Moose Jaw Kinsmen Band And Choral Festival

2009 Invitation

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Dear Music Educator:

Please join us as we celebrate sixty years of wonderful music making in Moose Jaw on May 12, 13, and 14, 2009. In a non-competitive environment, we will provide some of the best clinicians in Canada to work with your students. Each large group is given fifty minutes of performance/clinic time. Your clinic will be provided by two qualified clinicians. Your performance will be recorded on CD and given to you immediately after your group is done. Solos and small ensembles performances can be arranged upon request. Here is our tentative schedule:

Tuesday, May 12  8:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Performances and workshops for,
    Concert Bands/Choirs, Jazz Bands
    and Vocal Jazz Groups.
  7:30 P.M.  A Night Show featuring guest artists
    and groups selected by our clinicians from the day's performance.
     
Wednesday, May 13 8:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Performances and workshops for
    Concert Bands/Choirs, Jazz Bands, and
    Vocal Jazz Groups.
  7:30 P.M.         A Night Show similar to Tuesday's.
     
Thursday, May 14 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.  Performances and workshops for
    Concert Bands/Choirs, Jazz Bands
    and Vocal Jazz Groups
     

                                       
Registration Fees:        Concert Bands/Choirs, Jazz Bands, Vocal Jazz Groups 
                                               
- SBA, SCF Members                                        - $200.00 per group
                                               
- non-members                                                - $225.00 per group
                                                                       

Night Shows:              One Night's Attendance             $4.00
                                       Both Night's Attendance           $6.00
                                   

 

Clinicians:  We are still in the process of finalizing our slate of clinicians. A complete list will be available soon.

 

Other Performance Opportunities:  …may be available to you on a limited basis. More information will be available in your director's package once we have received your registration form.

Registrations are on a first come-first serve basis. Online entry forms are available to from our website. Before completing an entry form, please call Sharon Penner to see what times and days are still available – 306-693-7087. Entries received after February 28 will be charged a  $50.00 late fee.

Moose Jaw also provides a wide variety of tourism facilities and opportunities. Please log on to the City of Moose Jaw's website for a comprehensive listing of things to see and do while in Moose Jaw.

We are in the process of updating our website, confirming our slate of clinicians, and contracting our guest artists. More information will be sent to you as it becomes available.

We thank you for considering our festival !