In this article, you will find information for Vance Music students headed to perform at the KSHSAA State Piano Festival:
- KSHSAA 2025 State Piano Festival Dates
- Location & Google Map Links
- Festival Schedule PDF
- Festival Procedures
- Festival Etiquette
KSHSAA 2025 State Piano Festival Basics
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
Wichita State University General Address: 1845 Fairmount St, Wichita, KS 67260
Duerksen Fine Arts Center Google Map
Parents and students, please review the KSHSAA State Piano Festival procedures and etiquette further down in the article.
Students & parents: if you have questions about the KSHSAA state piano festival after accessing these PDF files & reading the rest of the article, please contact Marissa
2025 State Festival Procedure
- Before the 2025 state festival, make sure your music is still judge-worthy: your name and contact information should be written inside the front cover of your book, red measure numbers should be written above each bar line of your piece, and practice markings you do not wish the judge to see should be erased. No photocopies are allowed at festivals.
- Take time to review your comments from regional festival. Think about any tendencies exposed by these comments that you may need to focus on as your perform at state festival.
- Plan to arrive at least thirty minutes before your performance time.
- Locate your performance room.
- Go to a practice room to warm up. You may need to wait until a room becomes available. Limit your warm-up to five minutes so that the room can be used by other students. Use your time to prepare physically and mentally for your performance.
- Check in with the room monitor at your performance room. Give the room monitor your music, opened to the correct page for the judge.
- When it is your turn to perform, go to the piano and adjust your bench.
- You will not warm up on the piano before your song unless the judge specifically invites you to do so. If invited to warm up, warm up with one scale and one or two cadences. Do not warm up by playing any part of your piece.
- When the judge is ready for you to perform, announce your name, your school, your grade, the song title, and the last name of the composer. Make sure to smile.
- Be seated, re-check your position, breathe, and perform your song.
- Smile and bow (first to the judge, then to the audience if they are not seated in the same area).
- Wait outside the performance room until your music is returned to you by the door monitor.
- Scores may be posted in a common area. If not, score sheets will be made available to your school teacher. Be patient as you wait for your scores!
2025 State Festival Etiquette
- Bring your music to the 2025 state piano festival. Make sure your name and email or phone number is written inside the front cover. Make sure measure numbers are written in red ink above each bar line. No photocopies are allowed at festival.
- Talk softly in the halls, especially near performance rooms. If you need to have a louder conversation, please move to the lobby or step outside.
- No running in the building.
- Children should be accompanied by an adult in the building.
- Be courteous to all festival staff and judges. Thank them for their help and time.
- Turn off cell phones and electronic devices before entering performance rooms.
- Refrain from flash photography in the performance rooms. Turn off any sound effects on your camera prior to entering the performance rooms.
- Family members and teachers should ask the room monitor if they are allowed within the performance room.
- Wait patiently for state score results. It may take a couple of hours for your results to be posted.
Have a great time performing at the KSHSAA 2025 state piano festival!
