Special Events
in the
Janice Smith Piano Studio
May 8 - 13, 2012
Gonzaga University Campus
The Festival, organized in 1946 to encourage and aid young people to study music and the arts, is operated as a civic non-profit corporation. Its aim is to develop in young people an enjoyment and appreciation of all the arts, encourage the study of music and the arts, and promote high standards of performance. Entrants in the Festival receive an individual written and oral evaluation of their performance by qualified teachers and concert artists.
Yearly participation ranges from 1,200 to 1,500 young musicians and is considered to be the largest festival of its kind in the United States.
There have been over 47,000 entrants in the last 56 years, participating in ten divisions: piano, flute, organ, art, ballet, voice, percussion, string, reed and brass. The students range from first grade through post-graduate work.
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