Brad White
Founder / Director

Welcome to the 2017 Festival!Welcome to the EIGHTH year of the NRH₂O Music Festival for Middle School Bands and Orchestras, and Elementary Choirs! With 30 years of experience as a music educator and as the retired Director of Fine Arts (Birdville ISD), I learned there are very few quality outdoor competition options available for our ensembles. Our music festival has been designed with YOU in mind. Coming off the heels of our highly successful seventh year with over 19,000 participants, our festival promises to be educational, organized, inexpensive and most importantly… FUN! With the help of long time middle school band consultant Cindy Lansford, we have put together an event with everything you could want! Take a dive into our website…the water is GREAT!

JULY 3, 2017

DUE TO THE RECENT CHANGES MADE BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IN STAAR TEST DATES THE 2018 DATES BELOW ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE.

Please watch this website for updates as soon as final decisions are made about new dates. I anticipate an update by early August. Do not send in entries until we have made the updates.

Dates for 2018! 

Thurs. May 10 Elementary Choirs 

Fri. May 11 Bands & Orchestras 

Sat. May 12 Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Mon. May 14 Bands & Orchestras 

Mon. May 14 (New Evening Festival!) Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Tues. May 15 Bands & Orchestras

Wed. May 16 Elementary Choirs

Thurs. May 17 Elementary Choirs

Fri. May 18 Elementary Choirs

Fri. May 18 (Evening Festival) Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Sat. May 19 (Evening Festival)  Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Mon. May 21 Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Mon. May 21 (New Evening Festival!) Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras

Tues. May 22 Bands & Orchestras

Wed. May 23 Bands & Orchestras

Thurs. May 24 Bands & Orchestras

Fri. May 25 Bands & Orchestras

Tues. May 29 Elementary Choirs, Bands & Orchestras (Open to the Public)