberton - Adjudicator
St. Philip's Anglican Church, Fireside Room
3737 W. 27th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6S 1R2