Festivals

Music Day
This day-long event in November invites high school students and their families to attend classes, rehearals, and special interest sessions, tour campus, and meet current students and faculty.  Attendees also learn morea botu applying to Puget Sound's music program (for the music major, music minor, and music scholarships).  Contact our music admission coordinator for more information.

INSTRUMENTAL

BrassWorks is a full-day event for brass players during the Fall semester that features clinics by the brass faculty, a master class with a guest artist, and performances featuring the brass at Puget Sound and Puget Sound's Wind Ensemble.

The String Music Festival is an accelerated program that takes students from first rehearsal to concert stage in two action-packed days of chamber music rehearsals, coachings, master classes, and performances.

The Conducting Symposium: Conductors of bands at all levels are invited to participate in this multi-day workshop in January to refresh their skills, learn about new band literature, and improve score study and rehearsal techniques.  The 2012 guest clinician joining Gerard Morris, Puget Sound's Director of Bands, is Allan McMurray. 

KEYBOARD

The Piano Festival is an intensive workshop offered annually for piano teachers and students which also features a Young Artist competition with $1,200 in prizes. Master classes and related music classes are led by well-known guest artists, as well as by piano faculty members from the School of Music.  The guest artist for 2012 is John Pickett. 

VOICE

The Northwest Honor Choir Festival is an energetic two-day choral experience for advanced high school choral students held in the beginning of October every year.  This year's clinician is Rollo Dilworth. 

Serious About Singing is a vocal workshop for top regional high school singers who are dedicated to improving their vocal skills and to exploring in more depth the art of singing. Students selected for this year's workshop will have the opportunity to expand their acting and interpretive skills in the morning session, get individual feedback on their repertoire in two small master classes with our outstanding voice faculty, and perform in the final afternoon concert.

Women's Chorus Festival: Held annually in February, this festival invites women's choirs from the region to campus for an evening of sharing performances and receiving input from the Puget Sound choral faculty.