Welcome Directors! 

Below are the top three things you need to be familiar with immediately:

•  the festival Rules and Regulations
•  the Forms for registering your ensemble(s) and 
• the Fees for participation. 

 Check out the Directors drop down menu for anything and everything you need to know as you prepare for the festival!  If you have a particular query, please contact us for more information. We hope to make your experience at the Golden Horseshoe Music Festival as positive as possible for you and your students.

1. Rules and Regulations, Classes

Directors are encouraged to review the festival Rules and Regulations every year as important revisions are common. Please also check/confirm the Performance Class which applies to your ensemble.

2. Registration Forms

You can fill out all the required registration forms online! A registration confirmation will be emailed to you by the automated system. Please double check your date and time carefully.

3. Fees and OBA Membership 

There is a $425 registration fee for each ensemble participating in the GHMF. An invoice will be emailed to you within 7-10 days of your online registration.

As an official festival of the Ontario Band Association, membership to the OBA is required by the participating director from the school.   

An annual teacher membership is $55 and can be paid alongside your ensemble(s) registration.

* Please note, if you are registering more than one ensemble in the festival, please only choose the “add OBA membership” option once/alongside your first ensemble’s online application form. For more information about the OBA’s membership benefits, please visit the OBA’s main website.

EXAMPLES: 

• If you are not currently an OBA teacher-member and you are bringing one ensemble, your total will be $480 ($425 band plus $55 membership)
• If you are not currently an OBA teacher-member and you are bringing THREE ensembles, your total will be $1330  ($425 x 3 = $1275 bands plus $55 membership = $1330)

All payments are due prior to November 29, 2024. Your requested date and time will be held for you and fully confirmed once we have received your payment(s). If we do not receive prompt payment, your time slot(s) will be released and made available to other groups. Once we receive payment, you will be sent a confirmation indicating all of the participation details for your ensemble(s).  This will include specific times for arrival, warm-up, performance and workshop.

PAYMENT

Payment may be made by school cheque, or by credit card over the phone (see below).

CHEQUES (PLEASE READ; THIS HAS CHANGED!):

*Please make cheques out to: Ontario Band Association

Please mail cheques to:

Ontario Band Association
TH69A – 83 Borough Dr.
Scarborough, ON
M1P 5E4

Please include your school/invoice #(s) in the memo field of the cheque.

CREDIT CARD: 

Please choose the credit card option on the online registration form, and you will be contacted by phone by an OBA representative to process your payment. There will be a fixed day when the OBA’s representative will contact you and/or will be available for inbound calls with card info. The info will be entered and transmitted via secure platform to our SQUARE card processor. We expect this day to be a school day, in mid-late November 2025.