High School Events
2022-2023 Events
Esterhazy String Quartet Seminar, Intensive Drumset Camp, Trombone Boot Camp, Missouri Summer Composition Institute (COMP), Summer 2023
Information is available at this link: https://music.missouri.edu/mizzou-summer-music-camps-and-programs
Mizzou Double Reed Day- Saturday, February 4, 2023
The 2023 Mizzou Double Reed Day features break-out sessions for oboe and bassoon, MU faculty/student recital, reed-making “petting zoo,” and a Grand Finale Double Reed Day Band performance including all participants. MU professors Dan Willett (oboe) and Austin Way (bassoon) will host this event that is specifically directed at middle school and high school oboists and bassoonists of all ability levels. The Double Reed Day offers an ideal opportunity to further develop solo repertoire for upcoming district and state solo festivals and grow in many other areas of double reed playing.
Cost: $25.00
Location: Sinquefield Music Center
Registration deadline: In order to reserve your Mizzou Double Reed Day T-Shirt (included in participant’s fee), please register by January 30. While participants may register at the event, we cannot guarantee that a shirt will be available.
Registration link
Payment link
For more information, please review this brochure.
Mizzou Jazz Fest - Saturday, February 18, 2023
Annual jazz festival on campus bringing together the finest junior high and high school instrumentalists, highly qualified and respected jazz adjudicators, and top quality clinicians.
Entry deadline: January 15, 2023
Registration for the 2023 Mizzou Jazz Fest is now open!
The 2023 Mizzou Jazz Fest will be hosted at the Sinquefield Music Center on the MU Campus in Columbia, MO. Each participating band will receive a clinic with an adjudicator, and has the option be rated and/or participate in sight-reading. The group with the top overall rating will receive the opportunity to participate in a Command Performance that evening with the MU Jazz Band at the Rhynsburger Theatre located in the Fine Arts Building.
All-Juniors Honor Band - Sunday-Monday, February 19-20, 2023
Each year, MU Bands hosts the All-Juniors Honor Band, an immersive on-campus experience for talented junior students from across the state of Missouri.
Nomination Deadline: December 15, 2022
Nominations are now being accepted! Visit music.missouri.edu/all-juniors-honor-band for more information and to submit the nomination form.
Champion of Champions Marching Festival - Saturday, October 15, 2022
This season-culminating event allows bands the opportunity to perform for a nationally-recognized adjudication panel in a large performance venue. Memorial Stadium features a state-of-the-art FieldTurf performance surface and ample seating for spectators. Bands will compete in a prelims/finals format. The event will also include exhibition performances by the Marching Mizzou Drumline and “The Big M of the Midwest,” Marching Mizzou. This event is limited to the first 24 registered bands. Classes with more than seven bands entered will be split into sub-groupings for competition. Classes must have at least three entries for the top-scoring band to automatically advance to finals. Prelim scores will determine eligibility for remaining spots in finals competition. Bands will be assigned performance times within each division based first on 2021 results followed by registration date for all new applicants.
2022 Adjudicator Panel:
- Rhett Cox
- Matt Hartwell
- Todd James
- Geoff Longo
- Cheryl Myers
- Rebecca Phillips
- Clif Walker
- James Yates
Early Registration ($300): September 1, 2022
Final Registration ($350): September 15, 2022
Champion of Champions Registration Link
Mizzou Homecoming Parade & Band Competition - Saturday, October 22, 2022
Experience the excitement of MU Homecoming by participating in the annual Mizzou Homecoming Parade & Band Competition! This event is limited to the first 15 competitive high school bands. Bands will be placed into divisions based on wind/percussion size.
Registration Deadline: September 15, 2022
Entry Fee: $100
Homecoming Parade Competition Registration Link
Band Day - Saturday, September 17, 2022
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2022
We are pleased to invite you and your students back to the University of Missouri for our 75th Marching Mizzou Band Day! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022, in Memorial Stadium as the Tigers take on Abeline Christian University. Kick-off time is TBA, but we anticipate it to be an afternoon game. Bands will receive complimentary admission for all participating students, directors/staff, and chaperones. Additional tickets for band families and other supporters may be purchased at mutigers.com or via phone at 1-800-CAT-PAWS. Later this summer we will connect you to our Marching Mizzou Band Day website that will contain music for the massed band performance as well as a color guard and feature twirler choreographed routine to learn for the event.
Band Registration Fee: $75 (covers parking for one bus). Additional parking passes can be purchased for $75 per bus and $25 per equipment vehicle.
We also invite Twirlers ages 7-18 to join us as well for this event in one of three skill levels - Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. Qualified high school twirlers who are of advanced skill level attending with their band are eligible to perform a solo routine in the end zone wearing black and gold to support Mizzou. All other high school level twirlers accompanying their band will perform as a group on the field wearing their school costumes. Participants will receive 2 complimentary tickets (twirler and chaperone) to the football game for seating in the Band Day block. Additional tickets may be purchased through MU Athletics. Twirlers participating as a member of their band do not need to complete the separate twirler registration form below since you will be included with your band's registration.
For students age 7-18 attending our Twirler Day independently without your band, all students will receive a Mizzou Twirler Day t-shirt (to be worn with short black shorts), 2 complimentary tickets (student twirler and one adult chaperone) to the game, box lunch, picture with current Marching Mizzou Feature Twirlers — Carlee Fenton, Josie Linson, Ella Earnest, and Courtney Detwiler — and Truman the Tiger, and the opportunity to twirl on Faurot Field with Marching Mizzou. Advanced High School twirlers are eligible to twirl in the end zone wearing black and gold.
Twirler Registration Link (for those participating independently without a band)
Twirler Registration Fee: $75
If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact Brooke Danielsen, Coordinator of Large Instrumental Ensembles at mubands@missouri.edu.
Mizzou High School Choral and Vocal Festival - Monday, September 12, 2022
This fall, the University of Missouri School of Music is excited to offer a 1-day High School Choral & Vocal Festival. Your students will have a fantastic time on Mizzou’s campus as they experience high-quality leadership from our guest clinicians, exciting and informative voice masterclasses with our voice faculty, and choral performances by our Mizzou Choirs. We are honored to have Dr. Sandra Snow conducting our 11/12 Festival SATB Choir and Mizzou Alum, Dr. Derrick Fox, conducting our 9/10 SATB Festival Choir.
Registration Link
Time: 8:30am-4:00pm
Cost: $15 per student (checks only)
Application deadline: August 15
Mailing address:
University of Missouri
Attn: MU Choral Department
208 Sinquefield Music Center
Columbia, MO 65211
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. R. Paul Crabb, Director of Choral Activities or Dr. Brandon A. Boyd, Assistant Director of Choral Activities/Assistant Prof. of Choral Music Education
All-State Music Day (instrumental only) - October 23, 2022 | 1-4pm
FREE instrumental All-State material preparation clinic with masterclasses by MU faculty. Register online here.
Additional All-State resource videos can be found at the University of Missouri School of Music YouTube Channel.
2023-2024 Events
Mizzou High School Choral and Vocal Festival - Friday, September 29, 2023
Next fall, the University of Missouri School of Music is excited to offer a 1-day High School Choral & Vocal Festival. Your students will have a fantastic time on Mizzou’s campus as they experience high-quality leadership from our guest clinicians, exciting and informative voice masterclasses with our voice faculty, and choral performances by our Mizzou Choirs.
Registration Link
Time: 9:30am-3:00pm
Cost: $20 per student (checks only)
Mailing address:
University of Missouri
Attn: MU Choral Department
208 Sinquefield Music Center
Columbia, MO 65211
For more information, please contact: Dr. Brandon A. Boyd, boydba@missouri.edu, Assistant Director of Choral Activities/Assistant Prof. of Choral Music Education or
Professor Steven Tharp, tharpst@missouri.edu, Associate Professor of Voice; Coordinator of Voice Area
2021-2022 Events
All-Juniors Honor Band - Sunday-Monday, February 20-21, 2022
Each year, the MU Bands host the All-Juniors Honor Band, an immersive on-campus experience for talented junior students from across the state of Missouri.
Nomination Deadline: December 3, 2021
Nominations are now being accepted! Visit music.missouri.edu/all-juniors-honor-band for more information and to submit the nomination form.
For 2022, due to the pandemic, we have also extended automatic acceptance and a fee waiver to anyone who was a freshman or junior in the 2021 All-State Band. Please note, however, that there is a limit to the number of instrumentalists in each section that can be accepted.
Mizzou Jazz Fest - Saturday, February 19, 2022
Annual jazz festival on campus bringing together the finest junior high and high school instrumentalists, highly qualified and respected jazz adjudicators, and top quality clinicians.
Entry deadline: January 15, 2022
Registration for the 2022 Mizzou Jazz Fest is now open!
The 2022 Mizzou Jazz Fest will be hosted in-person at the Sinquefield Music Center on the MU Campus in Columbia, MO. Each participating band will receive a clinic with an adjudicator, and has the option be rated and/or participate in sight-reading. The group with the top overall rating will receive the opportunity to participate in a Command Performance that evening with the MU Jazz Band at the historic Missouri Theatre, just a few blocks from the Sinquefield Music Center. Pianist Sullivan Fortner will be this year's guest artist.
University of Missouri Champion of Champions Marching Festival - Saturday, October 23, 2021
This season-culminating event allows bands the opportunity to perform for a nationally-recognized adjudication panel in a large performance venue. Memorial Stadium features a state-of-the-art FieldTurf performance surface and ample seating for spectators. Bands will compete in a prelims/finals format. The event will also include exhibition performances by the Marching Mizzou Drumline and “The Big M of the Midwest,” Marching Mizzou.
Entry deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
2021 Champion of Champions Application
Champion of Champions Spectator Information/FAQ
Mizzou Homecoming Parade & Band Competition - Saturday, October 9, 2021
Experience the excitement of MU Homecoming by participating in the annual Mizzou Homecoming Parade & Band Competition.
Entry deadline: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
