2025 FESTIVAL AWARDS
We anticipate offering the following awards at the 2024 Festival (subject to funding):
The Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) Composer and Author Award was first introduced in 2022. Indication of a BIPOC Composer and/or Author will be requested during registration.
Piano, Bowed Strings, Speech & Dramatic Arts, Voice, Woodwinds & Brass, Dance*, Folk Instrumental**, Classical Guitar
Junior Overall Award ($50)
Intermediate Overall Award ($75)
Senior Overall Award ($100)
Duo Award ($50 each)
Most Promising Performer ($50)
Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) Composer and Author Prize ($150)*
Provincial Competitor entry fees**
* BIPOC Award is not available for Dance
**Adjudicators may nominate outstanding individuals to compete in the Provincial Festival; the SCFPA will pay for those entry fees. The Provincial Festival does not have a Folk Instrumental Discipline.
Piano, Bowed Strings, Voice*, Woodwinds & Brass, Classical Guitar**
SCCU Scholarship** ($250) – donated by Sunshine Coast Credit Union
CRS Adjudicator’s Choice Award** ($200) – donated by Coast Recital Society
Concerto Award* ($75)
*Concerto Award is not available for Voice
**SCCU and CRS awards are not available for Classical Guitar
Piano
Early Music Prize ($50) – donated by Grace Notes Music Studio
Clarke Staebner Memorial 20th/21st Century Award ($50)
Sue Milne Memorial Etude Award ($50)
French Composer Prize ($75) – donated by Montgomery Music
Anne & Bill Bourns Memorial Concert Group Award ($100)
BC Registered Music Teachers Composition Award ($50/100)
BC Registered Music Teachers Performer’s Choice Award ($50/75/100)
Bowed Strings
Early Music Prize ($50) – donated by Grace Notes Music Studio
Folk Instrumental
Best Performance of an Indigenous Tune ($150) – donated by Serena Eades Academy of Music
Classical Guitar
E. C. Montgomery Outstanding Performance Award ($75)
Choir
Sue Milne Memorial ($300)
Barbara Lightfoot Memorial ($300)
Multi-Discipline*
Collaboration Prize ($75)
BC Registered Music Teachers Multi-Disciplinary Award ($200)
*Includes performances in Piano, Bowed Strings, Speech & Dramatic Arts, Voice, Woodwinds & Brass, Classical Guitar, and Dance only.
AWARD ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for:
- A class-specific award, a performer must participate in at least one additional solo class in the same discipline other than Performer’s Choice, Sight-reading, Improvisation, and Composition.
- Any other solo award, a performer must participate in the same discipline:
- in at least two solo classes other than Performer’s Choice, Sight-reading, Improvisation and Composition;
- or perform in at least two different solo classes in Folk Instrumental;
- or perform in at least one solo class in Speech and Dramatic Arts;
- or participate in a Concert Group class.
The performer’s top two assessments of 85%+ are averaged for the overall awards in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior sections of each discipline. All other awards are earned with the highest assessment (85%+) in their respective classes or an adjudicator’s recommendation. Ensemble classes are for adjudication only.
Additionally, the Festival provides the opportunity for its most promising young artists between the ages of 10 and 28 to participate in the annual Provincial Festival. The five-day event encompasses special master classes, lectures, coaching, workshops, technique classes and adjudications. More information is available at bcprovincials.com.
IMPORTANT!
Upon receipt of a monetary award, to assist with reducing administration and volunteer time, please deposit your cheque right away. Cheques that are lost or not cashed prior to August 15 of each year will not be reissued. We also encourage recipients to thank the award sponsor/donor. Contact if you need contact information.