Musical excellence will fill concert halls across Indianapolis March 6-8 with the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha. The Music for All National Festival a national showcase of the finest instrumental scholastic music, selected by audition from across the country to perform. The festival comprises the National Concert Band Festival, the Orchestra America National Festival, the Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival and the Middle School National Music Festival, as well as three national honor ensembles – the Honor Band of America, Honor Orchestra of America and the Jazz Band of America. The selected ensembles were invited by achieving the highest level of musical performance and artistry. The National Concert Band Festival serves as a model for noncompetitive performance and education festivals nationwide, with participating musicians also receiving master classes and clinics with renowned artists and educators. Festival Honor Ensembles The Jazz Band of America will perform Friday night, March 7, 8:30 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall, directed by Caleb Chapman. The Honor Band of America will perform Saturday night, March 8, 8 p.m. at Clowes Memorial Hall, conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Director of Wind Studies and Regents Professor of Music, University of North Texas. The 2014 Honor Orchestra of America will perform two shared concerts with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as part of the ISO’s Lily Classical Subscription Series, Friday and Saturday, March 7-8 at 7 p.m. in Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Honor Orchestra of America will be conducted by Honor Orchestra Music Director Larry J. Livingston, Chair, Conducting Department, Thorton School of Music, University of Southern California, and Ms. Sey Ahn.
A full schedule of Festival concerts, times and locations is available at www.musicforall.org, or for more information call 800-848-BAND (2263).