FuturesFest

12/19/2022

Schedule of Preliminary Events
Entry Opens January 6, 2023
Entry Deadline February 6, 2023

Friday March 3 - St. Albert 5:00-9:00PM Pop, Country, Jazz, Classical Vocal

Saturday March 4 South Edmonton - VStudio 10:00AM-6:00PM Pop, Country, Jazz, Classical Vocal and Musical Theatre

Sunday March 5 - St. Albert 10:00-8:00PM Pop, Country, Jazz, Classical, Musical Theatre

Friday, March 10 - South Edmonton-VStudios 4:30-8:00PM
Solo Piano Classical, Pop and Jazz
Instrumental Composition

Saturday, March 11 - South Edmonton - VStudios 10:00-6:00 Drums, Guitar, Bass, Bands, Wind instruments

Sunday, March 12 - South Edmonton Studios - Acting

Final Showcase Sunday, May 7, 2023 at the Rec Room South Edmonton

Registration Forms will be available in person at Visionary Centre for the Performing Arts Registration Desk at both locations

10/27/2021

Congratulations to everyone who performed at the Final Showcase at the Rec Room South! Each and everyone of you is already an award winner!

03/06/2021

Congratulations to our
2020 Futures Fest Award Recipients:

Ages 5-8:
Best Pop, Country or Rock - Ella Fernandez
Best Musical Theatre - Portia Hackett
Peoples Choice - Abigail So

Ages 9-12:
Best Pop, Country or Rock - Gillian Baron
Best Musical Theatre Ballad - Anastasija Jordanovska
Best Musical Theatre Uptempo - Isabella Rubuliak
Best Instrumental - Evangel Omari Misori
Peoples Choice - Amanda Mella-Rodriguez

Ages 13-16
Best Pop or Rock - Jordon Ho
Best Country - Samantha Wiltzen
Best Musical Theatre Ballad - Emma Cresswell
Best Musical Theatre Uptempo - Carolyn MacDonald
Best Adult Contemporary - Dante Fecteau
Best Singer/Songwriter - Aiden Cranford
Peoples Choice - Quinn Rycroft-Going

Ages 17+
Best Musical Theatre - Nicholas Lumley
Best Singer/Songwriter - Cassidy Pare
Peoples Choice - Anthea Lavergne

01/16/2021

We are finalizing the details for Futures Fest 2020 Finals and will be contacting the finalists in the next week with details. Stay tuned!

01/16/2021

Registration is Now Open and we are super excited about Futures Fest 2021, it's going to be a virtual festival!
Registration for solo performers is open Jan 15-Feb 15.
Registration for Bands is April 15-May 15.
Register online at
https://visionaryperformingarts.ca/futures-fest-2021
photo credit Melissa Penney.

05/03/2020

Futures Fest 2019 Final Showcase will be streamed on Visionary Centre for the Performing Arts Facebook Live every day this week starting tonight at 6:00PM. The Showcase is broken up into 6 parts featuring the following performers. This week we will be featuring the ages 9-12 categories. If you miss the live streaming don't worry it will be saved on our VCPA page
Sunday 6:00PM Part 1
Miriam
Evelyn
Rene
William
Ella
Aviv
Jordan
Hailey

Monday at 10:30 AM Part 2
Hailey
Tristan
Kayla
Anastasija
Angelica

Tuesday at 10:30 Am Part 3
Dante
Carolyn
Faith
Arnay

Wednesday 10:30AM Part 4
Sofiya
Sydney
Ava
Nazneen

Thursday 10:30AM Part 5
Darya
Paige
Hannah
Sanjna

Friday 10:30AM Part 6
Shelby
Sophia
Chloe

04/11/2020

With the COVID -19 situation we have been delayed in contacting the performers for the Final Showcase.
The Final Showcase will be delayed to a future date TBD. We will be contacting performers by next Friday.

02/27/2019

Futures Fest Preliminary Program Sunday, March 3

02/27/2019

Futures Fest Preliminary Program for Saturday, March 2

10/01/2018

10/01/2018

Hannah Malayko was winner of Futures Fest People’s choice award 2018. You must see her video prize “House of the Rising Sun”
Thank you to Lilia Krieger for training this fantastic singer, Adrian for capturing her on video and Danielle Abel for recording audio.

09/14/2018

Hannah Malayko, winner of People's Choice award 2018, won this vdieo prize and it's DROPPING Sept 27.

07/30/2018

Futures Fest 2018 Winners

Ages 5-8
1. Best Performance Ages 5-8 Winner Melissa Penney
$75.00 gift card Innovations Music

2. Runner-up Ages 5-8
$50.00 Gift Card Innovations Music Winner Sophia Bazos

Ages 9-12
1. Best Pop, Country or Rock Performance Ages 9-12 Winner Hannah Adamson
$75.00 gift card Innovations Music

2. Best Musical Theatre Performance Uptempo Ages 9-12 Winner Sofia Chvojka
$75.00 gift card Innovations Music

3. Best Musical Theatre Performance Ballad Ages 9-12 Winner Carolyn McDonald
$75.00 gift card Innovations Music

4. Best Classical & Jazz Performance Ages 9-12 Winner Dante Fecteau
$75.00 gift card Innovations Music

Ages 13+
1. Best Pop, Country or Rock Performance Ages 13+ Hannah Malayko
3 hours of recording at TurnKey Audio value $236.25

2. Best Musical Theatre Performance Ages 13+ Makayla Barwick
2 Tickets to Mayfield Dinner Theatre Value $220.00

3. Best Classical & Jazz performance Ages 13+ Winner Summer Fraleigh
Head Shot with Melissa Penney Photography

People’s Choice
1. People’s Choice Award Ages 5-8 Winner Faith Aragon-Godin
1 hour professional recording/editing
Value $120.00

2. People’s Choice Award Ages 9-12 Winner Dante Fecteau
Professional live video recording
1 hour recording/editing
1 hour video
1 hour video editing
Value $250.00

3. People’s Choice Award Ages 13+ Winner Hannah Malayko
Professional live video recording
1 hour recording/editing
1 hour video
1 hour video editing
Value $250.00

03/18/2018

What an outstanding day of incredible musical theatre performances at Visionary Centre for the Performing Arts in St Albert. We didn’t get photos of all the groups but if you have any to share that would be great!

02/14/2018

2018 Entry deadline has been extended to Wednesday. Participants will be notified by next Monday at the latest regarding schedule.

04/24/2017

2017 FUTURES FEST WINNERS

Congratulations!!
Popular Ages 5-8 Lia Brioso
Popular Ages 9-12 Hannah Adamson
Popular Ages 13+ Emily Flint
Country Ages 9-12 Keirstyn Chartrand
Country Ages 13-16 Destiny Meilleur
Classical Ages 13-16 Alexandrine Seibel
Jazz Ages 13-16 Katie Jo Gilmour
Original Ages 13-16 Taylor Hambly
Rock Ages 9-12 Emerson Brent
Rock Ages 13-16 Homemade Psychos
Overall Winner of the day: Samantha Wiltzen

Musical Theatre Uptempo Ages 5-8 Sofia Bazos
Musical Theatre Uptempo Ages 9-12 Morgan Peters
Musical Theatre Uptempo Ages 13-16 Anthea Lavergne
Musical Theatre Uptempo Ages 17+ Coleman Lappa


Musical Theatre Ballad Ages 5-8
Lily Feddema
Musical Theatre Ballad Ages 9-12
Portia Nyberg
Musical Theatre Ballad Ages 13-16 Charlie Arnold
Musical Theatre Ballad Ages 17+
Jason Dauvin

Overall Musical Theatre Winner: Sara Sheydwasser
Best Costume: Samantha Wiltzen and Emily Levine

Great job everyone! We can't wait to experience what next year has to told.