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Music Fall Choral Festival

SAVE THE DATE!

The Westmont Department of Music is delighted to invite high school choirs from across the Southern California region to apply for our annual Fall Choral Festival. Participating choirs receive coaching from Westmont's music faculty and have the opportunity to perform in the Music Academy of the West's Hahn Hall, one of Santa Barbara's premier performance halls.  In addition, dinner is provided for all choirs.

Choral Festival Date: Friday, October 28, 2022

Early Application Deadline: Monday, August 15, 2022

Regular Application Deadline: Thursday, September 15, 2022

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Choirs who apply by August 15 will receive priority consideration and be notified of acceptance by August 22. Those who apply after will be notified by September 22.

Festival Highlights:

  • All participating choirs will receive clinics with the Westmont College choral faculty and guests
  • All participating choirs will have the opportunity to perform individually in Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West.
  • College bound senior singers will have the opportunity to audition for Westmont music scholarship* consideration during the festival
  • All participating choirs will be provided a pizza dinner before the concert.
*Scholarships include the cost of private lessons and may range up to $10,000. To apply for a scholarship click here!
 
Registration costs:
To assist with festival expenses, participating choirs are requested to pay a $100 registration fee. There is no fee to apply for the festival. Choral programs in need of financial assistance are welcome to email Keith Erickson (kerickson@westmont.edu) about scholarship inquiries.

 

2022 Choral Festival Schedule

            1:30 P.M. Arrival and Welcome (Global Leadership Center, Westmont College)

            2:00 P.M. Clinic Time with Westmont Faculty 

            4:00 P.M. Pizza Dinner (Deane Lawn, Westmont College)

            5:15 P.M. Departure for Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West

            6:00 P.M. Concert

            7:30 P.M. Departure

* Subject to change 

Traditionally concerts are free and open to the public. Should health guidelines allow, parents and other guests are requested to arrive early to guarantee seating. A revised schedule will be announced closer to the date of the event when more is known about what is possible this fall.  

Attire:

All guest choirs should plan on performing in traveling attire and not bring or wear formal attire for the final concerts due to limited dressing facilities at the festival sites, length of travel for some choirs, comfort of the singers, and the general relaxed nature of the Festival events. Many schools in the past have opted for matching shirts, simple black & white comfortable attire, or other easily adaptable concert dress. Please be considerate of all of our guest choirs in keeping to this practice.

Contact us:

Keith Erickson
Music Operations Specialist 
music@westmont.edu
(805) 565-6240

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