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What is Music Festival Suite (MFS)?

Music Festival Suite is the online registration system for the Regina Music Festival Association. You can access MFS from the RMFA website by clicking on the Registration button at the top of the page.

1. Click on Registration from the RMFA website. You will be asked to sign in. If you do not already have one, you will use the section called Create a New Profile on the right-hand side of the page.
2. Select a category that describes who you are. You will note that you can be in multiple categories such as Volunteer and Accompanist. 
3. Your Parent or Guardian must create a profile first, if you are a minor.
4. Your teacher must create a profile. They can give you their ID for inclusion in your profile so that they can see your festival schedule.

Your profile will show your classes and when you are scheduled to perform. You will find the comments from adjudicators through your profiles. 

PLEASE NOTE: Scholarship cheques will be mailed, so check your profile and make sure that the mailing address is correct.

1. The Regina Music Festival Association is very concerned about your privacy. Accepting the waiver means that if you appear in a photo during the Festival, we can use it in our marketing. Please decline the waiver if you do not want your photo to be used.
2. You are asked each year because if you are a very young person, your parents might not want your picture used in our social media. When you are old enough to decide on your own, you may want to allow the use of your picture.

The syllabus is available on the Profile page in MFS. It is a button on the right side of the screen, labelled See the Syllabus Here. This leads you to all of the SMFA classes as well as the Regina District classes.

You must provide:

1. Your name (as stated in your profile)
2. The class (from the syllabus)
3. The piece(s) you wish to perform in this class, including title, composer, opus number, etc.
4. The performance time of your piece(s) in seconds.
5. Your accompanist and their ID number, if you have chosen an accompanist at the time of registration. 

You or your parent can return later and pay for the registration(s). But you are not registered in the class if you do not pay before the deadline.

Your registration will be complete when payment is made. The preferred method of payment is by credit card through MFS and Stripe. If you are unable to pay by credit card, please contact info@reginamusicfestival.com to arrange payment by e-transfer or cheque.

Your information is secure from top to bottom. The RMFA does not hold any information about you on our website. The Music Festival Suite is certified and holds the HTTPS status in its address.

Your payment is through Stripe, so credit card information is not held by either the RMFA or the MFS system.

Before the close of registration:

Go back into your registration and fix the error. If you have already paid for your registration in this class, please contact our Production Manager (info@reginamusicfestival.com), who will ensure that the change also shows that payment has been made. If you have not already paid for this class, fix the error and pay for the class when you have finished the registration process.

After the close of registration, each entry is scrutinized by a discipline expert. If you are entered into the wrong class, you will be contacted. There are several reasons that this might happen.

• Wrong piece in the class, e.g., the piece entered in a Sonatina class is not a sonatina.
• After the close of registration, you cannot change the piece you entered. RMF scrutinizes each entry, and you will be contacted if you have entered a piece in the wrong class or age group. Remember: MFS uses the age as of the 31st of December of the registration year. 

Before the close of registration, you can get a refund. Please contact the Production Manager (info@reginamusicfestival.com) to ensure that this transaction is completed in MFS and that the Treasurer knows to send you the refund.

After the close of registration, there are no refunds. 

Yes. For example, you can enter a class for 16 and under as long as you are 16 or younger than 16 as of the 31st of December of the registration year. 

PLEASE NOTE: You cannot enter classes with the same title but for different age levels. For example, you might enter a French Art Song, 16 and Under, but you cannot also enter a French Art Song, 14 and Under, even if you are 14 or younger.

1. The description of the class in the syllabus will tell you if accompaniment is required.
2. A piano will be provided for accompaniment in all classes.
3. Recorded accompaniments are not allowed, with the exception of percussion.

No, in all classes the accompaniment is on the piano unless the description of the class explicitly states otherwise.

No. Only percussion performances can be with a recorded accompaniment

• The RMFA does not have a dress code. It is traditional that performers and accompanists dress as they would for a recital or any public performance.
• Musical Theatre performers may be in costume.

1. All performances are to be in person except for Pipe Organ classes.
2. Pipe Organ classes can be taped with the performer using their usual instrument.
3. The RMFA has the discretion to decide whether any classes will include videotaped performances. For Festival 2024, choirs will be allowed to submit taped performances.

1. No photocopies are allowed. We must abide by copyright rules.
2. The adjudicator can refuse to hear a performance if they are presented with photocopied music.
3. Downloaded music will show that the score has been purchased from the publisher and will also show how many copies were purchased.

1. All RMFA classes allow you to use your music. However, we encourage you to memorize your music.
2. You could use your music in a Provincial or Canada West class during the Regina Festival. The only time you MUST perform from memory is in the actual Provincial and Canada West competitions.

We cannot schedule a specific date for a registrant.

The RMFA will publish the schedule as early as possible so that you can work your schedule around the published date/time for your class.

1. We can try to arrange with the adjudicator to find another time for you to perform, BUT-
2. They must agree that there is time in their schedule, and once it is offered, you must appear at that time. BUT -
3. You will perform for adjudication only and will not receive a mark. This means that if this class could make you eligible for a scholarship, without a mark your performance would not be eligible. 

ALSO NOTE: you must perform and be marked in two solo classes in your discipline to be eligible for any scholarship. 

There is no printed program for Festival 2024. The full program will be posted on the RMFA website. You can download the program.

1. There is a participant’s schedule in the Music Festival Suite. As soon as scheduling is finished, you will be notified that your schedule is posted to your MFS profile.
2. There will be a “What’s Happening Today” on the RMFA website during the festival. This will list the disciplines, the times, and the room numbers each day.

There will be a poster for each adjudicator in Festival 2024 displayed in the foyer of the Conservatory. The poster will have their picture and complete bio that they provided to us for this festival.

Our Festival 2024 Adjudicators will be announced in February 2024 and will be posted on our website.

The Door Monitor will indicate when it is permissible to enter the room. 

• No one is to enter or leave a performance space during a competitor’s actual performance. 
• Some adjudicators will allow entry into the room when the adjudicator is writing (between performers in a specific class), but some adjudicators will not allow that.

No videotaping is allowed. Although you may feel that you can control the distribution of the recording once made, and you may, as a relative, have permission to distribute the recording, there are others in the room who have not given you permission.

Photography during a performance is strictly forbidden.

1. With their permission, you may photograph the performer between sessions during a coffee break and when staging the use of the instrument.
2. A selfie station is set up in the lobby so that you can photograph the performer. Props are available for the performer to use for the photograph. 

If you have taken a selfie and wish to share it with the Festival, please email the photograph to info@reginamusicfestival.com. 

Photographs will be used for marketing purposes, such as on our website and posting on Facebook and/or Instagram.

At this time, masking is entirely voluntary. 

1. Should the policy of the University of Regina, Darke Hall, or Christ Lutheran Church change and masking become mandatory, participants (volunteers, performers, accompanists, teachers, and parents) will be notified by email.
2. If wearing masks becomes mandatory, the RMFA will provide masks for those who arrive without one.

Warm-up rooms are provided in all venues of the Regina Music Festival. Please check at the Welcome desk in the foyer of the Conservatory or with the Door Monitor desk at Christ Lutheran Church. You will be directed to the warm-up room.

• There is a piano in each warm-up room. Please be considerate of others who would also like to use the piano during their pre-performance time.
• There is no security for the warm-up rooms. Coats, instrument cases, and other valuables that are left in the warm-up rooms are at the risk of their owners.

All adjudication comment sheets are scanned by the Festival office and posted to the participant’s MFS profile. Please check your profile frequently. We endeavour to have the adjudication sheets posted within 24 hours of the performance.

• At their discretion, the adjudicator may combine multiple classes with only one competitor in each class. However, a class will not begin before the published start time unless all participants and everyone in the audience agree to run the combined classes consecutively without regard to a specific start time.
• If there is time after the performances and the adjudicator’s comment and before the start of another class, the adjudicator, at their discretion, may work directly with one or more students during the available time.

1. The MLT Aikins is a special competition for performers in Intermediate classes. The Lions competition is for performers in Senior classes.
2. These competitions are the final sessions of the Regina Music Festival.
3. They are held on the same day. The MLT Aikins is held in the afternoon at Darke Hall, and the Lion’s is held in the evening at Darke Hall.
4. Each features Vocal, Piano, Strings, Brass/Woodwinds, and Musical Theatre performers.
5. Scholarships are offered in each discipline. There will be a first place and a runner-up in each discipline. 

1. The adjudicator for each discipline recommends who will compete in the MLT Aikins and the Lions competitions. They choose two performers from their discipline.
2. Both competitions feature two performers in each discipline: Vocal, Piano, Strings, Brass/Woodwinds, and Musical Theatre.

1. The performer must provide music to the adjudicator in their discipline. 
2. There is a 10-minute time limit for each performance. If the performer goes over the time limit the adjudicator is notified and may take that fact into account in determining the scholarships.
3. A performer may use music for their performance. Memorization is recommended but not required. 

The Fleming Award is given to the best performer in the MLT Aikins competition as determined by the adjudicators.

The Cornish Award is given to the best performer in the Lions competition as determined by the adjudicators.

The MLT Aikins competition begins at 1:30 pm in Darke Hall.

The Lions competition begins at 7:00 pm in Darke Hall.

Both competitions are broadcast live on AccessNow TV. Therefore, a special media waiver must be signed by each performer.

Scholarships are determined by the adjudicator in each discipline. They make their decisions at the end of the last class or the last session of their discipline.

The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to confirm the awards based upon reviewing the eligibility requirements. The Committee will notify the winners of the adjudicator’s decisions.

The names of the Scholarship winners will be posted on the website in early June of each year.

The RMFA Board of Directors will meet immediately after the festival to approve the payment of scholarships.

The scholarships will be awarded by cheque and mailed to the winners. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE ADDRESS IN YOUR PROFILE IS CORRECT.

You are required to send a note of gratitude to the donor of the scholarship you won. The notification from the Scholarship Committee will give you the name and contact information of the donor.

Scholarship donors are critical to the success of our festival each year. RECEIVING THANKS FROM YOU CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPRESSION ON THE DONOR AND THEIR DECISION TO CONTINUE OFFERING THE SCHOLARSHIP.

1. You must enter classes in the Regina Music Festival that are specifically for the Provincial competitions. This is denoted in the number of the class. There is a “P” after the number. They are in a separate section of the SMFA syllabus.
2. The adjudicator recommends two performers for the Provincial competition in each Provincial class. They also recommend alternates should the nominated person(s) not be able to attend or are already nominated from another District Festival.
3. The minimum mark to be considered for a recommendation is 87.
4. The adjudicator names alternates if the nominated person(s) cannot attend the Provincial competition. A mark of 87 or more is required.
5. The recommendation from the adjudicator is not contingent upon winning any other scholarships.
6. If you have been recommended by another festival prior to the Regina Music Festival, you will go to the Provincial competition under the banner of that festival.

1. You must enter classes in the Regina Music Festival that are specifically for the Canada West competition. They have Canada West in the title of the class. They are in a separate section of the SMFA syllabus.
2. The RMFA adjudicator recommends who will move on to the Provincial Competition in the Canada West classes. You must be recommended to the Canada West Competition by the Provincial adjudicator.
3. A minimum mark of 87 is required to qualify.