Our applications can be found online at www.musicale.org. The completed application can be mailed to Musicale at 6223 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA 23228; faxed to 804-264-6302 or submitted online at www.musicale.org.

There is no application fee for Musicale

There is no deposit due for Musicale Festival Only packages. For those groups selecting an overnight package, the deposit is due approximately 2 weeks after receipt of the application in our office. If an application is received after a payment due date, the deposit is due with the application along with the past due payment.

For Musicale Festival Only packages, full payment is due 1 month prior to the festival. For Musicale overnight packages, the $1,000.00 deposit is due 2 weeks after receipt of the application in our office, the 50% payment is due 3 months prior to the festival, and the final payment is due 1 month prior to the festival.

There is no application deadline! However, if an application is received in our office after any payment due date, payments will be retroactive.

Yes, please contact our office for details as there is a transaction/processing fee in addition, our acceptable forms of payment are as follows; school checks, certified checks, cashier's checks, and money orders. All checks must be payable to SPECTRUM OF RICHMOND, Inc.

For groups selecting an overnight package, our cancellation policy is located on the grey contract in each director’s handbook. Two copies of this contract are provided, one to be signed and returned to our office and the other for the director. Please refer to this contract for the cancellation policy and/or the handbook. For Festival Only groups, the cancellation policy is located in the director’s handbook.

We do not provide transportation-ALL transportation is the responsibility of the group.

For overnight packages, the participant count must be finalized by the housing list due date (approximately 6 weeks prior to the festival). For Festival Only, counts should be finalized 30 days prior to the festival. There are some exceptions-please contact a Festival Coordinator for additional information.

The group is assigned a hotel upon receipt of the $1,000.00 non-refundable deposit. Optional activities can also be pursued on the group’s behalf once the $1,000.00 non-refundable deposit is received.

Musicale overnight packages are off the beach.

Musicale hotel properties are not guaranteed interior corridor.

All extras-those meals and activities not already included in the package- are an additional cost. Our Options Coordinator can assist you with making these “extra” arrangements. Please contact Marcey Leonard toll free at 1-800-222-6862 or by e-mail at Marcey@Fiestaval.com.

Choral performances are limited to 3 competing groups. Instrumental performances are not limited.

Musicale provides 2 judges for all performing groups.

Rehearsal space, storage, and security can be added to your package for an additional cost and are all based on availability.

Performances are on the Friday or Saturday of the festival date selected.

A tentative performance schedule is released 30 days prior to the festival. A final performance schedule is released 10 days prior to the festival. For planning purposes, performance schedule information may be available earlier than 30 days, but specific times will not be released prior to 30 days.

Performing Arts Centers, Hotel Ballrooms, Middle School and High School Auditoriums.

Musicale provides 1 free park admission ticket per director per performing group regardless of whether the group is attending for Festival Only or has applied for an overnight package. Additional free director admission tickets may be awarded-please contact our Musicale Coordinator for details.

For all Musicale packages (whether Festival Only or overnight), 1 free adult park ticket is awarded per 30 paid students, no minimum group size.

Our Musicale Festival Coordinator can be reached toll free at 1-800-222-6862 OR e-mail Jenny Patterson at Jenny@fiestaval.com