Welcome to the website for the Kansas City Area Federation Festival sponsored by District One of the Missouri State Federation. Previously known as Junior Festival. Please continue to check back for any changes or details that will be added as we get closer.

2027 Dates

January 6, 2027 Registration opens.

March 1, 2027 Registration closes.

Festival Dates and Location: April 17-18, 2027 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Grant Hall, 5228 Charlotte Street, KC, MO 64110

All enrollments will be entered by the teacher on the Vivace website. Please click here: https://festivals.nfmc-music.org/

If you are new to the Festival, please contact David Tauscher at David@Tauschermusic.com so he can set you up on the Vivace.

IMPORTANT: All students will perform in person. If you enter students, you are required to work at the festival. There will be no exceptions to this rule.

April 17, 2027 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Grant Hall — All rooms will begin at 8am.

The String Competition (Solo Difficult I or Above and Concerto Level Junior III or Above) will begin at 1pm on April 17th.

The Piano Competition – GRADES 10-12 will begin at 8am and will probably be over by noon. Students NOT in the competition but in Difficult I or above can request anytime.

If you are entering students in the competitions, you must send me an email with the names of the students.

Piano – all levels will begin at 8am.

Strings – all levels. Students NOT in the competition but in Difficult I or above can request anytime. If you are entering students in the competitions, you must send me an email with the names of the students.

April 18, 2027 University of Missouri-Kansas City, Grant Hall 1:00pm – 5:30pm

Piano – all levels

Vocal – all levels; the Vocal Competition will begin at 1pm.

For April 19, teachers may choose AM or PM for their students. Do not request specific times. Only AM or PM will be honored if possible. A request is a courtesy and may or may not be honored. Piano students can choose April 17 or 18 except for the students in the piano competition which will be on April 17. All string students will be on April 17.

Fees for Festival this year: $25.00 per solo entry; $25.00 per student in ensembles; $20.00 per Theory Entry. Fees are due with enrollment forms. Invoices will be generated and you mail your entry fees to David Tauscher, 5504 W 131st Street, Overland Park, KS 66209. Checks should be made out to First District MFMC. Registration is complete after enrollment fees have been paid. After the registration system closes on March 1, there will be no late entries accepted. There is a $20 change fee for any repertoire or time change after students have been approved in the Vivace system. If you must register students late, there is an additional $20 per entry.

TEACHER WORK REQUIREMENTS

All teachers entering students will be required to work regardless of the amount of students entered. Teachers with seven or fewer students enrolled are required to work a half day and teachers with eight or more students are required to work a full day. A sign up to work form will be emailed to you shortly after student schedules are sent out.

Competitive Portion of the Festival:

If you are entering your students in the competition, you must send me an email telling me who is to participate.

For the State Competition, District One may send 2 pianists, 1 vocalist & 1 instrumentalist.

All students must be in 10th grade or above. Piano students will perform on April 18, String students will perform on April 18 and Vocal students will perform on April 19. Students will be chosen from their Junior Festival Performance. There are no awards given out on the district level.

Pianist must be chosen from the piano solo event, and their Jr. Festival performance level must be D1 or above.

Vocalist may be chosen from Art Song or Musical Theater, level must be Junior III or above.

Instrumental winners must be at Solo level D1 or above or Concerto level Junior III or above.

At the State Competition, students will perform one selection. This must be a selection that they performed at this year’s Junior Festival.

No student may represent their district 2 years in a row. They must wait a year before participating again. This is a way to give a wider number of students the opportunity to experience the State Competition.

State Prizes: 1st Place Piano ($150) 1st Place Instrumental ($150) 1st Place Vocal ($150). Two $75 awards from any of the three categories, and two full scholarships to Piano and String Camp at IPFAC summer camp.

Finals will be held on….(date and location to be announced later).

Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Please continue checking the website for updates.

For more information and questions contact: David Tauscher at David@TauscherMusic.com

(Revised 9/14/2026)