March 2, 2010
March 3, 2010 - March 4, 2010
April 7, 2010 - April 10, 2010
April 5, 2010 - April 25, 2010
April 26, 2010 - April 30, 2010

Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals

Welcome to the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals - dedicated to the encouragement, instruction and celebration of young musicians in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

With an esteemed heritage dating back to the Knights of Pythias in 1923, and under the attentive stewardship of the Kiwanis Club of Vancouver since 1960, ours is now B.C.'s premier music festival, offering professional adjudication to some 10,000 students in high school bands and choirs, and in the private study of classical guitar, classical voice, music theatre, piano, strings, brass and woodwinds. Several years ago, an Ethnic Chinese instruments category was added making ours a truly multi-cultural event. Especially gifted students can go on to compete at the Provincial and National levels.

In 2009, with continued support from the Vancouver Kiwanis Club, we became a separate Society. We are now delighted that new benefactors, The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and the Robert L. Conconi Foundation, have come forward with generous sponsorship.

We know helping to foster an appreciation for music, hard work and commitment in one child positively impacts not just their lives but the future of our community and our world. That's why, even when we hear a song sung a little off-key or a few missed notes -- it's all music to our ears.

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The Robert L. Conconi Foundation

Meet the adjudicators

Adjudicator
Concert Band Festival

Professor Ghiglione’s reputation as a band director was earned by building the renowned program a...

Adjudicator
Jazz Band Festival

Following an active performing career as a jazz pianist, and then proceeding to earn a Bachelor o...

Adjudicator
Jazz Band Festival

Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Meyer Distinguished Professor and Coordinator of Jazz Studies, received hi...

Adjudicator
Main Festival

Carey Cheney, a native of Canada, has been teaching and performing for over 20 years. She is a Te...

Adjudicator
Choral Workshop

Adjudicator for Choral Workshop Day for Developing Choirs - Elementary

Sarona Mynhardt was...