The Federation of Canadian Music Festivals is an umbrella for 230 local and 10 provincial festivals. Festivals have been operating in Canada since 1908. Winners of certain categories are selected at the local level to compete at Provincial Finals from which winners are selected to proceed to represent each province at the National Finals. All festivals are not-for-profit and involve a large number of sponsors and volunteers.

Features:

• a syllabus is made available annually by each local community, the provincial and national levels
• specialist adjudicators, usually from outside the community, provide a written and verbal critique of each performance, assign a mark and select winners. Sessions are open to the public.
• most festivals provide scholarships, trophies and special performances

Additional Information from:

Federation of Canadian Music Festivals.
Penny Joynt, Executive Director
#102 - 720 8th Street E.
Saskatoon, SK S7H 0H3
(306) 376- 2054 F(306) 376-2054 national.festival@sk.sympatico.ca
http://www.fcmf.org/

National Finals: August 15 - 19, 2001. Calgary, Alberta

Alberta. Sue Reesor (780) 672-5709 reesb@cable-lynx.net
British Columbia: Kathleen Keple (250) 920-7064 bcapaf@telus.net
Manitoba: Beverly Atkinson (204) 945-4578 amaf@pangea.ca
New Brunswick. Gerald Goguen (506) 452-1132 GAGoguen@nbnet.nb.ca
Newfoundland. Millicent Quinton (709) 466-7391
Nova Scotia. Mavis Murray (902) 863-3179 r-m.murray@ns.sympatico.ca
Ontario. Peggy Brough (613) 733-2972 mabrough@sympatico.ca
Prince Edward Island. Diane Campbell (902) 569-2885 david.r.campbell@pei.sympatico.ca
Quebec. Jan Simons (514) 935-9074
Saskatchewan. Doris Lazecki (306) 376-2005 sask.music.festival@sk.sympatico.ca

Ontario Music Festivals Association: Peggy Brough (Ottawa) (888) 307-6632 (613) 733-2972. F(613) 738-8878 mabrough@sympatico.ca
Ontario Provincial Finals: June , 2001 Ottawa, ON

Toronto Area: Toronto (February), Oshawa-Whitby, Peel (April), Pickering.

Updated January 19, 2001