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The Festival - now in its 85th year!

For six weeks from March to May, over five thousand Victoria-area performers and students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city receiving adjudications from renowned experts in the arts.  Performances in Brass, Classical Guitar, Choral, Composition, Dance (Ethnic, School and Studio), Fiddle, Musical Theatre, Piano, School Bands, School Orchestras, Speech and Dramatic Arts, Strings, Vocal and Woodwinds by talented youngsters and adults take place daily throughout Festival.  A dozen Honours concerts showcase the amazing talent.  Dozens of significant awards and trophies are presented including the Rose Bowl (Vocal), the City of Victoria Medallion Tray (Piano), and the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship, the largest of its type in Canada.

All adjudicated sessions and Honours Concerts are open to the public.  The public is warmly invited to enjoy the talent and to support our performers.  Many volunteers help make the Festival a success.

Finale Concert

Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert
Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, UVic
$20/$10

The Finale of Festival is a juried concert featuring a handful of musicians highly recommended during the sessions by the Adjudicators. On the evening of the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship Concert, each performer has twenty minutes to perform two selections. Candidates can be singers or instrumentalists. The three-member jury then consults and returns to announce the winner of the $5000 scholarship.

The Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship is the largest of its kind awarded at a community performing arts festival in Canada.

The Festival Association

The GVPAFA is a non-profit society incorporated in 1927. It is a registered charity under the Income Tax Act. Volunteer-based and managed by an elected Board of Directors, the Festival has six weeks of classes, concerts and special competitions during April and May of each year, supported by approximately 300 volunteers.

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