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2024 FCMF Update

2024 FCMF National Music Festival Update

WHAT’S NEW IN 2024

  • Participants are asked to respectfully consider the issue of cultural appropriation when choosing selections. “Cultural appropriation applies when cultural borrowings or adaptations from a minoritized culture reflect, reinforce, or amplify inequalities, stereotypes, and historically exploitative relationships that have direct negative consequences on equity-seeking communities.”
  • Information update | Canada Council for the Arts (follow the second blue link on the website for details)
  • Chamber Ensemble, Choir, Band, and Orchestra classes available in the Ensemble Stream [renamed from the Recorded Stream]. These are virtual competitions with adjudication workshops for Chamber Ensembles. A Conductor Roundtable will be offered for choir, band, and orchestra conductors. See class descriptions, pages 21-25.
  • The maximum number of members in a Chamber Ensemble has been increased to nine [9], with no conductor.
  • Each member local festival can send a maximum of TWO students per discipline to the virtual Non-Competitive Education Stream [NCES].




2023 FCMF National Music Festival
July 13 - August 6

The 2023 FCMF National Music Festival was the 52nd national music competition presented by FCMF.
https://mailchi.mp/fcmf.org/news-from-the-federation-of-canadian-music-festivals-results-august-9375538?e=811c694e86


2023 FCMF Grand Award Winner - Devin Huang
The 2023 Grand Award Winner, sixteen-year-old pianist Devin Huang from Halifax, NS, was chosen from the First Place Emerging Artist Winners in all disciplines by an internationally acclaimed panel of adjudicators.  As the Grand Award winner, Devin received the $5,000 cash prize from the NRS Foundation through the Victoria Foundation.  After being named Grand Award Winner, Huang stated, “In Halifax at my local festival, I get the opportunity to showcase new music that I've been practicing for the first time: a test run … The local festival is really very valuable because you get input from other musicians and adjudicators.” When asked about how participation in festivals has influenced his development as a musician he commented, “The festivals influence my development as a musician by providing me ample opportunities to perform and receive valuable instruction from many diverse, professional musicians.”


FCMF National Music Festival for 2023

FCMF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Judy Urbonas Chair ● This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Joy McFarlane-Burton, Past Chair ● This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tom Davidson, Vice-Chair ● This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Barbara Long, Executive Director ● This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Christopher Lane, Treasurer ● This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Martha Healy, Director
Kathy Fuller, Director
Joan Woodrow, Director

For more information: Barbara Long, Executive Director
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