Participants in the Kootenay Festival of the Arts and other BC music festivals are eligible to participate in the Provincial Festival of the Performing Arts in Cranbrook, BC, June 5 to 9, 2022.

Adjudicators may, at their discretion, recommend qualified performers to proceed to the Provincial Festival competition in the following disciplines:

  Piano        Strings
                   Classical Voice       Speech and Dramatic Arts
Musical Theatre        Classical Guitar
            Dance         Instrumental
    Chamber Groups

 

Performing Arts BC is the association of thirty-four regional festivals that each year hosts the provincial finals in the artistic disciplines of music, voice, dance, and speech arts.   The festival brings together emerging young artists for a week of workshops, performances, seminars, and masterclasses with some of North America`s finest adjudicators, and is the largest event of its kind in Canada.

The mandate of Performing Arts B.C. is to educate, inspire, and stimulate young performers; to recognize, develop, and encourage emerging professional talent; and to cultivate a life-long passion for the arts.

Performing Arts B.C. is a unique event in the artistic world and affords emerging young performers of this province the opportunity to study with and be mentored by outstanding professionals in a nurturing environment. The festival has opened doors to the broader artistic community for thousands of talented young individuals and has enabled a great many of them to achieve their goals of a performing career in dance, music, and theatre.