The UTC Tri-State Honor Band Festival will be held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, January 16-18, 2025. The Tri-State Honor Band Festival is an event developed for the purpose of recognizing the achievements of exceptional high school musicians. The festival weekend includes clinics presented by the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Music and concerts presented by the UTC Wind Ensemble and the “PRISM” concert, which features several of our wind and percussion ensembles as well as the UTC Marching Mocs marching band. This year, we will present four outstanding high school ensembles in concert and one all-adult concert band, along with the two festival honor bands.
The Honor Bands
For the 2025 event, we will seat one Festival Clinic Band (Blue) and one Festival Wind Ensemble (Gold) at the festival. The Festival Wind Ensemble (Gold) will be a smaller group made up of the top chair audition scores and the remainder of the participants will be places in chair order, in the Festival Clinic Band (Blue). We are excited to welcome two incredible conductors as our clinicians for the 2025 festival, Dr. Joseph Hermann and Ms. Reid Hall.
Selection of Participants
Students will be selected by a committee of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Music faculty. Information included on the student application (resume) and the band director’s recommendation will be the primary criteria used to select participants. In most cases, the committee will use the student resume and band director recommendation as sole sources of information about the students. Students and directors are encouraged to complete the resume and recommendation in detail and be sure that the required information is available to us prior to the close of registration. Each director who submits a nomination is guaranteed that at least one student from each school will be selected to participate in the festival. Students chosen to participate will be notified by December 6 and will be required to pay a participation fee of $75.00, which includes admission to all clinics, concerts and includes a Festival Participation t-shirt. This participation fee will be due AFTER students have been notified that they have been selected to participate in the Tri-State Honor Band. A link to submit payment will be send to those students accepted for participation. Please note: attendance at ALL concerts, classes, rehearsals, and events for the entire Honor Band Festival are REQUIRED for all student participants attending the festival! No one may leave early or arrive late.
Housing/Meals/Fees
The Tri-State Honor Band does not provide housing or meals. Arrangements for housing, supervision, transportation, and meals should be taken care of by the high school director. Much more detailed information will be available to those students selected to participate in the festival.
