Hello Directors,

We are thrilled to announce the applications are now available for the 76th Annual Quad State High School Honor Band Festival, February 22-24, 2024 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 6th, 2023 - Please send these in by 5:00PM on Friday 12/6!

The fee for selected students will be $30 and will once again include an official Quad State T-Shirt.  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 bjohnson9@murraystate.edu and save your file with your school name as follows: SchoolName_QS_2024 

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 $10,000 music scholarship to study music at Murray State.

Attached, please also find the Quad State flyer with conductor and guest artist information! The student schedule of events for the weekend is available for your review: QUAD STATE 2024 SCHEDULE

Have a great week and I look forward to working with all of you again very soon!