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The 2027 Montana Youth Symphony Summer Festival will take place July 25-August 1, 2027. Please mark your calendars and monitor our website for updates about applications and auditions for exciting opportunities that week. All applications will open in January 2027.

• 2027 MYS Festival Orchestra conducted by Maestro Gordon Johnson and Sir Donald Runnicles, open to musicians from Montana and neighboring states (ID, WY, ND, and SD) aged 16-25 plus alumni from the 2023-2026 MYS orchestras.
• 2027 MYS Symphonic Composition Competition: have your 5-minute fanfare for symphony orchestra premiered by the 2027 MYS Festival Orchestra and receive a $1,000 cash prize.
• New this year! 2027 MYS Chamber Music Composition Competition: have a 10-minute composition for standard wind or brass quintet or string quartet premiered by MYS Fellows in October 2027 at the annual MYS chamber concert at the Tippet Rise Arts Center and receive a $1,000 cash prize. Applications available January 2027.
• New this year! 2027 MYS Conducting Symposium: concurrent with the MYS Festival Orchestra, young MT conductors will receive instruction in conducting, score preparation, and rehearsal processes. Participants will also receive podium time with the MYS Festival Orchestra.