Registration Dates: December 1, 2026 – January 15, 2027 (10:00pm PST)
The Student Performers’ Guild Festival is an integral part of the Vancouver/Burnaby Branch. Its primary goal is to provide learning opportunities for students in a supportive and encouraging environment. Its secondary goal is to distribute scholarships and awards to deserving young musicians.
Registration is open to all students of the Vancouver/Burnaby Branch members as well as its STA members.
The SPG Festival is a workshop style festival, where students will get a chance to work with the adjudicator at the piano in front of the other students.
For more information on the history of this important Branch activity, please click here.
The SPG Committee wishes to thank our sponsor Tom Lee Music Ltd for generously providing the festival pianos and a portion of the scholarship prizes to be awarded in 2027.
SPG Festival 2027
FESTIVAL DATES: February 16-20, 2027
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2027 @ 10:00pm PST
2027 ADJUDICATORS: Dr. Patricia Hoy and Dr. Libby Yu
FESTIVAL VENUE: Unitarian Church of Vancouver – 949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Click on the links below for:
- 2027 RULES & REGULATIONS – check back soon for updates
- 2027 COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE GUIDE – includes class description, fee & time limits
- 2027 REGISTRATION WORKSHEET – to be printed out for your students for ease of registration
- 2027 SPG FESTIVAL PROGRAM – will be posted by February 4, 2027
For enquiries, please contact spgfestival.bcrmta.vanbby@gmail.com
SPG Festival 2027 Honour Concert
- DATE: Sunday, March 7, 2027
- TIME: 3:30-5:30pm
- VENUE: Unitarian Church of Vancouver (949 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver; map to venue)
SPG Committee
- David Vandereyk – Chair
- Brenda Lam – Treasurer
- Susan Chan – Scheduler & Adjudicator Coordinator
- Gaye Alcott – Adjudicator Assistants Coordinator
- Hailey Wong – Webmaster
- David Vandereyk & Susan Chan – Awards & Honour Concert Coordinators
IMPORTANT – Please Read
- Parents will be registering and paying entry fees for their children through individual accounts with the guidance of their teachers; therefore, it is essential that teachers read the 2027 SPG Rules & Regulations.
- Adjudicator Assistant Requirements – NEWLY UPDATED for SPG 2027. All participating teachers should read about the volunteer requirements before submitting students to the Festival.
- Parents and Teacher’s confirmation emails from the SPG may end up in the spam/junk mail folders, so please check there for them.
- Beverley Kagnoff Award:
- Each year, the Committee will select a class category in which $40.00 will be given to the highest mark for each level, 1 to 12.
- For 2027, the class category will be 20th/21st CENTURY.
- There is no piano warmup or tryout at the festival venue.
SPG Festival 2027 Adjudicators
Dr. Patricia Hoy
Dr. Libby Yu
