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show choir • jazz choir • madrigal

    















A festival designed for sharing the passion of music and performance in an inclusive and educational way.

March 26: Middle Schools        March 27: High Schools

be creative        learn from the pros        connect with your audience
 

instruction
before and after you take the stage
A morning session with all the schools will teach what judges are looking for and how you will be scored. Further instruction will be given in workshop style after your performance.

judging by the pros
Your students will be critiqued and instructed by a mixture of esteemed educators, Broadway performers and Hollywood professionals.

audience vote
Choirs will perform for an audience of Midland Lutheran students and alumni. Their votes will count for a percentage of the overall scores.

compete
with yourself
Gold, silver, bronze placements and individual awards will be given at the Evening Awards Ceremony featuring performances by the guest judges and the Midland Lutheran College Clef Dwellers.

Breaking News...

Two judges signed for Festival

Esteemed jazz singer Claudia Eliaza (right) and Broadway actress Jennifer Colby Talton have signed on as judges and clinicians at the Festival of the Arts. Read more...
 
Festival signs Rally For One

The alternative band Rally For One is booked to serve as the host band for the Festival of the Arts.
Read more...

Esteemed educator endorses festival
Dr. Scott Maline, teacher, principal and superintendent of schools in Elkhorn, Gibbon, Geneva, Litchfield and Minden, Neb., says: “With less than 24 hours of instruction, students will put together a musical show that will astound their audience as well as improve upon their individual choir’s performance to carry with them in the future. The positive, dynamic and charged atmosphere that builds during the festival will end in a performance that rivals the entertainment of Broadway productions." Read the full letter here...