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High School Honor Band and Scholarship Festival

Thursday, March 31-Saturday, April 2

Festival highlights include:

  • Masterclasses with wind and percussion faculty from Coastal Carolina University
  • Festival Finale Concert in the beautiful Wheelwright Auditorium
  • Faculty “Spotlight” recital
  • Conducting Symposium for attending band directors
  • Round table discussion with guest panel for attending band directors

HONOR BAND SELECTION PROCESS

  • Honor Band and Scholarship Festival is open to all high school instrumentalists grades 9-12 with at least two years of experience
  • Directors should submit student nominations using this online form: 2022 CCU Honor Band Student Nomination Form
  • Participants must be in good standing with their band/music program with support from their music director for participation
  • Deadline to submit student nominations: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
  • Directors will receive an email confirming selected student participants with follow up instructions and forms by Friday, March 4, 2022

PARTICIPATION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION

  • All students participating in the honor band festival pay a $70 non-refundable fee. This fee covers music and a commemorative festival shirt
  • Payment should be check or money order made out to Coastal Carolina University Bands and submitted during registration on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
  • Transportation to and from the event, lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the student/band director 

BAND DIRECTOR CONDUCTING SYMPOSIUM AND ROUND TABLE

  • As part of the CCU Honor Band Festival, we are excited to offer a conducting symposium for directors with students in the honor band. Directors should indicate their interest in participation via the student nomination form
  • Our 2022 conducting symposium clinician is Dr. John Stanley Ross, Director of Bands at Appalachian State University
  • All band directors, with students in the honor band, are invited to a round table discussion with a guest panel.  There will be a variety of topics discussed related to the music teacher experience along with best practices 
  • Transportation for the conducting symposium and round table discussion will be provided. Both events will take place on Friday, April 1, times TBD
  • Both events are at no cost to participating directors

CHAIR PLACEMENT AUDITIONS

  • All students will perform a short chair placement audition on Thursday evening after registration.  Each student may be asked to perform:
  • Chromatic scale (full range of the instrument)
  • Selected major scales
  • Short sight-reading

ADMISSION & SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS

Interested in attending Coastal Carolina University and joining our department of music as a music major for Fall 2022?

The Coastal Carolina University Honor Band and Scholarship Festival also serve as an opportunity for interested students to audition for music scholarships. Interested applicants should visit the following webpage for more information: http://www.coastal.edu/music/audition/

 

 

For further information on auditions and admission, please contact:
Jesse Willis
Music Department Audition Coordinator 
jwillis@coastal.edu  

For additional information on the honor band festival, please contact:
Cheryl Wagner
CCU Bands Administrative Specialist
843-349-6480 (office)
cwagner@coastal.edu