2026 Conference Schedule at a Glance
Evening (Time TBD): Collegiate Consortium Rehearsal
1:00pm-5:00pm: Nurturing Our Roots (Pre-Conference, Youth Session)
1:00pm-4:00pm: Collegiate Consortium Rehearsal
12:00pm-7:30pm: Registration Open
7:30pm-9:30pm: Concert Session #1: Welcome Concert with Keynote Speaker – Melanie DeMore
7:00am-7:00pm: Registration Open
8:00am-9:30am:Concert Session #2
9:30am-1:30pm: Exhibits
10:00am-12:00pm: Composer Fair
10:15am-11:15am: Advancing the Art #1
1:15pm-2:15pm: Advancing the Art #2
2:30pm-3:30pm: Advancing the Art #3
2:30pm-6:30pm: Exhibits
4:00pm-5:00pm: Concert Session #3
5:30pm-6:30pm: Conference Social Hour/Poster Session
5:30pm-6:30pm: Composer Fair
7:30pm-9:45pm: Concert Session #4: Headliner Concert with Chanticleer & Lyyra, Conference Honoree
7:00am-5:00pm: Registration
8:30am-10:05am: Concert Session #5
9:30am-3:30pm: Exhibits
10:45am-11:45am: Advancing the Art #4
11:30am-12:45pm: Composer Fair
12:00pm-2:00pm: Undergraduate College Fair
2:00pm-3:00pm: Advancing the Art #5
3:45pm-5:25pm: Concert Session #6
TBA: Beer Choir
5:30pm-7:30pm: Graduate College Fair McEnery Convention Center
8:00pm-9:55pm: Concert Session #7
8:30am-10:30am: Registration
9:30am-10:30am: Advancing the Art #6
10:45am-11:45am: Advancing the Art #7
10:45am-12:45pm: Composers Fair
1:30pm-3:30pm: Honor Choir Concert
7:30pm-9:30pm: Symphony San Jose (Post Conference, Tickets available with discount code)
