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MSHSAA Prepares for 73rd State Music Festival

COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri will host the 73rd Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) State Music Festival, May 1-3.


The event will feature 4,555 performances from students representing 358 schools across Missouri. Performances will take place at MU’s Fine Arts Building, Memorial Union, Tate Hall, McKee Gymnasium, Stewart Hall and the Sinquefield Music Center.

Students qualified for the state-level festival by earning an Exemplary rating at their district festival. They will perform before nationally recognized adjudicators, who will provide evaluations and ratings.

All performances are free and open to the public, running daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A daily schedule of participating schools is available in the Music Activities section of www.mshsaa.org.

 

                                                                        Thursday          Friday               Saturday          Grand

2025 Performances                                              Total              Total                  Total              Total

Woodwinds                                                          323                  330                      331                  984

Brass                                                                   218                   220                      231                  669

Percussion                                                           113                  123                       115                  351

Piano                                                                     47                    40                         32                  119

Strings                                                                 183                  145                        150                 478

Vocal                                                                   658                   637                       659               1,954

Totals                                                               1,542               1,495                     1,518               4,555

 

10-Year+ History                       2015     2016     2017     2018     2019     2020*   2021^   2022     2023    2024

Participating Schools                   398       401       404       420       382        ---         352       356        345      358

Vocal Performances                    2,042    2,074    2,097    2,035     2,065     ---       1,897     1,473   1,568    1612

Instrumental Performances        3,117     3,156    2,937    2,937     2,691     ---       3,697     2,133    2,347    2538

Total Performances                   5,159     5,230    5,036    4,972     4,756    ---       5,594     3,606   3,915    4150

 

(10-year high in italic) | *No State Festival-Pandemic | ^Virtual Festival


You can download a PDF version of the press release here.


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