Music For All UCF-Orlando Concert Band Invitational
presented by Excelcia Music Publishing

TBA Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
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The UCF Bands are proud to host an annual Music for All UCF-Orlando Band Invitational, presented by Excelcia Music Publishing, an affiliate regional festival of the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Open to middle school and high school ensembles, we are proud to invite up to twelve concert bands of distinction to present their own showcase performances, to receive clinic & adjudication, and to be our VIP guests at the UCF Wind Ensemble’s UCF Celebrates the Arts concert.

Each ensemble selected to participate in the invitational will enjoy the following:

  1. 30-minute performance in one of the world-class spaces in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, either the Steinmetz Hall or the Alexis & Jim Pugh Recital Hall
  2. Written & recording adjudication of their performance by a panel of nationally recognized authorities in instrumental music education
  3. Post-performance clinic with a member of our panel of nationally renowned clinician-educators
  4. VIP tickets for all participating students and directors as guests of the UCF Bands for the special evening concert presented by the UCF Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band in Steinmetz Hall, in conjunction with UCF Celebrates the Arts

Sponsors

The UCF Bands gratefully acknowledge our Sustaining and Supporting Sponsors for their generous support of this year’s Concert Band Invitational

Title Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor
2025 festival program (.pdf)
2024 FESTIVAL PROGRAM (.PDF)
2023 Festival program (.pdf)

2025 Clinicians

  • Andrea Brown University of Maryland
  • Rubén Diario Gómez Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
  • Galen Karriker University of Akron
  • Jason Nam Indiana University
  • Matthew Smith University of Kansas
  • Andrew Trachsel University of N Texas
  • Gary Green Univ of Miami, Ret.

Application

Early applications for the 2026 Music for All UCF-Orlando Concert Band Invitational are being accepted FROM SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA* until MAY 15, 2025. After May 15, applications will be closed and will reopen to all schools on September 15, 2025.

Please read directions and submit all requested materials. Incomplete application files will not be considered for selection.

*NOTE: Florida schools are welcome to submit applications during this early application period, however they will not be evaluated until the regular application period closes on December 1, 2025.

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School Address*
Grades Included*
Performance Venues*
Ensembles selected will be assigned to one of two performance venues in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts – either the FEATURE STAGE (Steinmetz Concert Hall) or the INVITED STAGE (TBD, either the Walt Disney Theatre or Alexis & Jim Pugh Recital Hall). The Invited Stage, while an outstanding acoustic setting, is a much smaller venue & stage. Please indicate below whether, if selected, you will be willing to be assigned to either venue at the discretion of the festival coordinators or if you will accept an invitation only if you can be assigned to the Feature Stage. Photos & specifications for each facility can be found online through the Dr. Phillips Center website at https://www.drphillipscenter.org/explore/theaters-spaces/
Recent accomplishments: last 5 years
  • • Must be products of the current director and from the last year
  • • Recordings should be unedited run-through performances (rehearsal recordings ARE acceptable)
  • • Recorded works should have been on a concert program from the last year (documented with programs)
  • • Upload up to three samples
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    Upload up to three concert programs. PLEASE NOTE that the works for which audio is uploaded must be also included in the concert programs uploaded here.
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