Presentation & Performance

• Orchestras are required to perform 2-3 selections of their choice, at their entered level, not to exceed 15-17 minutes total music time.
• There is no working syllabus for Strings ad Symphony. Please contact us at [email protected] for some suggested resource lists and compendium suggestions.
• Please note, the Orchestra class categories are similar to concert band in terms of their relation to repertoire grading/level and difficulty. Example, if you have a senior/chamber strings group who is working on Grade 4 repertoire, your entry class would be S400.
• Orchestras may perform a short warm up piece which will not be adjudicated.
• Time taken for onstage tuning will be considered performance time so please budget your stage time accordingly

Conductor Scores for Adjudicators

• Two additional original (whether they are bound or licensed PDF) copies of each score are required for adjudication purposes. **Please note, we require all participants to provide ALL scores per above. The OBA/GHMF will not be hosting the use of any conductor scores for the 2025 Festival. “On backorder/order” letters, receipts, proof of payments are NOT accepted alongside illegal photocopied scores.

If you are providing photocopies, these must be accompanied by a letter of licensing/reproduction permission from the **copyright holder only**. This is usually the publisher or the composer themselves (if it’s an independent composition). Retail stores **do not** have the authority to grant a permission to photocopy on behalf of a music publisher.