Applications are invited for the Oceanside Classical Concerts Society 2022 Music Scholarship. Applicants must be a senior in high school applying for admission to a recognized university music program or a private performing arts conservatory music program in 2022. The winner will receive a $2500 scholarship to be applied to tuition and books for their first year at the university or conservatory they will be attending.

Applications must be received by April 30, 2022. Please use this link for the application form.

All selected candidates will be invited to participate in a juried audition to be scheduled approximately May 15th, 2022. The music piece selected for the audition should be of sufficient complexity to showcase technical and interpretive skills.

Please visit the OCCS Scholarship Page for details.

OCCS is pleased to announce that the 2021-2022 concert season will commence on March 9, 2022. After a long hiatus due to Covid-19, we are looking forward to welcoming our subscribers to an exciting season of classical music performance. The opening concert will feature Percussiano 3 with pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann and percussionist Rod Thomas Squance. They will be presenting an innovative program with repertoire ranging from Bach to Brubeck, Schubert to Piazzolla, Chabrier to Ravel and Copland.

Other concerts in the series are Young Beeethoven (March 25), Lafayette String Quartet (April 23) and Alexander Weimann & Friends (May 27). This year we will be presenting a bonus concert featuring Janelle Nadeau and Friends (date to be announced).

A limited number of subscriptions for the season are available for purchase at our box office in the McMillan Arts Centre (MAC) in Parksville. We invite you to join us as we re-engage with musicians and fellow subscribers.