Waldorf University Music is excited to host our Third Annual Community Masterwork Festival! This festival has been designed to offer a unique, high-quality, FREE experience to attending high school students!

This festival is sponsored in part by Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival

Date: Mar. 6, 2025
Location: Boman Fine Arts Center and Waldorf University Campus

Please choose the corresponding form for your registration. Directors registering ensembles, small groups, or multiple students should use the "Director" link. Students attending individually should choose the "Student" link.

Festival Choir Repertoire

  • Te Deum, op. 103 – Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Festival Band Repertoire

  • Royal Scotch Highlanders – Karl King
  • Adoration – Florence Price
  • Enchanted Spaces – Samuel Hazo
  • Folk Suite for Band – William Grant Still

Evening Concert at Boman Fine Arts Center – 7 p.M. – Featuring

  • Festival Band: Waldorf Wind Symphony, high school festival band participants, and guest instrumentalists
  • Festival Chorus: Waldorf University Choir, North Iowa Choral Society, Fort Dodge Choral Society members, high school festival choir participants, solo artists, and guest instrumentalists.

Additional Benefits

  • Opportunity to perform a choral/instrumental masterwork!
  • Refined musicianship and ensemble skills
  • Time to interact with fellow musicians from across North Iowa

Tentative Schedule

  • 10:30 a.m. – ARRIVAL TO WALDORF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
    • Choir Student Check-In: Boman Fine Arts Center Lobby (225 John K Hanson Drive, Forest City, Iowa)
    • Band Student Check-In: Odvin Hagen Music Center Lobby (106 S. 6th Street, Forest City, Iowa)
    • Busses may park at Boman Fine Arts Center - 225 John K Hanson Dr.
  • HONOR CHOIR SCHEDULE:
    • 11 a.m.–Rehearsal #1 – Boman Auditorium
    • 12 p.m.–Lunch – Boman Mezzanine
    • 12:45 p.m.–Rehearsal #2 – Boman Auditorium
    • 2 p.m.–Choir Sectionals (S/T on Boman Stage, A/B in Mezzanine
      • 2-2:20–S/A Latin Pronunciation with Shallberg – Art Gallery
      • 2:25-2:45–T/B Latin Pronunciation with Shallberg – Art Gallery
    • 2:45 p.m.–Rehearsal #3 – Boman Auditorium
    • 3:45 p.m.–Student-Led Discussions (Choose 2-Will Rotate after 15 minutes)
      Boman Stage: Transitioning from High School to College – What should I expect?
      Boman Green Room: Life as a Music Major or Minor in College
      Boman Art Gallery: I’m not going to major in music, but I want to participate. Does that work
    • 4:15 p.m.–HS Choir Break (Find Holding Rooms); Guest musicians arrive
      Waldorf students help change the stage to Dvorak set-up
    • 4:30 p.m.–Choral-Orchestral-Soloist Rehearsal – Boman Auditorium Stage
    • 5:25 p.m.–Waldorf students change the stage to Wind Symphony
    • 5:30 p.m.–Dinner in Boman Mezzanine for Choir Students and Orchestra
    • 6:30 p.m.–Change into concert attire (bathrooms available on all levels of Boman)
  • HONOR BAND SCHEDULE:
    • 11 a.m.–Rehearsal #1 – OHMC Rehearsal Hall
    • 11:45 a.m.–Walk to Boman
    • 12 p.m.–Lunch – Boman Mezzanine
    • 12:45 p.m.–Walk to OHMC
    • 1:00 p.m.–Rehearsal #2 – OHMC Rehearsal Hall
    • 2:30 p.m.–Break
    • 2:45 p.m.–Sectionals
    • 3:30 p.m.–Break (Transfer to Boman Auditorium)
    • 3:45 p.m.–Student-Led Discussions (Choose 2 – Will Rotate after 15 minutes)
      Boman Stage: Transitioning from High School to College – What should I expect?
      Boman Green Room: Life as a Music Major or Minor in College
      Boman Art Gallery: I’m not going to major in music, but I want to participate. Does that work
    • 4:15 p.m.–HS Instrumental Students Break (Find Holding Rooms)
      Waldorf students help change the stage to Dvorak set-up
    • 4:30 p.m.–Dinner in Boman Mezzanine for Instrumental Students
    • 5:25 p.m.–Waldorf students help change the stage to Wind Symphony
    • 5:35 p.m.–Wind Symphony Rehearsal – Boman Auditorium Stage
    • 6:30 p.m.– Clear stage for audience arrival – Change into concert attire
  • CONCERT SCHEDULE:
    • 6:30 p.m.–Doors Open – Tickets available online or at the door
    • 7 p.m.–Concert Begins – Boman Fine Arts Center 

Please email music@waldorf.edu with any questions!