Hello Directors,

We are thrilled to announce the nomination form (template attached) is now available for the 77th Annual Quad State High School Honor Band Festival, February 20-22, 2025 on the campus of Murray State University. 

Please, only submit Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets format - NO PDFs! There is a template attached for Microsoft Excel, or you can create your Google Sheet File from THIS TEMPLATE. It is important that you complete the nomination form fully for your students to get full consideration for the festival. We ask that you nominate students that will be successful in an honor band environment. Please use the nomination form to rank your students with your best at number 1 and so on.

Applications are due by December 10th, 2024 - Please send these in by 4:30PM central time.

The fee for selected students will be $40 and will once again include an official Quad State T-Shirt, music folders, etc. Once students have been selected, we will return an invoice for you to process and keep for your records. 

Please return nomination forms via share in google sheets OR send your excel sheet via email to me at [email protected] and save your file with your school name as follows: YOURSCHOOL_QSHS_2025 

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
You will also find our Quad State Soloist Application available at this link. This opportunity is open to current high school seniors. I encourage you to have your students apply for this rare opportunity to perform for 400 of their peers. The Soloist winner will also receive a music scholarship to study at Murray State!

Here is this year's poster with guest artist and conductor information. The student schedule of events for the weekend is available for your review: QUAD STATE 2025 SCHEDULE