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BYU Concert Band Festival

Festival Dates: March 7-8, 2025

Application Deadline: November 1, 2024

Payment Deadline: November 15, 2024
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About the Festival

The BYU Concert Band Festival, a Regional Affiliate of the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, brings outstanding high school and junior high school bands together for a wonderful celebration of bands and band music. The festival is a non-competitive event that focuses on educational and musical growth and features clinicians who are nationally-recognized experts in the field of band rehearsing and conducting.

At a Glance

  • The festival is held in the new BYU School of Music building with performances in our beautiful, state of the art, vineyard-style concert hall
  • Each band will have up to 30 minutes on stage, followed by a 30 minute clinic with one of our nationally-recognized clinicians
  • Each band will receive:
    • a professional recording of their band’s performance
    • written and recorded comments from adjudicators
    • a conductor-view video with helpful conducting feedback from one of our clinicians
  • In support of colleagues and students and in keeping with the educational mission of the festival, each band will required to attend at least three performances of other school bands at the festival
  • The festival will include featured performances by the BYU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band

Deadlines and Fees

Registration deadline is November 1st. Acceptance to the festival and date/time preference will be determined based on the date of registration. As slots for the festival will likely fill quickly, we recommend that you register as soon as possible.

The participation fee is $500 per band. Once your band has been accepted, a payment link will be sent to you and the payment will be due by November 15th.
If a payment is not received on or before November 15th, bands on our waiting list will be invited to fill that slot.