Pride Youth Band
The South Florida Pride Bands is proud to announce the Fourteenth Annual Pride Youth Band Program for 2024-2025. The band is open to all high school students in South Florida. Its purpose is to give students an opportunity to work with an outstanding artistic team and musician mentors, to network with other band students, to unite against bullying and to celebrate diversity through music.
Rehearsals will occur at:
St. Mark’s Episcopal School
1750 East Oakland Park Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334
February 2, 9, 16 – 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
February 22 – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
February 23 – call time 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm concert (dinner provided) – The Parker
Solo Competition
We are proud to announce the opportunity to audition for the Third Annual FLoatarama Soloist Competition and Scholarship! The scholarship audition is open to all 2025 Pride Youth Band Season Fourteen participants. The winner of the competition will receive a $7,500 college scholarship courtesy of FLoatarama and the opportunity to perform their solo with the South Florida Pride Concert Band at our Spring concert at The Parker on May 10th, 2025.The soloist competition requirements are:
- Participants must be a member of the 2025 Pride Youth Band Season 14 and perform in the Pride Youth Band concert on February 23rd, 2025.
- The piece must be grade 4-6
- Participants must perform their solo with the South Florida Pride Concert Band at our May 10th, 2025 concert at 7:00 pm at The Parker.
- The solo can be a single movement and should be approximately 4-6 minutes in length.
Applicants must submit a (.wav or .mp3) audio file recording of their solo which can be with or without accompaniment. This is a blind audition, so the recording should only include your performance. Please do not speak, and the file should not include your name or any identifying information. The recording along with a scanned copy of the sheet music should be sent via email to [email protected] by Mo
Students accepted to the program will be required to attend ALL rehearsals and to perform with the Pride Youth Band as well as the South Florida Pride Concert Band on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm at The Parker in Ft. Lauderdale. The concert will be recorded. Local professional musicians will be working with students in sectional and ensemble rehearsals leading up to the performance weekend.
Registration is now closed
Acceptance to the program is based on receipt of application and instrumentation needs. It is FREE to apply. Accepted students are required to pay a $20 participation fee. Students with financial need may request a waiver of the $20 participation fee. Students with transportation issues may also request assistance. Please include these requests on your application.
Students participating in the program will be eligible for one of at least TEN $1,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. Recipients of scholarships will be selected by the program leadership based on participation, enthusiasm and leadership qualities. To date, over $200,000 in scholarships have been awarded.
If you would like to volunteer with our organization, or donate to this worthy cause, please contact us by email at [email protected].
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