COLUMBIA – The University of Missouri will host the 74th Missouri State High School Activity Association (MSHSAA) State Music Festival April 30 to May 2.
The event will feature 4,820 performances from students representing 357 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 6 p.m. A daily schedule of participating schools is available in the Music Activities section of
mshsaa.org.
Please Note: In celebration of MSHSAA’s centennial, a special arrangement of the national anthem will be performed each day at 12:15 p.m. by a combined ensemble of qualified students, directors and faculty musicians from across the state. For more on MSHSAA’s centennial,
visit mshsaa.org.
| Category | Thursday Total | Friday Total | Saturday Total | Grand Total |
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| Woodwinds | 366 | 329 | 295 | 990 |
| Brass | 266 | 259 | 278 | 803 |
| Percussion | 113 | 158 | 135 | 406 |
| Piano | 27 | 54 | 38 | 119 |
| Strings | 174 | 186 | 118 | 478 |
| Vocal | 676 | 684 | 664 | 2,024 |
| Totals | 1,620 | 1,669 | 1,519 | 4,820 |
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| 10-Year+ History | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | 2021^ | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Participating Schools | 401 | 404 | 420 | 382 | --- | 352 | 356 | 345 | 358 | 358 |
| Vocal Performances | 2,074 | 2,097 | 2,035 | 2,065 | --- | 1,897 | 1,473 | 1,568 | 1612 | 1954 |
| Instrumental Performances | 3,156 | 2,937 | 2,937 | 2,691 | --- | 3,697 | 2,133 | 2,347 | 2538 | 2601 |
| Total Performances | 5,230 | 5,036 | 4,972 | 4,756 | --- | 5,594 | 3,606 | 3,915 | 4,150 | 4,555 |
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(10-year high in italic) | *No State Festival-Pandemic | ^Virtual Festival
You can download a PDF version of the press release here.