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(Updated October 23, 2025)
Music Industry Conference 2026
Set inside the nation’s largest free music festival, the Musikfest Music Industry Conference connects educators, students, artists, and industry leaders through hands-on sessions in Production, Performance, Music Business, Innovation, and Education.
CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
Opens: September 15, 2025
Deadline: November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET
Format: 50-minute sessions (workshops, panels, demos, live coaching, mentorship roundtables)
Perks:
No submission fee
Speakers attend free
Collaborative proposals encouraged
CFP Link: https://fest.formstack.com/forms/2026_musikfest_music_industry_conference_proposal_submissions
Band Showcase (Ages 10–Adult)
Performance Dates: August 2–4, 2026 (on an official Musikfest stage)
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026
What’s Included: Pre-show coaching, pro sound/lights/backline, live feedback from industry proferssionals
Experience Categories: Beginning (10–15), Intermediate (14–19), Advanced (17+)
Application Link: https://fest.formstack.com/forms/2026_musikfest_music_industry_conference_call_for_bands
Conference Info
Overview/Info Link: https://www.musikfest.org/lineup/musikfest-music-industry-conference/
2/15/26
Hershey Symphony Young Artist Competition Opens for Submissions October 1
The Hershey Symphony is proud to open applications for the 2026 Young Artist Competition on October 1, 2025. The competition is open to all students enrolled in grades 7 through 11 during the 2025-26 school year who reside or attend school in the following counties in Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York. Those who have entered our competition in the past are encouraged to compete again (past winners are excluded).
Entrants should prepare one movement of any concerto for solo instrument (including operatic voice) written with orchestral accompaniment. Competitors chosen for the finals are responsible for bringing their own piano accompanists.
Those selected as finalists for live audition will play in the finals before a panel of highly qualified professionals in late March, 2026, at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. The winner will be announced that day.
The winner will receive the $1,000 William & Ruth Cagnoli Award and will perform their concerto with the Hershey Symphony Orchestra during the orchestra’s 2025-26 season, which commences Fall 2025.
For more information, visit https://hersheysymphony.org/hershey-symphony-yac/
3/6/26