| About the Vic Lewis Band Festival
Named to honour a Canmore pioneer who introduced band music to Bow Valley students in the 1940’s...and who taught them for over twenty years...the Vic Lewis International Band Festival has earned a reputation as one of the best non-competitive music festivals in Alberta. Over 800 students in junior high and high school bands perform for adjudicators, participate in workshops, listen to faculty recitals and give public performances during the two days and two nights of the festival. The festival takes place at Canmore Collegiate High and the Canmore Recreation Centre with evening gala performances at The Cornerstone Theatre.
The Beautiful Canadian Rockies come alive with the sound of music every November when the Vic Lewis International Band Festival strikes up the bands! The Sixteenth annual Festival will happen in Canmore November 2, 3, 4, 2013 – this is the 7th year!. Last year more than thirty concert bands, wind ensembles and jazz bands from across Alberta and British Columbia played for some of the finest band directors in North America. We are currently in the process of finalizing the guest directors for this year’s Festival. It should be another outstanding year of music and learning. Past guest directors have included such notable musicians as Dr. Robert Taylor, Director of Wind Bands at the University of British Columbia, Wayne Jeffrey, Director of Ensembles at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Scott Brown, jazz trombonist on faculty at Seattle Schools in Seattle Washington and Alan Matheson, jazz trumpet, piano, arranger & composer on faculty at Vancouver Community College and Capilano College in British Columbia.
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