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Strings
FESTIVAL 2027
March 4 -5, 2027
Rotary Centre for the Arts
Strings takes the big stage.
This season, Strings moves to the Rotary Centre for the Arts on March 4 and 5, 2027. It’s a beautiful, professional theatre with great acoustics, and a real chance for string players of every age and level to step onto the big stage. Perform for an experienced adjudicator, get feedback that helps you grow, and share your music with the community.
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Registration opens November 15, 2026 on StageFlow and closes January 29, 2027. Until then, take some time with the Strings syllabus so you’re ready to enter.
CATEGORIES & FEES
Classes
Canadian Music
Early Music
Classical
Romantic
20th & 21st Century
Bach & Telemann
Unaccompanied Solo
Traditional Fiddle
Additional Repertoire
Sonata
Concerto
Concert Group
String Duet
Chamber Group
Levels are based on grade as of December 31. Chamber groups enter at the level of their most advanced player. See the Strings syllabus for full class details.
Fees
SOLO (PER CLASS)
Junior
$32
Intermediate
$37
Senior
$42
Open
$47
SONATA, CONCERT & CONCERTO
Sonata
$52–$62
Concert Group
$62–$72
Concerto
$32–$72
CHAMBER GROUPS
Junior–Open
$72–$132
Roxi Dykstra
ADJUDICTOR
Roxi Dykstra is a violist, educator and arts leader whose career spans chamber, orchestral and solo performance across Europe and Canada. She has played with the Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver and Okanagan Symphony Orchestras. In Portugal, she was Assistant Principal Viola with the Orquestra do Norte and a member of the National Portuguese Orchestra and National Opera at Lisbon’s Teatro São Carlos.
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Now based in Canada, Roxi is a tenured member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Originally from Smithers, BC, she is a passionate advocate for music in the North. She co-founded and directs the Prince George Symphony Youth Orchestra, and she is Artistic Director of Festival North. She has more than 15 years’ experience as a Royal Conservatory of Music instructor and is an in-demand adjudicator. A lifelong fiddler, she also directs the Nechako Fiddlers.
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Roxi holds a Doctor of Music from KUG (Austria), an M.Mus. from the Université de Montréal, a Prix de Master from the CNSMD (France), and an ARCT in piano.
OUR SUPPORTERS
Thank you to our generous funders, sponsors and supporters.
