Band and Orchestra Festival

UIC 12th Annual Band and Orchestra Festival

UIC will host the annual UIC Band and Orchestra Festival on Friday, March 14, 2025 at UIC Student Center East (750 S Halsted St.)

The festival is open to all middle and high school ensembles. Each participating ensemble will have a concert performance, receive feedback, have a clinic with festival clinicians, and hear other ensembles perform. Bands and orchestras of all ability levels are encouraged to participate.

Registration information on the 2025 Band and Orchestra Festival will be coming soon!

Past UIC Band and Orchestra Festival Clinicians:

2023 Clinicians

Roxanne Stevenson, Professor of Music Education and Director of Bands, Chicago State University

Erica Neidlinger, Associate Professor and Wind Conductor, DePaul University