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)