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2026 Cantando Festival Information

Festival Dates for 2026


From the Canadian Educational World Tours site listing upcoming Canadian music festivals:

About Cantando Festival:


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The Cantando Festival is a non-competitive educational music festival designed for North American school ensembles—this includes wind ensembles, concert bands, orchestras, jazz bands, and choirs. It's built around key principles that foster musical growth:

  • Performing music of highest artistic nature
  • Providing clinics and evaluations that support growth in a realistic, musical setting
  • Featuring top-tier adjudicators and clinicians—educators and performers recognized for their impact on music education
  • Exposing participants to performances by serious ensembles, including university and professional groups
  • Ensuring ample performance time and individualized attention in all formats—including mass choirs and instrumental clinics cantando.org

There are evening concert performances in venues in the respective host cities, and the festival emphasizes an inspiring, high-quality musical learning environment.

EDMONTON CANTANDO
Edmonton Cantando

April 12 to April 15, 2026

Concert bands, Wind Ensembles and Orchestras start performances at 6:30 pm through 10 pm on Sunday and all day Monday and Tuesday. Workshops are generally scheduled for the day following their performance but can be arranged on the same day for a few select groups.

Choirs perform on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings with workshops held in the afternoon.

Jazz ensembles perform on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with workshops following each performance.

GUEST ARTISTS perform in the Winspear on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

 

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WHISTLER CANTANDO
Whistler Cantando

April 30 to May 3, 2026

Concert Bands Choirs and Jazz Ensembles perform on Thursday and Friday (with options for Saturday morning) with workshops immediately following their performance.

A dance and social for all participants is held Wednesday evening with GUEST ARTISTS performing on Thursday and Friday evening.

 

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ALL PARTICIPANTS CAN EASILY REGISTER ON THEIR WEBSITE

— www.cantando.org

You can choose your performance and workshop times to better fit your schedule and it makes schools with many ensembles a breeze to register.

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