All week long we're being treated to performances by some of the young musicians participating in this Friday's Manitoba Band Assiociation Solo and Ensemble Festival. Tuesday morning we welcomed a clarinet duo from Vincent Massey Collegaite. Missed it? Watch the video here!

Angela is a grade 12 student at Vincent Massey Collegiate and Erin is in grade 11. They've been playing clarinet together for a few years now.

VMC music students Erin and Angela Clarinet DuoAnd according to our own clarinet master, Music Director Chris Wolf, this duo hit it out of the park! He was very impressed! way to go guys! Thanks for coming in and sharing your talents with us. Good luck at the festival this Friday!

 

 

The SOLO & ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL is the MBA's oldest initiative (established 1977). It's an adjudicated non-competitive festival which offers a performance setting for woodwind, brass and percussion players. Each performance slot is 10 minutes long and includes a verbal adjudication. Participants perform as a soloist or in ensembles of up to six members. Participants select the music Music is selected by the participants who then receive written comments and a certificate of participation. The annual festival is held every January in Winnipeg.

This year's festival is this Friday, January 20 @ North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway Road at Springfield).

Public are welcome to attend. It all gets underway just after 9 AM and runs throughout the day.

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