Local Competitions in Toronto and Vicinity

[doowlehc]

Hi...
Summer is coming up and I don't want to have to wait till September arrive before I got any chance of performing.

Do you guys know of any performing opportunities in the summer for students - competitions / master classes / charity concerts that look for performers / etc...?

(background: I am 30 years old playing at ARCT [i.e. Performer / Teacher's diploma] level... so I need competitions that have no age limit)

Thanks!!!

[BoliverAllmon]

the only competition I know of in the toronto area is the International Bach competition.

boliver

[doowlehc]

the only competition I know of in the toronto area is the International Bach competition.

boliver

Thanks... do you have the web site or contact phone number for this?

[BoliverAllmon]

Thanks... do you have the web site or contact phone number for this?

no not really. I have always been looking for the info to it, but can only find past winners info.

[doowlehc]

Hi any one else has ideas of what music festivals / competitions / etc... that piano students can participate in Toronto and vicinity?  Local small / big music festivals  or anything else is fine.  I just want to find chances to play in front of audience during the 4 months of summer.

[Alde]

Hi any one else has ideas of what music festivals / competitions / etc... that piano students can participate in Toronto and vicinity?  Local small / big music festivals  or anything else is fine.  I just want to find chances to play in front of audience during the 4 months of summer.

You need to tell us more information about yourself - if you are a professional, student, amateur.  What kind of repertoire are you currently working on?  Have you won any competitions?  Have you made any recordings?  Etc.

[doowlehc]

More background of myself:

I completed the ARCT in canada's Royal Conservatory of Music , the Performance Diploma.  I am a amateur.  I am working on Debussy Prelude "West Wind", Skryabin Sonata #5, Beethoven "Appasionata", Chopin Szherzo #1, a Rachmaninoff Etude Tableux.

I am looking for amateur competitions, not professional ones. 

Actaully the real objective is just opportunities for me to perform my pieces.  That's all... so it can be competitions or anything else if you can thing of

[BoliverAllmon]

contact the schools they usually accept amateurs to come play at their school for free.

boliver

[doowlehc]

School?  you mean Highschools?

[BoliverAllmon]

even local colleges.

[Alde]

If you are an amatuer, the best competitions are the Toronto Kiwanis Festival or the CMC (Canadian Music Competition).  I also know that the surrounding communities also have Kiwanis Music Fesivals - Peel, Rotary, Markham, etc.

https://www.fcmf.org/province.htm

[doowlehc]

If you are an amatuer, the best competitions are the Toronto Kiwanis Festival or the CMC (Canadian Music Competition).  I also know that the surrounding communities also have Kiwanis Music Fesivals - Peel, Rotary, Markham, etc.

https://www.fcmf.org/province.htm

Alde, THANSK a million!  I had been trying to find a central directory of all local music competitions for amateurs!