The Winter Festival is a unique concert band and chamber ensemble festival for gifted high school students. The festival is designed to give outstanding musicians a comprehensive playing experience. Festival participants are chosen through a recorded audition process. Students attending the festival are involved in three different ensembles: a select honor band; a chamber ensemble coached by one of the School of Music's talented applied wind and percussion faculty; and a large symphonic band that combines the festival honor band with the University Wind Ensemble. Students also participate in a masterclass with the applied wind and percussion faculty. Senior students planning to major or minor in music at the University are strongly encouraged to schedule an audition for admission and scholarship awards on January 23, 2009 (morning only). You can register for admission to the School of Music at www.unl.edu/music after June 1, 2008.