The videos dated 1984 through 1994 have been digitalized from archived VHS tapes. Take a look at life at Round Top Festival Institute after it was first established.

The video, "Why Dream the Ordinary?", was formatted from a DVD made in 2008 and features students, faculty and trustees from 2006-2008. "Why Dream the Ordinary?" is an often-quoted quip by James Dick, Founder and Artistic Director of Round Top Festival Institute. Dick's vision to build a place where talented young music artists could come to study and perform in an inspirational environment as they advance their musical discipline began to materialize in 1971. The "dream" has been embraced by many friends and supporters, and continues to offer a world-class festival-institute for six weeks each summer.

The Festival Institute is often referred to by the name of its campus, Festival Hill. This was especially true in its earlier years.