CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Eastern Region High School Festival

Festival Acceptance by December 1, 2023
Festival Fee: $35  (Postmarked by 12/22/23)

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

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Band – Kelly Watkins, ECSU
Orchestra – Nadya Potemkina, Weselyan
Jazz Band – Jamie Begian, WCSU
Mixed Choir – Dr. David Belles, ECSU
Treble Choir – Dr. Christine Howlett, Vassar

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.

Audition Information

Auditions will be on 11/18/23

Audition Site: East Lyme High School

A completed school association fee (SAF) form and payment must be received, and teachers’ individual CMEA/NAfME memberships must be current in order to register students for auditions.

Audition Registration closes October 20, 2023 **
Audition Fee: $18 (Postmarked by 10/28/23)

**Late registrations will not be accepted under any circumstance. Audition registration closes October 20th,

Festival Information

Other Information

Festival Acceptance by 12/1/23

Festival Payments Postmarked by 12/15/23

Festival Dates – 1/5/24-1/6/24 (snow dates 1/12-1/13)

Festival Site – UConn (Storrs)

Festival Fee – $25

Festival Participants must complete the required health form and contract through FamilyID. Parents or Guardians may access the  forms by clicking on the button below. Please complete this by December 23rd.

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Committee Members

Eastern Region Director

Patti DeSorbo

Audition Site Host

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HS Audition Scheduler

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Festival Co-Chair

Kacey Howard

Festival Co-Chair

Haley Schmidt

Orchestra Chair

Nola Campbell

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Noah Fields

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Vacant

Jazz Chair

Austin Schmidt

Band Co-Chair

Greg Hoyt

Treble Choir Co-Chair

Ethan Nash

Treble Chorus Co-Chair

Vacant

Conductors

Concert Band

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Orchestra

TBA

Mixed Chorus

TBA

Treble Chorus

TBA

Jazz Ensemble

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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