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MusicFest Canada is entering into its 46th year of bringing together the strongest student musicians from across Canada. Each year, the Festival Director of MusicFest Canada issues an "Official Invitation to Perform" to an ensemble whose performance level meets or exceeds the criteria set out by the Festival Committee. The BC Interior Jazz Festival receives a small number of invitations to award to select groups who earn a gold rating and exceed the expectations of the festival adjudicators. Last year, all OKM Jazz ensembles that performed in the festival were honoured with an invitation to compete in MusicFest Canada 2019! This really is an amazing accomplishment and I couldn't be prouder of how well the students represented OKM. The opportunity to attend this festival and perform along-side Canada's finest musicians is an incredible opportunity for our students and I know will be a highlight of their high school careers!
Click the links below for more info:
Parent Permission Form
Itinerary
Remind Texting Service
As with all school trips, participation in this festival is subject to school board approval.
Here are the preliminary details of the tour:
When: May 14th – 18th, 2019
Where: Ottawa, Ontario
Who: As mentioned above, all 3 jazz groups received invitations. I am happy to say that we have had enough students indicate they are interested in attending for all three groups to go!
What:
Cost: $1,700 – $1,800 (based on 50 people attending)
Payment Timeline:
Fundraising Opportunities:
We have some planned fundraising already started for this year, but would really like to be able to have a team of parents step up from the our jazz program and help make this trip a reality for all our students! If you have connections to a venue that could possible host an evening fundraiser, a business that could partner with us, a raffle you want to run, or an idea that you think would be profitable, please reach out to me! Here's what we have going on so far:
I am so looking forward to an amazing year in the jazz program with these students! They are an incredibly talented, hard working group and such a pleasure to teach!
Megan Frederick
205-870-5108
Megan.frederick@sd23.bc.ca
www.okmmusic.weebly.com
MusicFest Canada is entering into its 46th year of bringing together the strongest student musicians from across Canada. Each year, the Festival Director of MusicFest Canada issues an "Official Invitation to Perform" to an ensemble whose performance level meets or exceeds the criteria set out by the Festival Committee. The BC Interior Jazz Festival receives a small number of invitations to award to select groups who earn a gold rating and exceed the expectations of the festival adjudicators. Last year, all OKM Jazz ensembles that performed in the festival were honoured with an invitation to compete in MusicFest Canada 2019! This really is an amazing accomplishment and I couldn't be prouder of how well the students represented OKM. The opportunity to attend this festival and perform along-side Canada's finest musicians is an incredible opportunity for our students and I know will be a highlight of their high school careers!
Click the links below for more info:
Parent Permission Form
Itinerary
Remind Texting Service
As with all school trips, participation in this festival is subject to school board approval.
Here are the preliminary details of the tour:
When: May 14th – 18th, 2019
Where: Ottawa, Ontario
Who: As mentioned above, all 3 jazz groups received invitations. I am happy to say that we have had enough students indicate they are interested in attending for all three groups to go!
- Grade 10 Jazz Band
- Grade 11/12 Jazz Band
- Grade 11/12 Combo
What:
- Adjudicated Performance and Clinic
- Evening Concerts including - The McGill Jazz Orchestra directed by Christine Jensen, The Humber X Ensemble, The Groove Merchants, The Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces, The Nepean All-City Jazz Band and the Woodshed Canadian Percussion Ensemble.
- National Honour Ensembles
- Awards Ceremony - includes performances by National Youth Ensembles.
- Daily Clinics
- Many scholarship opportunities for music programs in Canada's largest Universities.
- Sightseeing in Ottawa.
Cost: $1,700 – $1,800 (based on 50 people attending)
- The cost is dependent on the number of students participating so this is an approximation and could fluctuate. Cost includes the following:
- Airfare
- Motorcoach transportation in Ottawa
- 4 nights accommodation in a city centre hotel (quad rooms)
- Breakfast daily
- MusicFest registration fees
- Concert Tickets
- Ellison Jazz Dinner
- 3 group dinners
- Admission to all sightseeing activities
- Travel Insurance
Payment Timeline:
- Oct. 10th – down payment of $500 due paid through school cash online.
- January 11th – second payment due
- March 1st – Final payment due
Fundraising Opportunities:
We have some planned fundraising already started for this year, but would really like to be able to have a team of parents step up from the our jazz program and help make this trip a reality for all our students! If you have connections to a venue that could possible host an evening fundraiser, a business that could partner with us, a raffle you want to run, or an idea that you think would be profitable, please reach out to me! Here's what we have going on so far:
- Our annual Purdy's fundraiser is currently be organized by the amazing Doug Burget and is scheduled to start early Oct. Thanks Doug!!
- I have recently taken on organizing the "Food Truck Friday's" with the thought that all money raised through it will go towards this trip if it is a go. (If not, the money will go into the general band instrument account) We receive 10% of all their lunch sales, which is not a huge amount, but would help to cover some of the costs of the trip.
- I have begun discussions with our admin about organizing a proper recycling program and collecting the money from bottle returns on a weekly basis. This would require a parent or team of parents that would be willing to help sort and return bottles to the depot on a regular basis.
- I also volunteer with my daughter's Brownie Unit in West Kelowna and they have partnered with Papa John's Pizza where we are able to buy $10 gift cards for $2 and keep the profit. That's a pretty great profit margin! I'm not sure if the Kelowna location would be interested in something similar, but if a parent was willing to reach out, that would be great!
I am so looking forward to an amazing year in the jazz program with these students! They are an incredibly talented, hard working group and such a pleasure to teach!
Megan Frederick
205-870-5108
Megan.frederick@sd23.bc.ca
www.okmmusic.weebly.com