UNL National Show Choir Camp
UNL National Show Choir Camp
June 14-20, 2026 • Westbrook Music Building & Kimball Recital Hall
Be a part of the exciting University of Nebraska–Lincoln's National Show Choir Camp this Summer, located all on the UNL City Campus. Open to students entering grades 9 through 12 and 2026 graduates. This is a week long camp where students who love singing and dancing can perform with other talented students from around Midwest while having fun!
Have questions about the National Show Choir Camp?
Email Dr. Pete Eklund, the director of choral activities, at pae@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
2026 Middle School Band Camp
2026 Middle School Band Camp
June 23-27, 2026 • Westbrook Music Building & Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
If you're a student entering the 6th grade through leaving 8th grade, come to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus for an unforgettable musical experience. This is band like you never knew it could be! Explore new sounds and techniques on your instrument. Our instructors are expert performers who enjoy sharing their skills and coaching students to help them improve and grow. Are you just beginning to figure things out? They'll help you build a strong foundation. Have you reached a frustrating roadblock in your playing? They'll help you figure out a way around it. Do you just love to play and want to spent time with others like you? They do too. Come see what band can be, and come learn what you can become through music this summer.
Have questions about the Middle School Band Camp?
Email the UNL Band Office at band@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
2026 High School Marching Band Camp
2026 High School Marching Band Camp
July 7-11, 2026 • Westbrook Music Building & UNL Arts Quad, Lincoln, NE
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln High School Marching Band Camp fosters leadership, marching fundamentals, and performance skills in all areas of the high school marching band. Participants receive intensive instruction from clinicians on an individual and group basis. The age range of campers is students entering the 9th grade through leaving 12th grade (including graduates).
Have questions about the High School Marching Band Camp?
Email the UNL Band Office at band@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
2027 Soprano/Alto Choral Festival
2026 Tenor/Bass Choral Festival
Monday, Oct 5, 2026 • Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
UNL has long been a national leader in tenor/bass choral singing and will again be hosting a fall festival. It is positioned early in the school year so as to provide an often-needed boost to the enthusiasm for tenor/bass singing in your school. Some schools bring their entire tenor/bass chorus and desire a performance slot on the evening festival concert; other schools bring available and interested young students and sing in the massed choir on the concert. All singers, young and seasoned, join together in the festival chorus for the free Finale Concert. Parents, teachers and friends are welcome to attend. There is no fee for participation in the festival.
Have questions about the Tenor/Bass Festival?
Email Dr. Pete Eklund, the director of choral activities, at pae@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
UNL Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion
UNL Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion
January 29-31, 2027 • Westbrook Music Building & Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
The Winter Festival is a unique concert honor band festival for high school students. The festival is designed to give participants an outstanding and comprehensive playing experience. Festival participants are chosen through a recorded audition process. Students attending the festival are involved in a variety of musical experiences: an honor band; masterclasses with the Glenn Korff School of Music's talented applied wind and percussion faculty; and a large symphonic band that combines the festival honor band with the UNL Wind Ensemble.
Have questions about the Winter Festival?
Email the UNL Band Office at band@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
UNL Spring Strings
UNL Spring Strings
February 26-27, 2026 • Westbrook Music Building & Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
The Spring Strings Festival includes high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Students attending the festival will have the opportunity to perform in the Honors String Orchestra and perform in solo masterclasses with the UNL string faculty. UNL Spring Strings is offered at no cost to students who are invited or nominated.
Have questions about Spring Strings?
Email Dr. David Neely, professor of violin, at dneely1@unl.edu
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
2026 Tenor/Bass Choral Festival
2027 Soprano/Alto Choral Festival
Monday, April 12, 2027 · Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln, NE
The Soprano/Alto Festival is for sopranos and altos enrolled in high school choral programs. The festival is designed to give participants a positive choral music experience with students from other area high schools while performing meaningful yet challenging repertoire. Festival participants are chosen through a teacher nomination process. You have the option of only performing the three festival pieces or having your choir also perform two or three songs separately for the concert. The free Festival Finale Concert features the festival choir, participating high school treble choirs, the University Chorale and treble a cappella group Boots 'n Cats. Parents, teachers and friends are welcome to attend. There is no fee for participation in the festival.
Have questions about the Sopran/Alto Festival?
Email Dr. Marci Malone DeAmbrose, the director of the Soprano/Alto Choral Festival, at mdeambrose2@unl.edu.
For detailed information and registration click the button below.
