2014 National Orchestral Institute and Festival

National Festival Orchestra

Now celebrating its 27th season, the National Orchestral Institute and Festival has helped nurture an entire generation of American orchestral musicians. Each year, a national audition tour selects outstanding young artists for this month-long event, a laboratory for shaping the future of chamber and orchestral performance.

Performances by the National Festival Chamber Orchestra and National Festival Orchestra take place at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center every Saturday night between May 31 and June 28, 2014.

Additional free events are open to the public. Be a part of building the future of the orchestra now!

'It’s a tremendous growing experience,' [coordinator of chamber music at NOI David] Salness said. 'They have opportunities here that they don’t necessarily get from their universities and conservatories.'

— SAMANTHA SCHMEIDER, The Gazette, May 29, 2014

Event Performances
John Morris Russell National Festival Orchestra Pops Concert: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
  • Sat, May 31, 2014 . 8:00PM
NOI Faculty Artist Chamber Concert
  • Thu, Jun 5, 2014 . 8:00PM
National Festival Chamber Orchestra
  • Sat, Jun 7, 2014 . 8:00PM
NOI Chamber Music Marathons
  • Sun, Jun 8, 2014 . 2:00PM
  • Sun, Jun 8, 2014 . 5:00PM
National Festival Orchestra: Open Rehearsal (Ross)
  • Fri, Jun 13, 2014 . 09:30AM to 12:00PM
James Ross National Festival Orchestra: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
  • Sat, Jun 14, 2014 . 8:00PM
National Festival Orchestra: Open Rehearsal (Seaman)
  • Fri, Jun 20, 2014 . 09:30AM to 12:00PM
National Festival Orchestra: Holst’s The Planets
  • Sat, Jun 21, 2014 . 8:00PM
Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Family Concert
  • Sun, Jun 22, 2014 . 3:00PM
  • Sun, Jun 22, 2014 . 5:00PM
National Festival Orchestra: Open Rehearsal (Slatkin)
  • Fri, Jun 27, 2014 . 09:30AM to 12:00PM
National Festival Orchestra: Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
  • Sat, Jun 28, 2014 . 8:00PM