CLT Festival 2027 General Information
Important Dates:
- Senior Club and Junior Club Memberships - Due November 1 (Late fee $15)
- Vivace Student Enrollment deadline - Saturday, January 9, 2027 at 10:00pm
- Vivace Invoices will be emailed to teachers mid-January 2027
- Vivace Payments - Due February 1
- Strings, Guitar, Instrumentalists, Scholarship, Make-ups, & Voice - Saturday, February 13, 2027
- Non-Scholarship Piano - Saturday, February 27, 2027
Vivace Fees: Click here for Senior and Junior Club Membership form (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 13th
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 13th
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 13th
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)
Contact: Nancy Brown - nancywbrown@gmail.com - 704-763-6318 (make-ups)
Contact: Laura Black - laurakathrynblack@gmail.com - 704-860-0525 (voice)
Piano Non-Scholarship - February 27th
Location - Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts located at UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, 28223
Contact: Emily King - musicstudio.emily@gmail.com - 704-231-0457
Location - Living Saviour Lutheran Church - 6817 Carmel Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
Contact: Linda Francis - francismusicstudio@gmail.com - 704-816-9107
Location - Christ Lutheran Church - 4519 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
Contact: Sandy Barber - sandydbarber@yahoo.com - 704-451-0647
Teachers formerly assigned to Wingate University will now use Christ Lutheran Church
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)