CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Eastern Region High School Festival

FESTIVAL INFORMATION 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

FESTIVAL

Festival Date: 1/10/25 & 1/11/25

Festival Location: UCONN/E.O. Smith HS

Festival Fee: $25 (Postmarked by 12/20/24)

Festival Acceptance: 12/9/24

CONCERT

Concert Date:  1/11/25

Concert Time: 2 pm – Concert order will be Jazz Band, Mixed Choir, Band, Treble Choir, and Orchestra.

Concert Location: Jorgensen Theatre, UCONN, 2132 Hillside Road, Mansfield, CT

Ticket Price: $12

CLICK PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

CMEA CT FEST HEALTH REGISTRY

Instructions on accessing and completing the CMEA Health Form for HS, MS, Elementary Honors, and All-State Festivals.

DEADLINE TO COMPLETE THE HEALTH FORM: January 1, 2025

https://health.ctfest.net 


Parents/Guardians Instructions

  1. Click “New Here? Sign Up” to create an account
  2. Confirm email address
  3. If the student is 18+, the student may register themselves.
  4. From a drop-down box, choose the festival name and the school name, enter the FERPA CODE**, type in at least three letters of the student’s first or last name, and click the student when they appear.
  5. Complete all the fields and save the form. Forms can be edited during the registration process and after submission if needed. 
  6. Once parents/guardians submit the form, they will see the registered student’s name on the dashboard.
  7. Parents/guardians may use the same account if multiple children participating.

Health forms are available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi. Once logged in, you can choose a language at the top of the screen.

**Your child’s band or choir director will provide you with the FERPA Code for your child. Each child has a unique code that will needed to complete the form.

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.

Eastern Region Director

Justin Daly

Audition Site Host

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Audition Scheduler

Festival Chair

Riley George

Band Chair

Andrea Shabazian

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Noah Fields

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Olivia Black

Jazz Band Co-Chair

Tyler Langworthy

Jazz Band Co-Chair

Matt DeLassus

Orchestra Co-Chair

Susan Kohanski

skohanski@mpspride.org

Orchestra Co-Chair

Shannon Webster

swebster@eosmith.org

Treble Choir Co-Chair

Ethan Nash

Treble Chorus Co-Chair

Carina Rosa

Conductors

Concert Band

Lindsay Bronnenkant

Orchestra

Paul McShee

Mixed Chorus

Kevin Dibble

Treble Chorus

Carolina Flores

Craig Skeffington

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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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