The Harrison Festival Society presents the Harrison Festival of the Arts, an internationally acclaimed event entering its 35th year each July and a Season of Performing Arts including ten to twelve concerts between September and May each year. The Society's commitment to its audience is to bring the best Canada and the world has to offer, while remaining accessible and inclusive.
For six weeks from March to May, over five thousand Victoria-area performers and students of music, dance and dramatic arts are on stages throughout the city receiving adjudications from renowned experts in the arts. Performances in Brass, Classical Guitar, Choral, Composition, Dance (School and Studio), Ethnic Performance, Fiddle, Musical Theatre, Piano, School Bands, School Orchestras, Speech and Dramatic Arts, Strings, Voice and Woodwinds by talented youngsters and adults take place daily throughout Festival. Our Honours concerts showcase the amazing talent. Dozens of significant awards and trophies are presented including the Rose Bowl (Classical Voice), the City of Victoria Medallion Tray (Piano), and the Roberto and Mary Wood Scholarship, the largest of its type in Canada
When do legitimate convictions truly demand illegal behaviors? What happens to a persons idealism when they find their back against the wall? 2015 Call for EntriesVFF is proud to announce that its Call for Entries for our 2015 film festival is now open!Deadlines are as follows:Earlybird postmark deadline: July 9th, 2014Regular postmark deadline: August 7th, 2014Late postmark deadline: September 11th, 2014Extended Deadline: September 17th, 2014As always, we recommend submitting as early as possible and we set our fees to reflect this. We now also prefer digital entry as much as possible. You can submit to us via:FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, Vimeo and YouTube integration.
Teacher's Report all teachers have been sent an email with instructions on paying all of their entries on once through PayPal. If you didn't get an email the festival office and your email address will be corrected and you will be sent instructions.We have an excellent choice of Adjudicators for 2015, check out the Festival Page and click on adjudicators . New adjudicators and information will be added as it becomes available.Dance We look forward to using the Cleland Theatre again this year. Thank You to the City of Penticton for the Generous Donation that allows us to use this excellent venue.