The Disney Honors provides directors with a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to inspire their students to achieve excellence. This unique, non-competitive music festival experience is designed for Middle & High School Choirs, Concert Bands and Orchestras that want to take their performances to the next level through educationally-meaningful evaluation and a post-performance clinic with a distinguished music educator. This unique festival at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida also includes engaging conversations with the evaluators, presentations by guest speakers, a director's roundtable discussion and magical evening events that only Disney can produce.
For over 80 years, The Walt Disney Company has enjoyed a long heritage of outstanding musical achievements. Walt Disney also believed in education through entertainment.
"Throughout our career in motion pictures classical music has played a very important part. Early in the beginning we created a cartoon series called 'Silly Symphonies'...simple short subjects that relied heavily on the works of classical composers. The popularity of the 'Silly Symphonies' led us to undertake a major effort, 'Fantasia,' which featured the music of Bach, Dukas, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Beethoven and Schubert." — Walt Disney
The Disney Honors invites ensembles to stretch their musical abilities and experience an educational and immersive experience like no other. With world-class Disney service, excellent performance venues and unparalleled educational offerings, the difference is distinctly Disney.
Renowned music-educator Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser will be returning to The Disney Honors in 2011. Dr. Tim will present a valuable session on the topic of Excellence and how Music Makes a Difference. He will also conduct an interactive Director's Roundtable discussion with all of the participating evaluators and directors.
