Events for January 6, 2024

Drop-in for 5-minute interviews (may need to wait depending on how busy it is) Based on Kirstin Myers’ and Morgann Davis’ podcast “Life Between the Notes”, student musicians are invited […]

Students who are auditioning at Trinity UCC will be given a 10-minute warm-up slot in the foyer prior to their performance. String players MUST use a mute to warm up, […]

Stop in and pick up your Festival “passport” and map and find out where all of the day’s activities are happening! Learn how you can get your passport stamped and […]

Individually packaged FREE snacks and pony bottles of water will help keep you going so you can visit ALL the venues and stations and get that passport filled with stamps… […]

By Appointment (pre-registration required) Students who have pre-registered will play a closed (elementary) or public (advanced) audition for an adjudicator who will rate their performances. Beginners/early intermediate piano at ST […]

MAKE MUSIC ALL DAY LONG – drop in and play the keyboard or pull out your guitar or flute and share the spirit of the festival through performance! Students, teachers, […]

Drop-in (pre-registration required) All YMTA auditioning students take a level-specific PMTA theory test. These are graded and, if the student is applying for the “honors” track, count toward their eligibility […]

This “top of the festival” Episcopal worship service will get everyone in the spirit by celebrating the season of journeying and light. Featuring the Community Festival Choir, Multi-Gen Brass, and […]

Sessions beginning on the hour (lasting approx. 20-30 minutes) Young music lovers can step right up to engage with sound and have FUN with music through this accessible, entertaining experience […]

Sessions beginning on the half-hour (lasting 15-20 minutes) Get (back) in the holiday spirit with Holiday Cup Rhythms! Tap, slap, and count your way into some fun – and funny […]

Rhythm grooves for all with “junk” instruments (buckets, chopsticks, pie pans, etc.) - Jeff will run 30 minute sessions that are drop-in, no-experience-required and participants will learn several rhythmic patterns […]

Pick up (or feel free to drop off!) donated music books, both repertoire and pedagogical volumes – if it’s on the table, it’s free to a good home (and you […]

Students can experiment with electronic music production tools: vocoders, looping pedals, sound boards & mics, electric cellos, etc. Come find out what music + electronics has to offer!

An interactive, hands-on opportunity to see, touch, hold, play, and hear advanced performers play the instruments of the orchestra. Periodic pop-up ensemble performances by the YJSO Octet as well as […]

Drop-in Any Time A drop-in opportunity to learn the Blues scale, play a simple progression, and do a 12-bar blues improv experiment – encourage auditioning students to do this to […]

Come play with us DOWNTOWN on January 6th, 2024! FESTIVAL WEATHER UPDATE as of Friday Morning:Due to the impending snow for Saturday, January 6th, the Miller Music Festival will be […]

15-minute sets performed by local talent – all genres, all styles! Come and check it out to see who is MAKING (their own) MUSIC at Creative York today… The MacCloskey […]

Join Rodney Barnett and Dick Frey to discover the King of Instruments from the inside out! Look, see, touch, play, and get inside a pipe organ – there are two […]

Session on the hour at 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, and 2 pm. Take 30 minutes with ethnomusicologist Jan Protopapas to “go deep” in a mini-workshop on Indian classical […]

Drop in to view art; music ongoing Experience immersive music all day with rolling rotations for solo cello with Baltimore Symphony Solo music provided by BSO cellist Lukasz Szyrner and […]

Join Peter Botros at this exciting step-in opportunity to SHINE with music! This is your chance to be “part of the band” after just a few minutes of learning some […]

See, touch, learn about, and play a clavichord and a (digital) harpsichord. Learn why a harpsichord isn’t a piano, and try a short piece on YOUR instrument – with harpsichord […]

Drop-in fun as well as guided learning sessions on the hour (not between 1-2 pm) Two octaves of BOOM WHACKERS and Malmark hand chimes will be set up for anyone […]

Drop-in all day, guided sessions at :15 and :45 (decorating is ongoing at will) Come learn about flutes and whistles at the flute factory with Alicia Kosack and friends! Participants […]

11:00 am – 12:45 pm and 2:00 – 3:15 pm, ongoing demonstrations all day long Did you ever wonder how the piano makes sound? What are all those PARTS you […]

11:00 am – 12:30pm and 2:00 – 3:30 pm on the hour and on the half-hour (approx.. 15-minute session) Embark on a whimsical journey with Mozart's "The Magic Flute"! This […]

Interactive readings at 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 2:30 pm. Local author M.J. McCluskey will read some sneak preview passages from her young reader book “The Mystery of the Naked […]

This midafternoon recital will feature adult members and friends of the Matinee Musical Club of York, a 100+ year-old organization that encourages local musicians to keep performing in the community. […]