Registrations for the 2025 event are now closed, but we can’t wait to welcome you in 2026! Keep an eye out for updates, and be ready to join us for a truly special celebration of music.
and our 2020-2023 Robert W. Smith Music Festivals
BALMAGES, NEWBOLD, STANDRIDGE – MARCH 19-23, 2025
HILLIARD AND SAUCEDO – MARCH 26-30, 2025
TWO WEEKS OF FESTIVALS
All National Music’s
COMPOSER FESTIVAL
Exclusive Music Festival
For High School and Middle School Band, Orchestra,
and Choir!
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
2025
ORLANDO
Be a part of the
Composers Festival
In 2025, Perform with Quincy Hilliard, Richard Saucedo, soon Hee Newbold, Brian Balmages, Randall Standridge, and more. Your students will LOVE this opportunity!
Our 2024, 2025+ Composers Festivals are a Tribute in Memory of Robert W. Smith, 1958-2023, our first featured composer festival partner and eternal dear friend. We love how our Robert W. Smith Music Festivals (2020-2023) keep on giving to Music Education!
Groups that perform at our music festival have the opportunity to even be guest conducted by the composers, awarded music for their ensembles – many of the special features of our immersive composer music festivals!
Registrations for the 2025 event are now closed, but we can’t wait to welcome you in 2026! Keep an eye out for updates, and be ready to join us for a truly special celebration of music.
Key Festival Components of our Orlando Composers Festival
BASE tour package inclusions
- Exclusive, National Adjudicated concert festival
- 1.5 hour Master Class rehearsal session/performance workshop
- Integrated World Renowned Festival Composers (perform one of the composers work, or one from ALL of them)
- Clinic on stage after performance
- Gifts of Music Compositions awarded to every ensemble! We are your music Education partner!
- 2 day, 2 park, park to park theme tickets to Universal Studios Florida/Universal’s Islands of Adventure
- Resort Accommodations on property at Universal Orlando Resort (subject to availability)
- Live-Stream of Festival Performance
- 1 Achievement Celebration Exclusive Event (breakfast included)
- Commemorative gifts for the directors and students
- Performance Adjudication audio commentary and written comment sheets
- * Includes personal on site tour host assigned to your group
- ** Includes 2 comp packages – 1 per 20 at the double room rate based on 45 full paying travelers
Optional and Add-ons!
+ Your piece conducted by the composer at performance! (by agreement of the composer & director)
+ Add on nights, group meals, other area attractions and more customization
+ Special Local’s package for the Orlando and surrounding areas (contact us for more details)
* inclusions subject to change and availability
A quick look from our recent Orlando Festivals!
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