2026 National Festival Information
Hosted by Martin Luther College
April 11 & 12, 2026
Festival Music List

Choir & Participant Registration (due February 15, 2026)

• Printable PDF OR Online Registration 

Festival Documents

• Hotel Information
• Area Churches
• Festival Poster
• Bulletin Insert (Color)
• Bulletin Insert (Greyscale)
• Weekend Schedule
• "My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less" (free downloads for festival choirs ONLY)
  • Handbells part
  • B-flat trumpet part
  • C trumpet part
  • Trombone part
  • Choral score
  • Full score
  • Music recording
  • Please do not download these music scores if you are not planning to attend festival!
  • Note that the measures are numbered differently in the bells part than in the rest of the parts. In the bells part, the pickup is Measure 1, and the first full measure is Measure 2. In the rest of the parts, the pickup is not numbered, and the first full measure is Measure 1.

• Exaltate Director's Notes
• Laudate Director's Notes
• Mass Director's Notes

Previous National Festivals

• 2023: Watertown, WI
• 2020: Cancelled due to COVID (scheduled for Milwaukee, WI)
• 2017: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
• 2014: New Ulm, MN
• 2011: Milwaukee, WI
• 2008: New London, WI