CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Eastern Region Middle School Festival

Festival Information

Festival Date: February 23 – 24, 2024 (snow date, February 25th)

Festival Location: RHAM High School

Festival Acceptance: by December 16, 2023

Festival Fee: $15 (Postmarked by 1/20/24)

FamilyID completion: by February 16, 2024

Festival Participants must complete the required health form and contract through FamilyID by February 16, 2024. Parents or Guardians may access the forms by clicking on the button below.

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Performance Information

Concert Date: February 24, 2024

Concert Time:

1:30 PM (Doors open at 1:00 pm) – Jazz Band, Orchestra, Concert Band
4:00 PM (Doors open at 3:30 pm) – Treble Choir, Mixed Choir

Concert Location:  RHAM High School – 85 Wall Street, Hebron, CT 06248 US

Ticket Price: $12

HARP Auditions: All MS and HS harp region auditions will take place together on one day at the Southern Region HS Auditions, on November 21 at Joseph A. Foran High School, Milford. Teachers should register harp students in their own regions as they do all other students. MS teachers please note that MS harp students must be registered on CTFest by October 23, in order to create the SRHS schedule.

Committee Members

Eastern Region Director

Patti DeSorbo

Audition Scheduler

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Festival Chair

Mike Gowdy

gowdym@glastonburyus.org

Band Co-Chair

Alison Beit

Band Co-Chair

Jason Beit

Jazz Band Chair

Keith Morrisette

kmorrissette@colchesterct.org

Orchestra Co-Chair

Lisa Gray

Orchestra Co-Chair

Steve Wood

Treble Choir Chair

Renee Celey

Treble Choir Co-Chair

Maria Wood

Mixed Choir Chair

Spencer Sonnerberg

ssonnenberg@willingtonct.org

Conductors

Concert Band

TBA

Orchestra

TBA

Treble Chorus

TBA

Jazz Ensemble

TBA

Mixed Chorus

TBA

Teacher’s Guide to CTFest Videos

CMEA Copyright Policy

CMEA expects all students participating in the audition process to abide by all copyright laws. Students must have an original piece of music, a digitally purchased copy w/receipt, a public domain copy, or perform from memory. With the exception of students performing from memory, students auditioning without an acceptable copy of music may be disqualified from festival participation.

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