Music Festival 2025

Dear Colleagues in Music,

We are pleased to officially share with you details of the Andrews University Music Festival 2025. The four-day festival will celebrate the accomplishments of your singers and orchestra players, and further expand and challenge each musician’s artistic expression.The daily schedule will be comprised of inspiring ensemble rehearsals, interspersed with specialized clinics and master classes for all attendees.

Highlights of the festival include:

• Show Case Concerts presented by the AU Department of Music featuring:
  • the University Singers & voice area (Wed 7pm)
  • the AU Symphony Orchestra (Thu 7:30pm)
• Festival Master Classes – Directed by AU music faculty featuring students selected from the festival choir and orchestra.
• AU Wind Symphony Vespers Concert (Fri 7:30pm) 
• Unite, Worship, Proclaim – Worship, prayer, and testimony in word and music with the festival participants (Sabbath 10 a.m. in PMC)
• Festival Concert – the capstone event featuring the Festival Orchestra, Festival Chorale, and Andrews University Singers. (Sabbath 4pm in HPAC)

The fee to participate in the festival is $60 per attendee (payable by check or electronically at the time of check-in Wed 2:30-5:00pm)

Important Notes:

• Local students and homeschool participants are responsible for their own housing. Meals can be purchased at the cafeteria directly.
• Academies: the deadline to submit the Participant List Form is Jan. 22 (see links & details in table below).
• Choir: there is a repertoire readiness/performance audition for the “Sanctus” by Gjeilo that will set the standard for participation in the choir. The audition will take place on Wednesday February 26 when you arrive and register. Thank you for bearing that responsibility.
• Orchestra: except for Haydn's Kyrie, the selections allow for multiple doublings in the woodwinds, brass and percussion. While this opens more spots for players, directors are kindly asked to only bring their top players, even if this means one or two per instrumental family/section.

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