Repertoire selections must be entered to complete your registration. However, you will be able to make changes to your repertoire selections up to March 4th.

If your selections are not yet confirmed, you may also register and list your piece as "TBD" but this must be updated before the end of the registration period.

After March 4th any changes must be sent to our Registrar Joan Knox joan.kkmf@gmail.com for approval. Please try to enter accurate playing times for your repertoire selection, and be mindful when requesting a repertoire change that the new selection should be of a similar length.

For festival planning purposes, we have many resources to create including schedules, adjudicator report templates, and more. Making changes takes considerable time and can result in errors which cause confusion and delays during the festival.

Depending on the class, adjudicators also receive repertoire in advance of the festival so they can become familiar with pieces or works they may have not heard before, or have limited experience with (in particular, but not limited to Pop Categories).

Providing accurate repertoire lists is a professional courtesy we wish to extend to our adjudicators.

A performer must provide original full scores or text for the Adjudicator. Full original scores or texts should be presented to the front desk at check-in.

Yes, receipts are required for digitally purchased sheet music. Please print the receipt or show proof of purchase on your phone.

Cover pages, or your teacher's name printed on the bottom of the page of music is NOT considered a receipt as it does not confirm proof of purchase.

If a competitor cannot secure the original music or if the music is out of print, for clarification please contact our registrar Joan Knox at joan.kkmf@gmail.com.

The first measure (bar) in each system on the music must be numbered for the adjudicator on the original score.

All categories must have live accompaniment (except pieces written specifically as unaccompanied / acappella works).

If the class requires accompaniment, or, if a piece has a written accompaniment, then it must be played. However, if a piece is written specifically without accompaniment, then an accompanist is not required for that piece.

Please see the Popular Voice Rules or FAQs for information specific to this discipline.

Competitors requiring an accompaniment for their pieces must provide and if applicable, pay for their accompanist.

All selections must be at the competitor’s current level of study, unless otherwise specified.

Performers who have taken an RCM or Conservatory Canada Exam in the preceding year are not eligible to enter that grade level in the current festival year (e.g. If a performer took the level 4 piano exam in 2023, they may not enter grade 4 classes in the 2024 festival.)

If a performer enters at more than one level, adjudicators may only consider the pieces in the higher level when choosing provincial candidates.

This Competition is open to all orchestral instruments and piano.