Honor Music Festival

The Shepherd University School of Music is excited to announce its Twentieth Annual Honor Music Festival to be held on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend: Friday, January 17 through Sunday, January 19, 2025, at our campus in Shepherdstown, WV. The festival will provide meaningful music experiences for students participating in our Honor Wind Ensemble, Honor Jazz Ensemble, or Honor Choir. Students will be given the opportunity to:

Create great music with other serious high school musicians from the four-state area

Collaborate with Shepherd University faculty conductors and prominent guest conductors

Perform in a Sunday Honor Music Festival Ensembles Concert in the Frank Arts Center Theater

Interact our outstanding applied faculty in master classes, performances, and clinics

Enjoy performances by the Shepherd University Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Choral Ensembles, and faculty chamber ensembles.

Our conductors for the Honor Music Festival are Dr. Scott Hippensteel (Wind Ensemble), Dr. Kurtis Adams (Jazz Ensemble), and Dr. Jason Strunk (Choir). Special guest conductors will be: Dr. Susan Creasap – Honor Wind Ensemble, Dr. Euan Edmonds – Honor Jazz Ensemble, and Dr. Jill Campbell – Honor Choir