Guitar
The schedule for the 2021 Festival is as follows:
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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.
- Solo pieces are to be performed by memory. The adjudicator is advised to deduct five marks if a participant uses their music. However, memorization is not required and no marks will be deducted for the following classes: Quick Study and ensemble classes of two or more.
- 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 should not 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 a maximum of two Classical Acoustic Guitar 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 piece in all of the following classes will be the participant’s “Own Choice” unless otherwise indicated.
Solo Classes – Electric or Acoustic Guitar
** Note: Participants in the beginner class will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given.
Accompanied Solo Classes – Electric or Acoustic Guitar
** Note: Participants in the beginner class will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given.
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Ensemble Classes – Electric or Acoustic Guitar
Memorization is NOT required and no marks will be deducted if the music is used.
** Note: Family Ensemble participants will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given.
Garage Band – Electric Guitar Ensembles
Memorization is NOT required and no marks will be deducted if the music is used..
Solo Classes – Ukulele
Ukulele class entries may be either Instrumental or Vocal performance accompanied on Ukulele
Ensemble Classes – Ukulele
Ukulele class entries may be either Instrumental or Vocal performance accompanied on Ukulele. Memorization is NOT required and no marks will be deducted if the music is used.
Note: these classes are for community ensembles. School ukulele ensembles should enter in the School Instrumental division
Solo Classes – Classical Guitar
** Note: Participants in the beginner class will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given.
Graded Solo – Classical Guitar
Each participant is to perform an “Own Choice” piece listed in the current RCM or CC syllabus at the appropriate grade level. Five marks will be deducted if the piece is not performed by memory.
** Note: Participants in the Preparatory/Grade 1 class will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given. .
Ensemble Classes – Classical Guitar
Memorization is NOT required and no marks will be deducted if the music is used.
** Note: Family Ensemble participants will be awarded certificates of participation. No marks or standings will be given.
GUITAR Solo – Quick Study
The music for each of these classes will be selected by the adjudicator and available from the session secretary’s desk no sooner than 48 hours before the scheduled time of the class. It is the responsibility of each participant to pick up the music from the designated location of the guitar classes. Memorization is not required and marks will not be deducted if the music is used. However, memorization may be considered in the assessment at the adjudicator’s discretion..