Southern California Junior Bach Festival

To cultivate knowledge and understanding of Bach's music.


Registration Portal for COMPLETE WORKS AUDITIONS
for ALL ELIGIBLE Keyboard (Piano), String, Wind & Voice Students
will OPEN on June 1, 2025 and CLOSE on June 15, 2025

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String and Wind & Voice Regional Festivals

String Chair
Dr. Cheryl Scheidemantle
(310) 701-2930 • Email
Registration Questions? Please Email: scjbf@evensteps.com

Wind & Voice Chair
Emily An
(909) 568-6394 • Email
Registration Questions? Please Email: scjbf@evensteps.com

2025 String and Wind & Voice Regional Festival Information

Eligibility
The Southern California Junior Bach Festival (SCJBF) is open to students who wish to perform original works by J.S. Bach.

  1. String and Wind & Voice students perform in All-Branch Regional Festivals
    • String and Wind students will not have reached their 19th birthday by April 1st of the Festival year
    • Voice students will not have reached their 25th birthday by April 1st of the Festival year
    • String and Wind & Voice students may participate (for comments only) in their home Bach Branch Festival at their Branch’s discretion.

String Regional Festival

April 27, 2025 (SUN), all day
Venue: Westside Music Conservatory, 12424 Wilshire Blvd Ste 100, Los Angeles (Brentwood) 90025
https://westsidemusicconservatory.com/location-directions-parking/

  • Registration Opens: March 27, 2025
  • Registration Closes: April 11, 2025

The String Festival format for 2025 is as follows:

  1. String students perform in an All-Branch Regional Festival
  2. The All-Branch String Regional Festival is made up of two divisions: 
    • Junior: students who will not have reached their 14th birthday by April 1st of the Festival year
    • Senior: students who are 14 through 18 years old as of April 1st of the Festival year
  3. Eligible instruments are violin, viola, violoncello, guitar, and lute
  4. The All-Branch String Regional Festival will be in person this year in an OPEN recital format with audience.
  5. A panel of three judges will write comments about each performance and will select up to 45% of the students in each division as Regional Medalists
  6. Both Junior and Senior Regional Medalists playing eligible repertoire may advance to the Complete Works Auditions (CWA)
  7. All other Rules and Teacher Guidelines of the SCJBF apply
  8. Fee for a soloist: $45
  9. Fee for an ensemble: TBA

Wind & Voice Festival

May 17, 2025 (SAT), time TBA
Venue: United Methodist Church, 480 N College Blvd, Brea 92820

  • Registration Opens: April 17, 2025
  • Registration Closes: May 1, 2025

The Wind & Voice Festival format for 2025 is as follows:

  1. Wind and Voice students perform in an All-Branch Regional Festival
  2. The All-Branch Wind & Voice Regional Festival is made up of two divisions:
    1. Junior: Wind and Voice students who will not have reached their 15th birthday by April 1st of the Festival year
    2. Senior: Wind students who are 15 through 18 years old as of April 1st of the Festival year; Voice students who are 15 through 25 years old as of April 1st of the Festival year
  1. The All-Branch Wind & Voice Regional Festival will be in person this year in an OPEN recital format with audience
  2. A panel of three judges will write comments about each performance and will select up to 45% of the students in each division as Regional Medalists
  3. A panel of three judges will write comments about each performance and will select up to 45% of the students in each division as Regional Medalists
  4. Both Junior and Senior Regional Medalists playing eligible repertoire may advance to the Complete Works Auditions (CWA)
  5. All other Rules and Teacher Guidelines of the SCJBF apply
  6. Fee for a soloist: $45
  7. Fee for an ensemble: TBA

Complete Works Audition (CWA)
The Complete Works Audition (CWA) is usually held in late September or early October of the Festival year.  To be eligible for the CWA, a student must have been chosen by the judges as a Regional Medalist at the All-Branch Regional Festival.  First place winners at the CWA will be invited to perform on a special SCJBF Memorial Awards Recital in early-to-mid October at the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Long Beach, where all CWA first, second, and third place winners will also be presented with CWA medals.  Please keep in mind that if you wish for your students to compete in the Complete Works Audition, the repertoire performed at the All-Branch Regional Festival must be chosen from the official Complete Works list (available here).