{"id":36346,"date":"2025-01-02T20:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/?page_id=36346"},"modified":"2025-02-26T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T16:42:59","slug":"honor-band-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/ensembles\/concertband\/honor-band-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor Band Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/11\/WinterBoldWEB-e1636395288384.jpg\" alt=\"Augsburg Bold image outside of the new Science Building\" width=\"1194\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/11\/WinterBoldWEB-e1636395288384.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/11\/WinterBoldWEB-e1636395288384-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/11\/WinterBoldWEB-e1636395288384-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/11\/WinterBoldWEB-e1636395288384-1024x306.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About the Festival<\/h2>\n<p><strong> Date: <\/strong>Saturday, February 8, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> $40 per selected student<br \/>\n<strong>Parents:<\/strong> Join us for the free afternoon concert in Hoversten Chapel<br \/>\n<strong>Directors:<\/strong> Sit in on rehearsals, attend sectionals, and join us for lunch<br \/>\n<strong>Highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"il\">Honor<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Band<\/span> Rehearsals<\/li>\n<li>Sectionals with Augsburg faculty<\/li>\n<li>Lunch for students and directors<\/li>\n<li>Free afternoon concert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Overview &amp; Important Dates<\/h2>\n<p>The Augsburg University Music Department is excited to welcome another group of young musicians back to campus for a day of music-making. Any current 9th or 10th grade musician who has skill in performing on a band instrument (woodwind, brass, percussion, or double bass) is eligible to be nominated for the festival by their band director. After nomination forms are reviewed, the Augsburg faculty will notify directors of selected participants and send digital music files and additional information about the festival.<\/p>\n<h4>We are extending the nomination deadline and delaying notifications.<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations due: <strong>December 20, 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Notifications: <strong>December 30, 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\"><p><a type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-default btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/85JpYmft2dfUoj439\">Nominate Your Students<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"il\">Festival Host and Honor<\/span> <span class=\"il\">Band<\/span> Director:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr. Kenneth Green II<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"ma&#105;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x67;&#x72;&#x65;en&#53;&#64;&#97;&#x75;&#x67;&#x73;&#x62;&#x75;rg&#46;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gr&#101;&#101;&#x6e;&#x35;&#x40;&#x61;ug&#115;&#98;&#x75;&#x72;&#x67;&#x2e;ed&#117;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Festival Schedule (approximate)<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8:00 a.m. \u2014 Check in, Hoversten Chapel Atrium, Foss Center (entrance on 22nd Ave. S)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8:15 a.m. \u2014 Find seats and warm up in rehearsal locations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8:30 a.m. \u2014 Rehearsal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10:00 a.m. \u2014 Break<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10:15 a.m. \u2014 Sectionals with Augsburg Faculty\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11:30 a.m. \u2014 Lunch<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:30 p.m. \u2014 Rehearsal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2:45 p.m. \u2014 Break\/prep for concert<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3:00 p.m. \u2014 <\/span>Concert Begins, Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Information &amp; Requirements<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Where does the honor band take place?<\/strong><br \/>\nAll festival activities will be in either Foss Center or Anderson Music Hall on Augsburg University&#8217;s campus. Lunch will be provided to students at <a href=\"https:\/\/augsburg.campus-dining.com\/dining-location\/the-commons\/\">The Commons<\/a>, our campus dining hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I need a permit to park on campus?<\/strong><br \/>\nPermits are not required to park in Lot L on the day of the festival. All other lots are unavailable for guest parking. Campus maps have been included below, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/events\/\">parking information<\/a> for music events can be found with the music department&#8217;s events calendar. Street parking is also available around campus and is monitored by the city of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where should I drop my student off for the day?<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best student drop off location is the intersection of 22nd Ave and S 7th St, on the east side of 22nd. Registration will be located in the Foss Center atrium. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/map\/\">Augsburg University Campus Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Directions to <a href=\"http:\/\/web.augsburg.edu\/music\/lot L campus map.pdf\">Hoversten Chapel from Lot L<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Festival Coordinator: Ryan Borden, <a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;o&#58;&#x62;&#x6f;&#x72;d&#101;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;&#x62;&#x75;r&#103;&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;u\">&#98;&#x6f;&#114;&#x64;&#101;&#x6e;&#64;&#x61;u&#103;&#x73;&#98;&#x75;&#114;&#x67;&#46;&#x65;d&#117;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Festival Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 Cost: $40 per selected student Parents: Join us for the free afternoon concert in Hoversten Chapel Directors: Sit in on rehearsals, attend sectionals, and join us for lunch Highlights include: Honor Band Rehearsals Sectionals with Augsburg faculty Lunch for students and directors Free afternoon concert Overview &amp; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"parent":1942,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36405,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36346\/revisions\/36405"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}