Organised by the Waverley Music Eisteddfod Inc. Committee
2024 Festival Dates:
Solos: 3 - 23 August 2024
Venue: Huntingtower Orchestral Room
Ensembles Day: Saturday 10 August 2024
Choral Day: Monday 12 August 2024
The Monash Youth Music Festival
Welcome to 2024 MYMF!
The Monash Youth Music Festival is a significant annual music festival held on the lands of the Wurundjeri People in the leafy City of Monash, Victoria Australia. This Festival draws well over a thousand young musicians from all over Melbourne each August to compete in over forty events including Ensemble and Choral competitions, solo competitions and non-competitive music events.
Musicians new to competitions and eisteddfods can enjoy the thrill of performing in front of a warm and appreciative live audience in our non-competitive “Mini Recital” sections. We make it very easy for novice solo instrumentalists and vocalists to perform accompanied with our talented Accompanist!
VCE Music students can also benefit greatly by taking part in the VCE Recitals sections - to perform in front of an audience and to receive valuable feedback from highly qualified adjudicators.
The Festival keeps growing each year with events now spreading over a three week period. Scroll down to see our Festival Events Diary below or click the image on the right ►.
This year we are excited to introduce a Guzheng competition for the very first time, and we may indeed be the first eisteddfod in Australia to do so! It will also be a unique competition in that the Adjudicator will be proficient in Jianpu, or Cypher notation. Go to our Schedule page for more information!
Congratulations to the 1671 young musicians who participated in the 2023 MYMF - to the 474 soloists, the 492 instrumentalists who performed in 37 amazing ensembles and the 705 choristers who sang in 20 magnificent choirs! It was indeed a fabulous musical feast.
Opportunity to join us!
Sponsorships Coordinator
As the Sponsorships Coordinator for the Monash Youth Music Festival, you will play a crucial role in securing sponsorships and partnerships to support our festival.
You will be responsible for maintaining existing relationships, finding and engaging with potential sponsors, and maximising financial support for the Festival.
Read more on our Volunteer page if you are interested!
Our Festival is not-for-profit and is organised and run by a volunteer committee. Help us continue our important work and promote your company's goods or services.
Read our Sponsorship Prospectus!
Community Service Ideas
Looking for International Baccalaureate (IB) CAS community service or Duke of Edinburgh ideas? Why not hold a mini concert for the elderly? Just go to our Performance Opportunities page and fill out the Expression of Interest form. Participating Aged Care facilities are listed there so you can choose one or two closest to you. Perform some of your favourite music for our dear senior citizens!
Attention aged care providers - join our free Program!
Would you like free mini concerts
held in your facilities to delight your residents? If so, partner us to provide performance opportunities to our selected musicians beyond the Festival!
To find out more, CLICK HERE!
When to enter
Registrations open 24 April and close 11 June or earlier - each section will close when full, so get in early!
How to enter
When entries open, go to STARDOM and log in.
You should see Monash Youth Music Festival listed.
Audience tickets
Come along and watch the entrants! Audience tickets
go on sale in July.
See below for more info!
Entries will open 22 April 2024
Entrant Registrations are via STARDOM only.
If you are new to STARDOM please go to STARDOM today to register in preparation for your first time entry to our Monash Youth Music Festival and to other eisteddfods and music festivals.
NOTE! Entries close for each section when full
Entries close for each section as soon as it is full. Ensure you register early, and enter all the sections you wish to enter as soon as possible, as each section has limited capacity. Once a section is FULL, STARDOM will display "SOLD OUT" and you will not be able to enter that section.
Entries to all remaining sections will close on 9 June 2024.
Details on how to enter and register for the various sections on offer are on our How to Enter page.
What happens after close of entries?
About 2 or 3 weeks after close of entries, every entrant will receive a Notice of Appearance which will have their session start time and the registration time, which is 30 minutes before the session start time.
Audience ticket sales are now closed.
Ticket sales reopen 1 July 2024.
Audience Tickets via TRYBOOKING.
Family, friends and general public are warmly welcome to watch our "superstars of the future" perform at the Monash Youth Music Festival! Audience admission is by ticket only. Please note that these tickets are only for watching performances, not for entrant registrations!
Adults (16 years and over) – $5.00
Performers (Entrants) – free
Children (under 16) – free
MULTI-PASS FAMILY TICKET (unlimited access to all events) – $20
Thought about VOLUNTEERING?
"In praise of the eisteddfod volunteer"
This delightful article "In praise of the eisteddfod volunteer" written by By Jess Carrascalao Heard, explains perfectly why we do what
we do.
The article first appeared in CutCommon e-magazine.
We are sure you will find the article illuminating!
Our generous sponsors are the foundation upon which our Festival depends. Read our Sponsors page to see those businesses and individuals who have stepped up and given back to our community.
Please support these businesses whenever you can!
E04 Senior Small Ensemble Winners for 2023!
Prizewinners - The Bradford Trio
Holberg Ensemble performs at the PAC in 2022
E04 Senior Small Ensemble Winners for 2023!