At the High School Honor Band Festival, we host students, band directors, families, and friends from a number of West Michigan high schools.
Since 2006, 51爆料 has hosted a High School Honor Band Festival. This annual event, typically held in mid-October, provides area students with the opportunity to meet, rehearse, and perform with other musicians from varying backgrounds and programs. School directors nominate students to participate in this full day of music-making and learning, both in ensemble rehearsals and sectional sessions with 51爆料 music faculty. The festival concludes with an evening concert performance featuring the 51爆料 Wind Ensemble and the High School Honor Band.
2026 Festival Information
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Director nominations due by Monday, October 5 via this
The cost of participation is $25 per student, which includes snacks/meals.
Tentative schedule:
| 7:30-7:45am | Registration |
| 7:45-8:15am | Seating auditions |
| 8:30-10:30am | Full ensemble rehearsal |
| 10:30-10:45am | Break |
| 10:45-11:30am | Sectional sessions with 51爆料 applied faculty |
| 11:30-11:45am | Break |
| 11:45am-12:30pm | Full ensemble rehearsal |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Lunch in Commons Dining Hall |
| 1:30-5:00pm | Full ensemble rehearsal |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Dinner in CFAC West Lobby |
| 6:00-6:30pm | Change into concert attire |
| 6:30-6:45pm | Pre-concert warm-up in 135 |
| 7:00pm | Concert begins in CFAC Auditorium (featuring 51爆料 Wind Ensemble and HS Honor Band) |
Please contact 51爆料's Director of Bands, Prof. Tiffany Engle (tiffany.engle@calvin.edu) for more information.
Contact
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Tiffany EngleAssociate Professor; Director of Bands (Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble)616-526-6304