See the Brass & Woodwind syllabus for entry categories.

Our adjudicator this year is David Fromager!

David Fromager has been actively involved in the British Columbia Lower Mainland music scene as a performer, conductor, composer and educator for more than thirty years. He has performed regularly in live venues and has written and performed for television, radio, online music and film. He has been featured as a keyboardist for numerous musicals. As an educator, his ensembles have received critical acclaim at both the national and international levels.

In addition to his involvement as a clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Fromager also composes and publishes music for concert band and jazz band. He was commissioned to compose “Let Your Spirit Soar” which was performed at the opening of the Richmond Ozone for the 2010 Olympics. Mr. Fromager was also commissioned to compose “Northwest River Celebration” for British Columbia’s 150th birthday which was premiered by the Richmond Youth Concert Band in December 2008 under the baton of the composer.

Mr. Fromager is the former music director of the Richmond Youth Concert Band and Jazz Band and is the retired Fine Arts Department Facilitator from R.C. Palmer Secondary School in Richmond, B.C.