We encourage all students 7-21 who practice regularly and take private lessons to audition. There is no way to determine skill without an audition. 

Do not register and pay if you have not been accepted either by audition, invitation, or are returning from a previous year. At the time of registration you must pay the tuition in whole or make a non-refundable deposit of $100 to save your spot. The remainder is due by May 31st and will be charged to the credit card on file. 

Included with each scholarship award is a scholarship code. Click on the “Scholarship Code?” link on the bottom of the On-line Registration page to enter the code included with your award. Once you enter the code, this will bring up a new payment option that indicates the reduced tuition amount. Select “1” in the dropbox to accept the scholarship and continue through registration. Be aware that admission is limited and that a scholarship award does not guaranteed a seat in the Festival. Once a particular instrument category is filled registration is closed for that instrument regardless of award.

We will update the “Instrument Availability” tab of the Admissions page as instrument availability is filled. If for whatever reason an applicant registers for an instrument that has no availability, a refund will be provided. Available spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Students will be provided audition excerpts with their sheet music. Winds and brass players will be required to submit a recording of the outlined excerpts no later than July 1st. String players will audition live for their coach on the first day of the festival. Based on these excerpts, students will be seated for the Festival.

Participants will be emailed sheet music with specific instructions mid-spring. Your music download will contain your sheet music including bowings and fingerings where appropriate, and audition excerpts. Wind, brass. and percussion may receive multiple parts and are asked to prepare both parts depending on their placement. 

Yes, pending audition. Contact the Festival Manager Lisa Jackson via email at LyceumMusicFestival@gmail.com to work out the details.

Here’s a good list for starters:

• Comfortable and modest rehearsal clothing. 
• Everything you need to sound your best – instrument, mutes, rosin, extra reeds, extra strings, etc.
• Concert Attire.
• Water bottle, hiking shoes, sun block.

Thank you for not bringing:

• Game systems (Nintendo DS)
• DVD players
• Movies or DVDs
• Laptop Computers
• Immodest clothing

The $100 deposit is non-refundable. Participants with a doctor’s note can be refunded the balance of tuition expenses prior to June 1. After June 1st no refunds can be made.