| Registration Deadline: | April 9, 2025 |
| Penalty Deadline: | April 15, 2025 |
| Festival Date: | May 9, 2025 (Class 1A/3A) |
| May 9, 2025 Orchestra’s in the Quad Cities Area | |
| May 10, 2025 (Class 2A/4A) | |
| Registration Fee: | Choirs – $120.00; Bands and Orchestras – $145.00 |
| Admission Fee: | Adults – $12, Senior Citizens (62+) – $7, K-12 Students – $5 |
DIRECTORS
- Festival Central Login – Online Registration, and Judge Evaluation!
- Large Group Festival Regulations – 2024
- U.S. Copyright Law and IHSMA Festivals
PERFORMANCE HOST SITES
- CLASS 1A/3A and 4A Quad-Cities Orchestras: Friday, May 9, 2025
- Algona: Schedule – Directions
- Atlantic: Schedule – Directions
- Bettendorf (Orchestra): Schedule – Directions
- Central DeWitt: Schedule – Directions
- Decorah: Schedule – Directions
- Denison-Schleswig: Schedule – Directions
- Fairfield: Schedule – Directions
- Grinnell: Schedule – Directions
- MOC-Floyd Valley, Orange City: Schedule – Directions
- Mount Vernon: Schedule – Directions
- North Polk, Alleman: Schedule – Directions
- Waverly-Shell Rock: Schedule – Directions
- Winterset: Schedule – Directions
- CLASS 2A/4A: Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Ankeny/Ankeny Centennial (4A): Schedule – Directions
- Bettendorf (4A): Schedule – Directions
- Cedar Falls (2A/4A): Schedule – Directions
- Cedar Rapids, Washington (4A): Schedule – Directions
- Dallas Center-Grimes (2A/4A): Schedule – Directions
- Lewis Central (2A/4A): Schedule – Directions
- Osage (2A): Schedule – Directions
- Roland-Story, Story City (2A): Schedule – Directions
- Sioux City, West (2A/4A): Schedule – Directions
- Tipton (2A): Schedule – Directions
LARGE GROUP FESTIVAL INFORMATION and FORMS:
- Adjudication Forms for Large Group must be filled out using the online tool – Instructions
- Sample Adjudication Forms: PDF and Interactive PDF
- CompetitionSuite Instructions for Schools- 2021
- Required Literature Lists:
- Large Group Festival – CHORUS:
- Regulations Bundle – Choral
- Adobe Acrobat Format sorted by Title or by Grade Level or by Composer or Microsoft Excel (updated 3/1/2023 – IHSMA added accepted CPDL substitutions that have been approved)
- New Titles added to the Choral List – added 6-5-18
- Titles Deleted from the Choral List – 6/5/18
- FALL Choir: Literature Petition Form – Submit by November 1
- Large Group Festival – BAND:
- Regulations Bundle – Band
- Adobe Acrobat Format sorted by Title or by Grade Level or by Composer or Microsoft Excel
- Additional Concert Band Titles Approved for Performance at 2024 Large Group Festival
- New Titles added to the Band List – added 2/25/2024
- Literature Petition Form – Addition
- Literature Petition Form – Deletion
- Instrumental Set-up Chart
- Large Group Festival – CHORUS:
Festival Results:
Awards Information:
- Information on Eligibility to Receive Awards
- Festival Awards Order Form
- Application for IHSMA Academic Achievement Award
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