ASPIRE International Youth Music Festival is a competition on a new level; attracting world renowned adjudicators from across the globe and appealing to the best young musicians internationally. Raising aspirations of young musicians, ASPIRE International Youth Music Festival is an invitational event open to secondary school concert bands, orchestras, choirs and jazz bands worldwide. ASPIRE offers every participant a competition, masterclass, workshop and public performance and is held over three consecutive days in Brisbane, Australia. The next ASPIRE festival takes place from the 17th - 20th July 2019. Founded by education travel company Student Horizons, ASPIRE International Youth Music Festival is proudly a not for profit trading division of Student Horizons. Surplus from the event will be donated directly to The Foundation of Student Horizons – affording disadvantaged youth the opportunity to discover the world. To ensure we continue to attract the best musicians worldwide we welcome enquiries to discuss selection criteria in further detail at aspire@aspiremusicfestival.com.au