Date
The 2020 Festival will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020.
Nominate
To nominate students you will need to fill out two forms. The Director information form needs to be submitted only once per director. The student nomination form is filled out for each nomination by the director. There is no limit to how many nominations you can submit.
Submissions are due by Wednesday, January 8th (or before you leave on winter break!)
Hopefully this will help alleviate having to input the same information on every form.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us!
- The Director information form found here (One per director) - Director Information
- Student Nomination form found here (one form per student submitted by the director) - Student Nomination
Submissions are due by Wednesday, January 8th (or before you leave on winter break!)
Hopefully this will help alleviate having to input the same information on every form.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us!
2020 Festival Guest Directors
8th Grade Band
David Law is the retired 7-8th grade band director at Vernon Middle School in Marion, Iowa. He is a National Board Certified Teacher and a member of the Music Educator’s National Conference, Iowa Music Educator’s Conference serving as – Past President, Iowa Bandmasters Association - Past President, Northeast Iowa Bandmasters PastPresident, Association for School Curriculum Development, National Education Association, Iowa State Education Association, and Marion Education Association – Treasurer, and the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education – Chair. In 2004 he was selected asthe Educator of the Year from Linn County and in 2011 was selected at the Karl King Distinguished Service Award winner from the Northeast IowaBandmasters District. He is the founder and conductor of the Marion Community Bands. In 2015 David was inducted into the Marion Performing Arts Hall of Fame. David has had articles published in a national music education magazine, 14 state music education journals and was a presenter at the National Music Educators Conference in Washington D.C. He is an adjudicator, clinician and guest conductor throughout Iowa. Bands under David’s direction have played at the Iowa Bandmasters Conference, the Iowa Music Educators Conference and were twice selected to play for President Reagan. David has taught instrumental music grades 5-12 in all sizes of schools in Iowa. He received his BA in Music Education from William Penn College and his MA in Conducting from Truman State University. In 2003 David received his National Board Certification in Music. In October of 2013 David was presented with the Distinguished Career Award from William Penn University and is a member of the Hall of Fame. David is active as a supervision of student teachers with Cornell College and Iowa State University. He is an adjunct faculty member at Cornell College. In addition, he is a bugler for the Marion post of the American Legion. David is married to Jill and has a daughter, Stephanie a professor of Physics at the University of Delaware, and a son, William, a genetics professor at Johns Hopkins. |
7th Grade Band
TBA |
2020 Festival Schedule
7th Grade Schedule
9:30-10:00 Arrive and Register 10:00-11:45 Rehearsal in Band Room 11:45-12:45 Lunch 12:45-2:30 Rehearsal in Band Room 2:30-3:00 Concert - Luther College Trombone Choir 3:00-3:30 Break 3:30-4:45 Rehearsal in Auditorium 4:45 Supper/Change 5:45 Change 6:00 Concert |
8th Grade Schedule
9:30-10:00 Arrive and Register 10:00-11:30 Rehearsal in Auditorium 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-2:30 Rehearsal in Auditorium 2:30-3:00 Concert - Luther College Trombone Choir 3:00-3:30 Break 3:30-4:45 Rehearsal in Band Room 4:45 Supper/Change 5:45 Change 6:00 Concert |
2020 Tri-State Honor Band Festival Documents:
Coming Soon!
Coming Soon!