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New Music for All Club Experience at Grand Nationals
Tickets now on sale for MFA Network members
The Music for All Club Experience offers Club seats and more.
Lucas Oil Stadium Club Seats are perfect for fans who want to enjoy Grand Nationals from optimal sightlines, as well as the convenience and luxury of an exclusive Club Lounge.
Club seat amenities and privileges include:
- "Best seats in the house," with prime seat locations between the 30-yard lines
- Upscale, padded 21" seats
- Extra leg room between rows (approximately 4 more inches of leg room versus the Club Seats at the RCA Dome)
- Exclusive access to Club Lounge concessions and restrooms
 See the full list of MFA Club benefits
Summer Symposium: Online Registration Makes it Easy!
Students and Directors can still register in the Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha, June 23-28 at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, Leadership Weekend Experience is June 21-22.
Don't miss the May 19 final registration deadline.
Visit youtube.com/musicforalltv for video highlights from last year's Symposium
See concert lineup, include DCI Central Illinois Summer Music Games
See Directors and Middle School Teacher Track Curriculum
Finding the Groove™ is Now Open for Young Music Makers
Finding the Groove, the new virtual world where kids aged seven to twelve come and share their musical stories by uploading and sharing videos on a safe network designed for them, is now open for registration at findingthegroove.com.
The project is open to instrumental musicians, composers, singer-songwriters and vocalists of all styles or genres.
Children invited to join the Finding The Groove world premiere concerts will be given the opportunity to perform live onstage with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and at the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington this Fall.
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Music for All National Festival Videos Now Online
Visit youtube.com/musicforalltv and see highlights from the 2008 Music for All National Festival, held Feb. 28 - March 1 in Indianapolis, including:
Honor Band of America Excerpt
Lux Arumque by Eric Whitacre, Gary D. Green, conductor
Jazz Band of America
Behind the scenes with Jazz Band members
Middle School National Festival to debut in 2009
Interview with a 2008 participating director
Dozens of Music for All videos are online at youtube.com/musicforalltv, so far with nearly 90,000 views.
Check it out!
2009 Festival Applications Now Available
Applications for the 2009 Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, are now available for download.
This Festival is recognized as the epitome of music festivals in the nation.
Application and audition deadline for Concert Bands, Orchestras, Percussion Ensembles is Friday, June 13, 2008.
Download Festival Application
National Honor Ensembles for High School Musicians
There are two audition deadlines for the Honor Band of America, Gary W. Hill, conductor, and the Honor Orchestra of America, Larry J. Livingston, conductor.
The Early Bird Deadline for application is June 30, 2008, final deadline is September 1, with all audition recordings due September 15.
Jazz Band of America audition deadline is November 1.
Download Honor Ensemble Application
New Middle School National Music Festival
The Music for All National Festival debuts a middle school ensemble stage in 2009!
All middle school orchestras are invited to apply.
All who apply will receive recorded and written feedback from the evaluation panel.
Invited middle school orchestras will share a concert hall with other invited middle school concert bands, orchestras and percussion ensembles, each presenting a concert and receiving a post-concert clinic.
Download Festival Application
Hear about the Festival experience directly from the participants.
Read testimonials from this year's directors and students about the Music for All National Festival.
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Fall Shows Update
These BOA fall event locations have been recently confirmed:
Fall Preview Experience at Tulsa, OK - Union H.S.
Regional Championship at Ypsilanti, MI - Eastern Michigan University
Performance spots are available in most BOA fall programs if you act now
See the full schedule and enroll online.
The first marching event in the new stadium!
Sound Check at Lucas Oil Stadium
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity gives bands the chance to perform in the first marching event in the new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Saturday, September 27.
Each band has a 15-minute time slot to use how they choose: as a chance to check out the acoustics of the stadium, as a performance with professional input from four BOA adjudicators or to compete in the event with a full BOA adjudication panel.
Read more
Business Leaders/Superintendents Agree:
Arts Training Crucial to Creativity
A new study has just been released on the attitudes of American business executives and public school superintendents toward creativity and innovation.
Key Findings of the report, "Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?" are now available.
The report was made possible by Americans for the Arts in partnership with The Conference Board and American Association of School Administrators.
Download the full report
The Chief: William F. Ludwig II (1916 - 2008)
It is with deep regret that we report the passing of the patriarch of the Ludwig Drum Company, William F. Ludwig II, respectfully known as "The Chief."
Bill was 91 years old and has been in declining health for a few years.
The Chief passed from this Earth to his position as principal timpanist in heaven's orchestra on Saturday, March 22nd, 2008.
Music for All is proud that Mr. Ludwig was a past member of our Board of Directors.
Read the full tribute by Jim Catalano
Gifts That Keep on Giving
In the uniform world, there are few unfamiliar with Fred J. Miller, Inc.
FJM is known as the image-maker for performing units across the world.
But what is less known is the family's commitment to perpetuating music education.
In August of 2005, Fred and Marlene Miller established the Fred J. Miller Scholarship endowment to support college-bound music majors.
Continue Reading
Yamaha Sounds of Summer
The Yamaha Sounds of Summer (SOS) program is a series of percussion experiences across the country with Yamaha's renowned percussion artists.
The SOS camps are intended for percussionists grades 7 - 12 looking for a complete marching percussion training.
The National Percussion Symposium at the Music for All Summer Symposium is an extended Yamaha Sounds of Summer experience.
Learn more about Sounds of Summer
Music for All is supported by the Arts Council of
Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis.
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