BGSU High School Honors String Festival

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CELEBRATE NEW BEGINNINGS by attending the
BGSU HONORS High School String Festival

“The Future of Music is You!”

Sunday, September 21, 2025
Noon to Nine

Learn the skills & tools you need to thrive and succeed!
Experience a day in the life of a string player!
Spend time playing together with young musicians just like you!

Includes a Festival Orchestra made up of High School string players,
a performance on a BGPhilharmonia concert, dinner at a BGSU
Dining facility, and coachings with BGSU String Faculty!

REGISTER HERE

bgsu.edu/string-festival

MUSIC

Please download and prepare the three pieces below!

Follow the Drinking Gourd, arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass

Plink, Plank, Plunk, Leroy Anderson
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass

Mvt. Two from Concerto Grosso in D minor, Antonio Vivaldi
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Bass

SCHEDULE

12:00 Student Registration, Kobacker Lobby.

12:15 Everyone on Stage for Announcements, Introduction of Faculty & Dr. Bill Mathis, Dean of the College of Musical Arts.

12:30-1:20 Festival Orchestra rehearsal, Emily Freeman Brown, conductor, Kobacker Hall

1:30-2:20 Sectionals & String Techniques Sessions, CMA Faculty & graduate students, CMA classrooms and Kobacker stage. Violins in 1012. Violas in Bryan, Celli 1040. Basses in Green Room.

2:30-2:45 Snack, fruit and bottled water, Kobacker Lobby

3:00 BGPhilharmonia Concert – Kobacker Hall. 

4:30 Dinner at University cafeteria, The Oaks.

5:45 Panel Sessions with Faculty & CMA students. Presentations on 1. The Music Education major. 2. The Performance Major. 3. The Music Industry Major. 4. The Bachelor of Musical Arts. 

6:45-7:30 Festival Orchestra Rehearsal on Kobacker Stage

8PM – Friends & Family Performance in Kobacker Hall