Pioneer Honor Band Festival

Friday-Saturday, November 22-23, 2024

We hope you will join us on the TWU Denton Campus for 6th annual Pioneer Honor Band Festival -  a weekend of All-State Masterclasses (TMEA & ATSSB), Honor Band rehearsals, a special command performance by the Texas Woman’s University Wind Symphony, and the grand finale Festival Concert. We are excited to welcome our 2024 Honor Band clinician, Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Director of Bands at The University of Kentucky. Participants are accepted through DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION ONLY and space is LIMITED. We hope to see you in November!

Participation includes:

• Membership in the 2024 Pioneer Honor Band with the finest high school students in the area. Students are accepted through director recommendation only.
• Masterclass with applied faculty with special emphasis on TMEA and ATSSB All-State Etudes.
• Tour of the Denton campus of Texas Woman’s University and lunch in our new dining facility
• Special Friday night performance by the TWU Wind Symphony featuring a new work for clarinet and wind ensemble performed by our very own Danielle Woolery (Professor of Clarinet)
• Festival concert experience on Saturday evening

Discounts available for 2023-2024 All-Region, All-Area, and All-State Participants

Director Information

• Participants chosen based on director recommendation. Nominate HERE!
• Pioneer Honor Band Director Information Letter
• 2024 Honor Band Schedule of Events
• Honor Band Frequently Asked Questions
• Directions to TWU Music Building/Margo Jones