CLT Festival ‘26 General Information
Important Dates:
- Senior Club and Junior Club Registrations - Due November 1
- Vivace Student Enrollment deadline - Friday, January 9, 2026
- Vivace Invoices will be emailed to teachers mid-January
- Vivace Payments - Due February 1
- Strings, Guitar, Instrumentalists, Scholarship, Make-ups, & Voice - Saturday, February 14, 2026
- Non-Scholarship Piano - Saturday, February 28, 2026
Vivace Fees: Click here for Senior and Junior Club Registration (due 11/1) — required before enrolling students in Vivace
- Vivace Festival Fees - Non-Scholarship $25 (includes Gold Cup fee)
- Vivace Festival Fees - Non-Scholarship $20 (reminder to uncheck the Federation Cup Participation box for each student to opt out of Gold Cup)
- Vivace Festival Fees - Scholarship $30 (includes Gold Cup fee)
- Vivace Festival Fees - Scholarship $25 (reminder to uncheck the Federation Cup Participation box for each student to opt out of Gold Cup)
Locations
**Teachers entering the Festival for the first time, should contact Sandy Barber (sandydbarber@yahoo.com) to be assigned a location for their students.
String/Guitar Event - February 14th
Location - Ballantyne Presbyterian Church - 9925 Providence Road West, Charlotte 29277
Contact: Dr. Catharine M. Jackson - catie@kennethandcatie.com 704-604-0330
Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Event - February 14th
Location - Charlotte Academy of Music - 15040 Idlewild Rd., Suite C, Matthews, 28104
Contact: Connie Beach Hillard - conniebeach@msn.com 704-995-3962
Scholarship/Reschedules (make-up day)/Voice - February 14th
Location - Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts located at UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, 28223
Contact: Margaret Gallaugher - maggal920@hotmail.com 704-576-2028 (scholarship)
Site Coordinator needed for Make-up Event
Contact: Lee Lanier - lee.laniermusic@gmail.com 704-241-1914 (voice)
Piano Non-Scholarship - February 28th
Location - Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts located at UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, 28223
Contact: Sarah Benson - sarah.e.torres88@gmail.com - 704-502-2379
Location - Living Saviour Lutheran Church - 6817 Carmel Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
Teachers formerly assigned to Westminster Presbyterian will now use Living Saviour Lutheran Church.
Contact: Linda Francis - francismusicstudio@gmail.com - 704-816-9107
Location - Wingate University - The Batte Center - 403 N. Camden Rd, Wingate, NC
Contact: Sandy Barber - sandydbarber@yahoo.com - 704-451-0647
Teachers formerly assigned to Weddington Methodist will now use Wingate University
Teachers previously assigned to Wingate will remain at Wingate.
Location - Sardis Presbyterian Church - 6100 Sardis Rd, Charlotte
Contact: Stephanie Osmond - sosorozo@yahoo.com - 980-297-3113
NCFMC State Finals and Royalty finals/Awards Recital
-UNCG State finals TBD
Certificates
Teachers will need to have students bring their music with the rating sheet and small certificate clipped to their music.
All three items need to be handed to the hall monitor at the time of the student's performance.
Festival Consecutive Certificate
(Certificates are in and may be picked up anytime at Lib Hughston's in her cooler)