Please be sure to read all the rules and regulations and note the following:

• • For classes where age limits are specified, participants must be of the prescribed age on the first day of January in the current year of the Festival. All participants must state their age on the entry form.
  • In all classes in which the performance piece is to be the participant’s “Own Choice”, the selection chosen must not be a work for which the participant has received a Gold standing at any previous Orillia Kiwanis Music Festival.
  • Participants “Own Choice” pieces may be performed in one class only during the Festival.
  • All “Own Choice” Conservatory pieces must be taken from the current syllabus of either the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) or Conservatory Canada (CC) unless otherwise indicated.
  • Memorization is not required and no marks will be deducted if the music is used.
  • The music for each participant’s “Own Choice” selection will be collected by a Festival representative at the start of the class for use by the adjudicator. Please ensure that bar numbers are indicated on the score.
  • According to Federal Law, it is illegal to copy documents which are copyrighted without first obtaining permission from the copyright owner. No photocopies will be accepted by a Festival representative unless there is accompanying documentation indicating permission to photocopy was granted by the copyright holder.
  • Music that has been downloaded from the Internet must include a confirmation to indicate that it has been legally downloaded.
  • Participants are not allowed to rehearse in any Festival location at any time during the Festival; however all efforts will be made to provide appropriate warm up rooms at the Festival location.
  • Participants will receive a signal from the adjudicator to begin, after which they will be expected to announce the title and composer of their “own choice” piece before its performance.
  • A certificate will be present to each single participant or participating group. Unless otherwise indicated under the class heading in the syllabus, standings will be awarded on the certificates according to the following scale of marks:
    GOLD – a mark of 85 or higher
    SILVER – a mark of 80 to 84
    BRONZE – a mark of 75 to 79
    PARTICIPANT- mark of 74 or lower
    • Any participant may request adjudication only. Please indicate this preference by checking the appropriate box (A/O) on the entry form. A certificate of participation and comments from the adjudicator will be given but no mark or standing will be noted.
    • The adjudicators may award trophies at their discretion and these awards will be given out at the Festival Encores concert in May.
    • The adjudicator may recommend participants to represent the Orillia Kiwanis Music Festival at the Ontario Provincials. For more information regarding the criteria for possible recommendation, please visit the Ontario Music Festivals Association website: www.omfa.ca

The performance pieve in all of the following classes will be the participant’s “Own Choice” unless otherwise indicated.