Sample Schedule
Below you will find a sample schedule for the Athena Festival, taking place October 4-8, 2024 and February 27-March 3, 2025 .
Day 1– Nashville Arrival, hotel check-in
Couriers meet busses at hotel and accompany directors to orientation meeting
Directors’ Orientation and Reception
Day 2– Spiritual Performances and Songwriter Round
Performance at the National Museum of African American Music
Songwriter Round
Opening Night Dinner and Party
Day 3– Recording at Ocean Way
Record in Nashville’s Historic Ocean Way Studios
Optional sight-seeing in Nashville
Day 5– Closing Ceremonies
The Athena Prize Awards Ceremony
Day 4– The Athena Festival Concert
Choral Clinics
The Athena Festival Performance in Nashville’s Parthenon
Masquerade Ball with DJ at the conclusion of the concert