Please note the following dates for Area All-State, solo, and majors festivals. Details about registration will be sent later in the school year from your festival hosts, listed below. Not sure which festival to register for? Click here for the list of Up-County and Down-County districts. 

Strings I-IV Festival (including ALL levels guitar and harp)

No piano. No jazz.

April 12-13

Blind Brook High School

Don Whitman, host

nyssma@blindbrook.org

Registration on Da Capo: 1/21-3/1

Up-County Festival (including vocal/instrumental jazz)

No Strings I-IV. No piano. No guitar. No harp.

April 26-27

Horace Greeley High School (Chappaqua)

Kathleen Feldman, host

nyssma.chappaquaschools@gmail.com

Registration on Da Capo: 1/26-3/8

Down-County Festival (including vocal/instrumental jazz)

No piano. No Strings I-IV. No Guitar. No Harp

May 3-4

Pelham High School

Andrew Von Bochove, Host

avanbochove@pelhamschools.org

Registration on Da Capo: 2/2-3/15

Piano-Only Festival

May 31-June 1

Ardsley High School

Susan Lee-Chong & Lisa DeFrenza, co-hosts

ardsleyNYSSMA@ardsleyschools.org

Registration on Da Capo: 3/22-4/26

 

NYSSMA Majors Festival

May 28-30

Walter Panas High School

Jamie Stroffolino, host

nyssmamajors@lakelandschools.org

Registration on the NYSSMA website begins the first week in January.