Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival

Registrations will open November 15th.

Adjudicators Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival 2025 The adjudicators for the 79th Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival have been confirmed. Week 1 (March 31 - April 4)Vocal - Elizabeth LepockJr Piano - Nancy (Dettbarn) SicsicSr Piano - Christine Tithecott Week 2 (April 7-11)Music Theatre & Speech Arts - Kati PearsonStrings - Irene Tandberg

Who thinks they could handle performing in space? Believe me performing at Kiwanis may be a lot easier on the nerves! Register today!

DAY 4 - Groundbreaking! Starlink demo Polaris Dawn recorded music play in space @SpaceX rey theme from star wars violin played by sarah gillis formal EV1 and crew of polaris dawn

https://www.chatham-kentkiwanis.com/syllabus-2025-available/

Syllabus 2025 Available The syllabus for the 79th Annual Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival is now available. You may pick it up from one of the music stores in Chatham later this week or download a PDF version from our website.

Registration is now open for our FREE Music Makers program for ages 7 and up! Learn to play an instrument! Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba and Percussion. (Loaner instruments available, deposit required.) Please register on our website: https://chathamconcertband.ca/mmp.html

The OMFA Live Provincial Competitions wrapped up this weekend. Several of the Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival competitors were recommended to represent our festival at the OMFA Provincial Finals. Here are the winners and honourable mentions from the live competitions. Congratulations!!

Results OMFA Live Provincial Finals 2024 The OMFA Live Provincial Competitions wrapped up this weekend. Several of the Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival competitors were recommended to represent our festival at the OMFA Provincial Finals. Here are the winners and honourable mentions from the live competitions. Congratulations!! Classical P

Here are the provincial winners and honourable mentions of the competitors representing the Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival.
https://www.chatham-kentkiwanis.com/results-omfa-virtual-provincial-finals-2024/
Congratulations to everybody!

Results OMFA Virtual Provincial Finals 2024 Several of the Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival competitors were recommended to represent our festival at the OMFA Provincial Finals. Here are the winners and honourable mentions from the virtual competitions. Congratulations!! Classical Piano Solo - level 2 Group A: Honourable Mention Kevin Le

The Dresden Area Composite School grade 8 wins FIRST place at the 2024 OMFA Provincial Finals!
Congratulations to all!

We posted some photos from our last Grand Concert a few days ago but Meg Gray Photography took so many nice ones that we will have to share some more!

Some great shots from yesterday's Grand Concert.
BIG thanks to Meg Gray Photography!

A huge thank you to all the participants of last night's Grand Concert! It was a night with incredible talent!
Check out Yourtv Chatham for when the recording will air. Follow the link to download a PDF version of the Grand Concert Program.

Grand Concert Program Grand Concert Program

Join us for the finale of the 78th Annual Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival!
This year the Grand Concert will be on a MONDAY, April 29th at 7:00pm.
The trophy and award winners will be presented on stage under the direction of MC Chris McLeod. A total of 15 selected performances will feature this year's talent in the Music Festival.

Chatham Kiwanis Music Festival, your provincial entry deadline is 9 p.m. on May 3rd.

Remember, if you do not provide all information required (your YouTube video link, the PDF of your music and payment) by your Festival's Provincial deadline, it will result in disqualification. "To Be Decided" in any field will not be accepted and will also result in disqualification.

For preparation purposes, please remember that in the case of most classes, there is a requirement that 2 or more pieces be played at Provincials.

The OMFA Provincial Finals will be held in the Oakville / Burlington region from June 10 to 15, 2024.

Remember that OMFA is no longer using MusicFestivalSuite. To create an account in OMFA's new registration system, please go to:
➡️https://omfa.ca/account

For more detailed information and to view the syllabi, please visit OMFA's website: ➡️ https://omfa.ca/

For registration and information regarding the Live Provincial FInals, please go to:
➡️https://omfa.ca/live-festival

Information and registration for the Virtual Provincial Finals can be found at:
➡️https://omfa.ca/virtual-festival

For information about Member Festivals' Entry Deadlines, visit:
➡️https://omfa.ca/entry-deadlines

For venue information for the Live Provincial Finals, visit:
➡️https://omfa.ca/live-festival/venues

We are almost at the end of the Festival. Here are the results of Musical Theatre. The ones for Speech Arts and Bands will be published a little later.

Results Musical Theatre The results for Musical Theatre are ready. Most of the marks for Speech Arts will come a little bit later. Thanks for your patience.

Here are the string results! (Sorry for the earlier post with link that was not intended...)

Results Strings The results from the strings classes by adjudicator Lance Ouelette. The marks are in order of the class numbers.

The final results for senior piano are in!

Results Senior Piano Here are the marks from adjudicator Benjamin Smith on the senior piano classes. He had a full schedule from Wednesday till Friday. The marks are in order of the class numbers.

The marks have been processed and the results are now available for our Junior Piano classes.

Results Junior Piano Here are the results of Junior Piano, from Tuesday and Wednesday April 2-3, 2024. The results are in order of class number.