High school musicians selected from throughout Iowa will participate in the Honor Band Festival, Honor Choir Festival and Honor Orchestra Festival this month.

Each two-day workshop will feature two concerts.

Honor Band Festival

The Honor Band Festival includes two bands: the Gold Band, composed of about 65 members and conducted by Frank Ticheli, composer and professor of composition at the University of Southern California and the Cardinal Band, composed of about 100 members and conducted by James Fritz, director of bands at Decorah High School.

The ISU Wind Ensemble will perform a concert on Friday at the Martha Ellen Tye Recital Hall, performing songs by Joseph Spaniola, Philip Sparke, Jack Stamp, Björk, Percy Grainger and guest composer, Ticheli.

The Honor Bands will perform at Stephens on Saturday. The Cardinal Band will perform works by composers such as Thomas Doss, David Holsinger and John Philip Sousa, while the Gold Band will perform works by Ticheli, Grainger and Eric Whitacre.

Honor Choir Festival

The Honor Choir Festival will give about 100 students the chance to study under James Rodde, director of choral activities and professor of music. The Iowa Statesmen, Cantamus Women’s Choir and Lyrica Women’s Choir will perform Feb. 14 in the Martha Ellen Tye Recital Hall.

The members of the Honor Choir and the Iowa State Singers will perform works by composers such as Cyrillus Kreek, Paul Fetler and Charles Stanford on Feb. 15 in the Recital Hall. Each group will perform six songs.

Honor Orchestra Festival

The string students who make up the Honor Orchestra will also attend two days of activities, including a concert by the Ames Piano Quartet on Feb. 12 in the Martha Ellen Tye Recital Hall.

The event will culminate in a joint performance at the Recital Hall. The members of the Honor Orchestra will perform three songs, and the ISU Symphony Orchestra will take on Beethoven’s “Symphony 5.”