Music Festival 2025
Music Festival practice is underway and students are working hard to polish their performances. Please save the date for March 27th (9-12pm). You can find the official Music Festival Schedule here. Canyon welcomes and thanks Adjudicator Kirk Muspratt.
An overview of Canyon's adjudication times are below.
9:00AM - Choral Speeches
- Grade 1A, Grade 2, Grade 3/4A, Grade 3/4C
- Grade 5/6A, Grade 5/6B, Grade 5/6C
10:00AM - School Classroom Music
- 1A, 1B, Grade 2
- 3/4A, 3/4B, 3/4C
10:55AM - ORFF ENSEMBLE, CHORUS, HANDCHIMES
- Grade 5/6A, Grade 5/6B, Grade 5/6C
- Canyon School Choir
- Canyon School Staff Hand Chimes Chorus
11:55AM - CHORUS
- St. Michael's School French Immersion Choir
Information regarding festival expectations of students, staff, and audience members is listed below.
1. Festival is not a "fun" concert. It's a formal event that should be treated with respect. This means clapping is allowed following a performance, but loud cheering is not. Talking in between performances is not acceptable as this is the time the adjudicator will be writing down comments about each class's performance. This will be reiterated by the festival secretary to audience members on the day of as well. Anyone not following these requirements could be asked to leave the gym.
2. Students and staff are expected to remain seated the entirety of each session. Everyone watches everyone else! We have 2 sessions scheduled for Canyon with a recess/snack break in between. Leaving and entering the gym for bathroom/water breaks should happen in between performances, not during. Please enter and exit from the back doors once the session has started.
3. Following each performance, the students will be expected to sit down on the risers and wait for the adjudicator to write comments, and then she will speak to them about various elements of what she saw/heard.
4. It is unknown exactly what time we will be finishing each session, as it depends on how much or little the adjudicator speaks to each group. There will be some flexibility on when recess and lunch times will be on this day.
We look forward to having you join us to watch the performances.
Thank you for supporting Canyon School's Music Program!