Arcadia Academy of Music is proud and excited to announce the 39th Musicfest, June 21 & 22/2024! Musicfest is Arcadia Academy’s largest event, giving our students the opportunity to experience the joy of performing in front of their peers, friends and family. This competition has been and will always be a culmination and testimony of excellent teaching, support, and encouragement. For this Musicfest, we have a few new surprises for all of our participants. New awards, more celebration of talent, and most importantly ensuring that Musicfest is about fun and prestige. Our main goal is to make learning enjoyable and memorable for our students and parents, but due to popular demand, we are also raising the level of competition. As always, we will strive to balance competitive integrity as well as build every student’s self-esteem, confidence, and musicianship.

NEW ADDITIONS/CHANGES:

1. Every participant will receive a certificate for their performance at Musicfest that they will receive the same day. For 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, they will receive an additional seal on their certificate as well as a trophy. Every participant in Preliminary/Primer categories will receive a trophy to ensure we also celebrate our grassroots and new musicians.

2. There are THREE new bursary awards. Only participants that have won 1st place will be eligible. However, these awards will be categorized to highlight broader ranges of skill. Students will be grouped according to their age group (5-8), (9-11), (12-15), (16+), instrument, as well as level. They will be competing against students across all Arcadia Academy of Music locations!

This year, registrations for Battle of the Bands will be closed, as well as Vocal Solo Original and Instrumental Original. However, we are organizing an event specifically around bands after the summer. Stay tuned for more information about this!

TO REGISTER:

Select the categories you wish to enter in. You will need to repeat this process for every category you will perform in. Please ensure that you input the participants name correctly. If you notice an error, inform us at Head Office and we will make any needed changes. Any changes after the deadline, including the day of Musicfest will incur an additional $20.00 in  administration and re-printing fees. Registrations will cost $75.00 per entry and there is an early bird special for a $10 discount until March 30th! Also note that duet performances will also cost $75.00 per performer prior to the early bird discount. The registration deadline is May 18th, 2024. Late entries will incur an additional $25.00 in administration fees. No refunds are granted to students who fail to appear for their scheduled competition.