Update on COVID-19 and Festival Events (June 26, 2020)
- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all 2020 Festival Events will be conducted online.
- The 2020 KPU International Music Festival (main festival – soloist and small ensembles) originally scheduled for April 2020, will take place from October 1 to December 15. Please click here for further details
- The ‘in-person’ 2020 KPU International Choir, Band and Orchestra Festival is CANCELLED.
For further details on the festival you have registered for, click on the tabs above. Thank you for your patience with us as we work through this significant challenge. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
Objectives of VAYA
Our Mission is
- to support and foster performing and literary arts education through bursaries and scholarships
- to give participants the benefit of expert criticism from unbiased adjudicators
- to help participants acquire self-confidence by performing before an audience
- to provide performance and education opportunities for participants both at the festival and in the community throughout the year
We do our best not to turn anyone away and try to find sponsorship for those individuals and schools needing help in order to attend.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to our core volunteers who contributed so much and made the 2019 festival run smoothly: Siong Chan, Wendy Chan, Donard MacKenzie, Maureen Paetkau, and Claudia Trigo.
Thank you to our hard working board: Bob Rompre, Richard Haack, Heilwig von Koenigsloew, Elaine Lindbjerg and Sandi Siemens; our gracious hosts at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Music Department, and our amazing staff – Dominque Bernath, Kyra Esau, Jon Erzinger, Aniela Erzinger, Billy Muir and the staff of Tom Lee Music.
Contact us
Vancouver Area Youth Arts Society
313 Ninth Street
New Westminster BC V3M 3V5
Tel: 778-868-0426
Email: gm@vayafestivals.ca
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