Beyond The Notes Music Festival, Inc.

06/05/2026

FREE Grade 2.5 Fanfare by Erika Svanoe but only for a limited time! Get yours today AND do the Joy Challenge with your students!!
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06/02/2026

Reserve Your Spot NOW to work with one of the world's most influential composers - Omar Thomas!

Here’s What You Get!
The "Beyond The Notes Creativity Curriculum" and lesson materials that will lead your students through creative experiences/activities ultimately resulting in them developing a concept for the new composition. A panel of adjudicators will select the top 15 ideas submitted by participating schools for the composer to consider.

Three videos from the composer during different steps of the process. The composer will share initial steps, the concept of the work, answers to student questions, and the final product with rehearsal and performance tips.

Digital copies of the new composition to use with your ensemble.

The name of your school and the music teacher will be listed in the score.

All of this for $250 per ensemble. REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKyFiIIVw_1wu6JugfAr6BdSlU2ljswf_yYZcbx5bxErzKWg/viewform?usp=dialog

05/25/2026

Thrilled to announce our 2028 ComMission Possible composer: Omar Thomas!

Registration is NOW OPEN.

Unlike traditional consortium commissions, ComMission Possible invites YOUR STUDENTS into the creative process from the very beginning. Participating students will help inspire the concept behind this brand-new Grade 3 composition while engaging directly with one of today’s most influential voices in music education and composition.

Throughout the experience, students will have opportunities to:
• Ask questions and interact with Omar Thomas
• Explore their own creativity and artistic voice
• Learn how a composition comes to life
• Experience what it means to be part of the origins of a new work for band

This is more than a commission project — it’s a transformational creative experience that empowers young musicians to think, imagine, and create beyond the notes.

Join us as we create something extraordinary together.

Registration and information available now here: https://bit.ly/ComMissionPossible2028

05/22/2026

05/22/2026

Great work Greenville MS Band!

05/22/2026

Day 2 is up and running!

05/21/2026

Great work Justice Page MS!!

05/21/2026

Off and running! Sounding great DC Everest!

05/21/2026

Great job Chippewa Falls MS Band!

05/20/2026

And so it begins….annual breakfast at the Jet Room prior to the load up.