Tauber Music Festival 2012

Festival Overview

This year marks the 31st annual Tauber Music Festival. This annual event is held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre and involves several hundred students performing solos on acoustic piano, digital piano, guitar, keyboard, violin and voice. Performances are held in each of eight performance rooms situated on the main floor of the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Students will perform on a small stage in front of an adjudicator and an audience of up to 100 people. Admission to the performance rooms is free to all family and friends on festival day.

The purpose of the Music Festival is to give our students an opportunity to show their talents and skills to family and friends. It is also an opportunity to grow musically as each student will receive a personal adjudication from a professional adjudicator. As a celebration of music, the festival emphasizes participation and personal achievement and is not about winning the class.

The overall experience … from choosing appropriate festival music, to bringing that music to a performance level, and then the performance itself, are equally important lessons and experiences for the students who participate.

As part of a student's overall music education, we believe students should learn skills that promote self-confidence and self-esteem. These are important character traits that will benefit them throughout their life.