June 2018
June 2018 Thank you for making our 69th annual festival a huge success! From performers to teachers, clinicians, parents, chaperones, bus drivers, volunteers, committee members, venue staff, school administrators, caretakers, …
About the Moose Jaw Band Festival
Throughout the past 70 years our festival has constantly worked at evolving to meet the needs of the students, the directors, and the school communities. We no longer have a parade, rank the performances, hand out medals, or run throughout the long May weekend. Our changes reflect changes in education while supporting family and school culture. We run throughout the week to allow for family time on the long weekend. We provide hour long clinics giving students the opportunity to work with highly effective educators in their field. Our evening concerts inspire your students while keeping them busy while away from home.
We are still evolving, and next year we are excited to introduce “Moosic in the Park”, providing an opportunity for groups to perform in our Amphitheatre in Crescent Park, a perfect setting for a musical event. Both band and choral directors will also be given a professional development opportunity to meet with other directors and selected clinicians during our “Roundtable Discussions” for directors. Check out the schedule on our web site for details as the time is nigh.
CHECK OUT THE REPERTOIRE FROM OUR 2018 NIGHT SHOWS BY CLICKING ON THE “NIGHT SHOW” LINK.
ONLINE REGISTRATIONS FOR FESTIVAL 2019 WILL OPEN ON MIDNIGHT, SEPTEMBER 24.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU THEN!
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Registration for our 2019 festival opens on September 24
Venues
The Moose Jaw Band and Choral Festival uses four main venues all located in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Mae Wilson Theatre
The Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, located at 217 Main St. N. in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, is home to the Mae Wilson Theatre and the Conexus Visual Arts Centre.
The 420-seat Mae Wilson Theatre is the site of many shows each year including concerts of every type of music, musicals, plays, concerts, ballets, and films. Local school groups to internationally-recognized acts have performed on the Mae Wilson stage.
The theatre has been restored to the glory and splendour it had when it first opened as the Allen Theatre in 1916.
Peacock
A. E. Peacock Collegiate is Moose Jaw’s only comprehensive high school. Although it first opened it’s doors to students in 1931, we continually strive to provide a high quality, diverse, and relevant education for Moose Jaw and area students.
Our facility is the pride of the community and includes many unique attributes such as the 800 seat Centennial Auditorium.
St. Aidan Church Hall
St. Aidan Anglican Church was formed in 2003 by amalgamating four Anglican congregations (of the Anglican Church of Canada) into one new parish in one building. The building we eventually selected is the former St. John’s Anglican Church, located in downtown Moose Jaw, beside the bus depot at High St. and 1st Ave. East. The cornerstone was laid in 1909.
Zion Church
The building was constructed in the years 1906-07 and was built originally as Zion Methodist Church (prior to the formation of the United Church in 1925). The building was patterned after Zion Methodist Church in Winnipeg which has since been destroyed by fire leaving Zion the only remaining church of this particular design in Western Canada. The building overall is Romanesque in style with the dominant features of pillars and dome reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. The original building cost $65,000.00 in 1906/07 plus $6,000.00 for the Casavant Organ and additional funds for the pews.
Testimonials
Karen McKenzieBand Director Victoria School Saskatoon, SK.
Sharon, I just wanted to thank you and the committee for all the work you do to organize this festival. I had a group that performed there yesterday, and I was SO impressed with our experience. Probably the best clinic experience we had and it was so nice for the clinicians to tag team the way they did. It was a great way for my gr 8's to finish off their junior high band career. I hope to be back next year! Well done. With much appreciation,
Jeff JohnsonJazz band clinician 2012
The goal of music education through band/choir programs and Festivals like the Moose Jaw Band and Choral Festival is to encourage students to love music not merely as entertainment or amusement. Instead, our goal is to provide a caring, nurturing and creative environment that both encourages and empowers students to share in and embrace in each other a sense of what is good, just and beautiful. Both the arts and athletics play an integral role in the lives of our kids and thank goodness, otherwise we’re left with simply going to work, coming home and mowing the lawn. It’s a great festival and it’s really well run. You are treated like absolute royalty. The facilities are great, the kids are great, and the bands have been great. It’s been everything we were told it was.
Sponsors
We are very thankful for the financial support we receive from businesses and citizens of Moose Jaw and beyond. The support of these people and businesses helps us to maintain a quality festival. Also, thanks to St. John’s Music Regina for providing the drum kit for our jazz band venue.
