PERFORMING ARTS BC – THE PROVINCIALS

Performing Arts BC is the umbrella organization of the 34 active Music, Voice, Speech Arts and Dance Festivals in B.C.  The main function of Performing Arts BC is to organize provincial level competitions.

The Provincials for 2012 will be held in Nanaimo, May 27 – 31, 2012

COMPETITION STRUCTURE:
Four levels of competitions are held: Junior, Intermediate, Senior and National.
The disciplines include: Music, Voice, Speech Arts, Strings and Piano

ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for a Provincial or National class recommendation, a competitor in the CDMF Performing Arts Festival  must have entered two or more SOLO classes and have received a mark of 85% or higher.

PROVINCIAL:
JUNIOR                 

INTERMEDIATE

SENIOR

NATIONAL CLASS AT PROVINCIALS:

NATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL:

Rules for National classes in Instrumental and Voice are set out in the National Music Festival Syllabus.  Winners of the National classes at the Provincial finals will represent B.C. at the 2012 National Music Festival in Antigonish.

SOME OF THE GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMING ARTS BC: PROVINCIAL FESTIVAL LEVEL COMPETITIONS

Competitors must have received the adjudicator’s recommendation.

Competitors must be within the appropriate age limits for the class.

Competitors must have performed in a competition class at a local festival and have received a mark of 85% or over.

Competitors represent local festivals serving the geographic area where the performers live or study.  However, if there is no recommended competitor from the geographic area, adjudicators can recommend from outside this area (unless precluded by local festival rules).  These competitors are not eligible for consideration by the adjudicators of other festivals in that same discipline.

Immediately following the local festival, that member festival may submit one recommended competitor only for a provincial-level class on adjudicator’s recommendation.  It is the responsibility of the local secretaries to advise colleague Festivals of the names of their recommended competitors as once a competitor has accepted the Provincial recommendation, he/she is not eligible for Provincial recommendations at any other Festival (with the possible exception of chamber group competitors).  All competitors who have already received a recommendation for the Provincial Festival and who subsequently compete in another Festival, must advise the second Festival of the prior recommendation.

Single discipline member festivals have the option of sending two (2) participants in each level and discipline (with the exception of members of Chamber Groups, competitors may not be recommended for more than one class).

The winners of the Provincial final competitions are not eligible to be recommended to compete in the same class in subsequent years (they must move into the next age level high if recommended again).