25th Anniversary Shuswap Music Festival ~ April 2025
The Board of Directors of the Shuswap Music Festival and the Rotary Clubs of Salmon Arm are pleased to host a special festival in April 2025 that celebrates 25 years of annual festivals.
The purpose of the Shuswap Music Festival is to encourage, support, challenge and celebrate music students and amateur musicians by providing opportunities for learning and performing on the road to musical excellence.
In addition, the Festival provides the opportunity for constructive and professional evaluations of musical performances.
The Festival is produced by a not-for-profit society managed by a volunteer board of directors.
The 2025 Programs have now been posted...
2025 Festival Schedule
Strings – April 7th to 8th
Vocal/Choral – April 14th to 16th
Piano – April 22nd to 26th
Gala Concert – May 2nd
Festival Venue is Nexus
THANK YOU, Volunteers!
You are essential to the Festival.
2025 Best of the Festival
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- Autumn Sunderland wins the Best of the Fest in Strings award presented by Rita Greggor, Shuswap Rotary Club.
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- Leila Sui and Nico Granville win the Best of the Festival in Piano award presented by Kimberly Rees, Daybreak Rotary Club.
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- Makenna Boucher wins Best of the Festival in Vocal award presented by Jim Barmby, Rotary Club of Salmon Arm.
Highlights of the 2025 Festival
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- Doug and Joanne Leatherdale present the Nancy Leatherdale Memorial Scholarship to Makenna Boucher at the 25th Anniversary Shuswap Music Festival Gala.
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- Nico Glanville wins the Blair Borden Memorial Scholarship presented by Astrid Varnes, Salmon Arm Arts Council, at the 25th Anniversary Gala of the Shuswap Music Festival.
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- Evje Knutson wins the Mary Fowler Memorial Scholarship! Hannah Carriere, granddaughter of Mary Fowler, presented the award to Evje at the Gala celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Shuswap Music Festival.
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- Evje Knutson
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- Gabi Klein presents the Klein Family Scholarship to three recipients—Autumn Sunderland, Leila Sui, and Hugh Weathermon—at the 25th Anniversary Gala of the Shuswap Music Festival.
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- Autumn Sunderland
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- Leila Sui
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- Hugh Weathermon
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- Alan Harrison, Mayor of Salmon Arm, announced the candidates recommended by the adjudicators to advance to the BC Performing Arts Festival
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- Piano Awards
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- String Awards
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- Vocal & Choral Awards
Thank You! To the Community of Salmon Arm.
The Festival is sponsored by the three Rotary Clubs of Salmon Arm and supported by many private donors, businesses and organizations.
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