Performance Opportunities
for Aspiring High School Choirs
2025 Dates, Venues & Adjudicators
February 24, 2025
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Salt Lake City, UT
March 2, 2025
The Lincoln Theatre
Columbus, OH
March 10, 2025
Grace Cathedral
San Francisco, CA
May 5, 2025
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Buffalo, NY
Pricing
per person
$149
+ $30
Optional Participation in Combined Festival Chorus
Inclusions
1.
Every participating choir receives solo stage time at a prestigious venue. That performance will receive recorded observations from our faculty panel of nationally-acclaimed conductors and each group will receive a festival plaque for their choir room.
2.
Every participating choir receives a 20-minute clinic with one of the adjudicators after their performance.
3.
Each participating ensemble may elect participation in a combined chorus that prepares a piece conducted by one of our guest faculty.
4.
Each ensemble may elect to have their performance entered into a competition with other participating choirs. Trophies will be given for the following:
- Gold – Outstanding Ensemble
- Silver – Runner Up
- Bronze – Third Place Finish
Commendation certificates will be awarded for:
- Most adventurous programming
- Outstanding soloist
- Outstanding accompanist
- Most engaging ensemble performers (text characterization and facial expression)
- Attendance and support of other choir performances
- Professionalism in stage appearance (entrance, exit, demeanor between pieces)
5.
The festival will conclude with an Awards Ceremony Final Concert featuring Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in performance, a guest choir, and the festival chorus of combined choirs who elect participation