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What is OMFA?
ONTARIO MUSIC FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION
OMFA is an organization of volunteers
serving music festivals across the
province, and through those festivals, they serve over 170,000 young
classical musicians.
OMFA's main objective is the development and encouragement
of talented
Ontario youth in the performance and knowledge of classical music.
Music Festival Winners
Winners of member local festivals from Conservatory Grade
7 and up are eligible to proceed to comparable competitions at the
annual Provincial Music Festival, organized by OMFA.
On recommendation of adjudicators, the senior winners
of the Provincial Festival proceed to the National Music Festival,
held annually in a different part of Canada. At the National Music
Festival, Ontario competitors will meet, compete against, and become
friends with the best young musicians from every province.
Click to view our 2008 Provincial Representatives.
What does OMFA do?
Local community festivals are the foundation of Canada's
music festival movement. They are alive and well throughout Canada,
and Ontario, in both small towns and urban centers. Every festival
is run mostly by volunteers, who ask only that young classical musicians
get the opportunity to grow musically.
OMFA is the umbrella body for all such festivals
in Ontario. Member
festivals share the mutual objective of providing performing and
competition
opportunities for young artists, with professional adjudicators
offering
assessment, helpful critiques, and workshops where possible. And
at every
level in the festival movement, besides developing friendships,
competitors
also learn a great deal from each other.
OMFA is proud to be a member of the Federation
of Canadian Music Festivals (FCMF), the umbrella organization for
some 230 local and provincial festivals across Canada and sponsor
of the annual National Music Festival.
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