Details

Dates & Location

Sunday-Monday, October 1-2; Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

Festival Registration Fees

The Vocal Arts Festival is $25 per person and includes t-shirt, all rehearsals, performances, the Vocal Arts/Choral Ensemble Showcase, catered brown bag dinner the evening of the performance and the Grand Finale Concert. Students selected for private voice lessons do not incur additional costs. Fees for music materials not included.

Chaperones have an optional catering fee of $15 per person.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Refunds will be given if written notice is postmarked by September 20, 2023. There will be a $25 processing fee for all refunds. Please note that the submission of the registration form is a commitment to pay the festival fee, regardless of weather conditions. No-shows will be invoiced and subject to collection for the full amount if written notice is not postmarked by September 20, 2023. Refunds will not be given after September 20, 2023.

Festival Parking

Buses may drop students off at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center and park in the North Dome R lot. For other vehicles, parking permits are $2.50 each and are required if parking on campus. Please use your application form to indicate the number of parking permits needed. A map of appropriate parking lots will be sent with your permit(s) and confirmation.

Pre-Concert Dinner

Select either a ham/cheese or vegetarian brown bag dinner to enjoy in the lobby of the GBPAC prior to the performance. Please indicate selection on registration form.

Lodging Information

Holiday Inn and Suites
7400 Hudson Rd
Cedar FAlls, IA 50613
319-260-2600

Room rate is $119 + tax. Call before September 18th to reserve under this block.

Additional information

For more information about the Festival and/or Symposium activities, contact:
Dr. John Len Wiles
Phone: (319)-273-7142
E-mail: john.wiles@uni.edu

For information concerning registration, contact:
Kelli McCarthy
Phone: (319)-273-5141
E-mail: kelli.mccarthy@uni.edu

Music

All individual music packets should be ordered by the school's director directly from the Kephart's music center website.

Vocal Faculty

Learn more about the UNI School of Music Voice Faculty here. 

Voice Lessons / Scholarships Auditions

Private voice lessons with UNI Vocal Faculty are available to Seniors and Juniors on Monday, October 3 from 9am to 12pm. Superior students may be invited to sing a solo at the Grand Finale Concert and may be awarded a scholarship to study voice at the UNI School of Music as a music major.

As space is limited, priority is given to qualified Seniors. Students are required to sing one Art Song (e.g., a selection from "24 Italian Songs and Arias"). Selections must be memorized. Students should bring one copy for the voice faculty and one copy for the UNI accompanist, provided free of charge. Each lesson will last approximately 15 minutes.

After all singers have been heard, the Voice Faculty will invite students to sing in a call back audition to determine those students who will be invited to sing on the Grand Finale Concert and to identify scholarship candidates.

Voice faculty will critique to provide encouragement, and suggestions will be of a positive nature. Each lesson will last approximately 15 minutes. Certain students will be heard again in a call-back situation to determine the scholarship candidates who will sing during the evening's concert.

The UNI Voice Faculty gives freely of their time and expertise; cancellations should be made only in extreme cases. Please be sure to use the lesson times you request and are assigned.

*Be advised that a student who wins a scholarship still needs to apply for acceptance to UNI and audition for acceptance into the School of Music on the Specified spring audition dates. A scholarship winner does not automatically gain acceptance to UNI or the School of Music.

Repertoire

• Mozart's Regina Coeli - K. 276 (part #55-50102); Sung in Latin with Chamber Orchestra Colla Voce Music, Inc. 
• Calalang's Ama Namin (part #S-417); Sung in Tagalog (unaccompanied), Earth Songs 
• Ramsey's Stomp on the Fire with body percussion (unaccompanied), MusicSpoke
• Hagenberg's Music Spoke Through Love to Light , piano accompaniment, Elaine Hagenberg Music EH1002 
• Harris's I Am Loved Harris (part HMC2484); piano accompaniment, Hinshaw Music