2014 National Orchestral Institute and Festival

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