About the Ontario Vocal Festival
Now, over 30 years later, the festival is still providing students, educators and community directors with a first rate choral experience which emphasizes non-competition and promotes an atmosphere of music sharing.
Featuring the best clinicians from Canada and the United States, the festival's board of directors is committed to maintaining this high standard.
OVF is an organization of dedicated volunteer music educators who are committed to helping Ontario music teachers and community choir directors. OVF provides several days of choral festivals for concert and chamber choirs of all ages, as well as jazz choirs.
OVF features:
- Clinic and comments by respected
clinicians from throughout Canada and the United States
- An educational atmosphere
which recognizes the merits of each performing group without Gold/Silver/Bronze
ranking
- Written and audio comments available
online
- Performance and clinic videos
available online
- Professional group photograph with OVF
banner as well as candid photos of performance available online
- A professional sound system
for your vocal jazz ensembles
- An opportunity to experience some of
the finest vocal ensembles in Ontario
- The chance to be invited to represent
Ontario at the National Finals of the Canadian Choral Festival at MusicFest
Canada
Concert and Chamber Festivals
The Concert/Chamber Festival is for choirs of all sizes performing choral repertoire. Elementary, secondary, public and private schools, as well as community choirs of all ages are invited to participate in the festival.
Are you new to Ontario Vocal Festival? Please read "The OVF Experience".
For more information, please contact the festival coordinator.
Vocal Jazz Festival
This festival is for groups performing contemporary material, including jazz, pop, glee-style, R&B, etc. This festival also features a combination class where groups perform two contemporary (jazz) and two concert/chamber pieces. Complete, high quality sound systems are provided for warm-up and clinic, in addition to on stage. The performance hall features professional level sound equipment and technicians.
Are you new to Ontario Vocal Festival? Please read "The OVF Experience".
For more information, please contact the festival coordinator.
"Thank you again for organizing and running this AMAZING festival! Honestly, I spend so much money in festival fees for bands, jazz band and choir, that I never feel satisfied when we leave the clinics. But the OVF festival is so awesome and well worth every penny! Please congratulate your students and volunteers on another wonderful year. I know it takes a lot of people to make this happen, but it's your vision that brings it all together in the end. The clinicians were all fabulous!" - Secondary Department Head of Fine Arts/Music Teacher
