Whistler

26th Annual Con Brio Whistler Music Festival

For Concert & Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band,

Concert & Chamber Choir, Orchestra

Welcome to the Con Brio Whistler Music Festival, a three-day NON-COMPETITIVE music festival with a grading option held annually in the beautiful Whistler Village, a 90-minute drive north of Vancouver, BC. For 25 years,  Con Brio Whistler has turned Whistler Village into a giant Band, Orchestra and Choir camp culminating in a massed choir of over 500, a massed string ensemble, and massed bands of over 1,800 instrumentalists. The village provides a safe, walkable environment for all participants. The main centres of activity are the Whistler Conference Centre,  the Hilton Whistler Conference facilities and the Maury Young Arts Centre.

There are four festival categories that operate concurrently within the Con Brio Whistler Music Festival:

  1. Concert Band
  2. Concert & Chamber Choir
  3. Symphony/String Orchestra
  4. Jazz/Stage Band

All sizes of ensemble in a balanced combination of instruments and voices are welcome. Every effort is made to provide participants with the best educational experience possible while allowing an appropriate balance of recreational time. The following is an overview of Festival events.

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THURSDAY

  • Arrival in Whistler
  • Hotel Check-In
  • Festival Registration
  • Student Welcome Activity
  • Directors Reception

FRIDAY

Adjudicated band, orchestra, & choir performances, with written and/or recorded evaluations of two adjudicators and a performance recording.

  • 50-minute adjudication workshops
  • Scheduled audiences and other listening opportunities

Adjudicated jazz band performances, with written and/or recorded evaluation of one adjudicator and a performance recording.

  • 50-minute adjudication workshops

Evening concert opportunity

SATURDAY

  • Adjudicated jazz band performances with written and/or recorded evaluation of one adjudicator and a performance recording. 
  • 50-minute adjudication workshops.
  • Band & orchestra ensemble intensives led by a different faculty member than the previous day
  • Voice intensives
  • Massed choir rehearsal
  • Massed Strings
  • Gala Festival Concert

 SUNDAY

  • Massed Choirs
  • Massed Bands

Start the registration process on-line today

www.ellisontravel.com/conbrio-register

A representative from our appointed tour company, Ellison Travel & Tours, will contact you to provide a per person festival package quote that includes all festival fees, hotel, travel arrangements and terms and conditions.  Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and is complete when the first per person deposit is received.

boonshaft-photo-blue-background-2011The Con Brio Festival is absolutely spectacular!  Every facet of this remarkable event offers students and teachers a fantastic musical and educational experience.  I am proud and honored to be a part of this Festival, and hope every ensemble can experience the spirit, excitement, and joy shared by all who participate.  The supportive environment, gorgeous surroundings of beautiful Whistler, great facilities, dedicated staff, incredible clinicians and amazing concerts provide memories for a lifetime.  I can’t say enough about this event which every ensemble should experience time and again!

Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft – Professor Emeritus of Music, Hofstra University (USA)