The Drake University Honor Band Festival, to be held DECEMBER 2-3, 2011, provides outstanding high school musicians with the opportunity to work with our nation's finest conductors in select band settings. During the two-day festival, students and directors develop their skills through rehearsals and clinics with guest conductors and members of the Drake music faculty. The culminating events are the two evening concerts that feature the Drake Bands and the Honor Bands presenting a wide variety of the finest music for wind band. The Honors Concert Band and Honors Wind Ensemble are comprised of over two hundred students from throughout Iowa and Nebraska. These students are among the finest in the nation. Deadline for student applications is Friday, November 4, 2011. The festival features scholarship auditions for entrance into the Drake University Department of Music.

For further information, contact the Drake University Bands at: du.bands@drake.edu or call the band office at (515) 271-3164.

> 2011 Information Bulletin

> 2011 Student Application Form

> 2011 Director Evaluation Form

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