CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Eastern Region High School Festival

Audition Information

Auditions for region festivals during the 2021-22 school year will be held virtually through the CTFest Audition platform which will open for teachers in August. 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.

Though region auditions are once again virtual, CMEA is planning to hold the region festivals in-person and also, hold the All-State auditions in- person.

Audition Registration closes November 5, 2021 **
Last Day to upload videos is November 13, 2021
Audition Fee: $18 (Postmarked by 11/13/21)

**Late registrations will not be accepted under any circumstance. Audition registration closes November 5, however teachers may continue to upload videos past that date for previously registered students until November 13th.

Festival Information

THE ERHS FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Unfortunately, a new facility and/or date has not been possible to secure.

  • Ticket purchases will be fully refunded before the end of January.
  • Student festival fees will be refunded and mailed to the sponsoring school. Please allow 6 weeks.
  • Students selected for the region festival are still eligible to audition for All-State.

January 7-8, 2022 (snow dates 1/14-15)

Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Windham, CT 06226

BUY CONCERT TICKETS East HS

Ticket Information  General Admission $12.

Due to space limitations during the pandemic:

  • Each ensemble will have it’s own concert.
  • In-person seating is limited, two tickets per student.
  • A live-stream ticket option is available.
  • Payment is by credit card only.
  • No tickets will be sold at the door.

Concert Times
Band 12:30 pm
Orchestra 1:20 pm
Jazz 2:30 pm
Mixed Choir 3:30 pm
Treble Choir 4:15 pm

Festival Acceptance by December 8, 2021
Festival Fee: $35  (Postmarked by 12/22/21)

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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Download FamilyID Registration Instructions and Support Information

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

Patricia O’Sullivan

eastern-region@cmea.org

Audition Site Host

Keith Berry

b11kberr@mpspride.org

HS Audition Scheduler

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audition-scheduler@cmea.org

Festival Co-Chair

Kacey Howard

howardk@glastonburyus.org

Festival Co-Chair

Haley Schmidt

hschmidt@windham.k12.ct.us

Orchestra Chair

Nola Campbell

campbelln@glastonburyus.org

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Brian Stevenson

StevensonB@plainfieldschools.org

Mixed Chorus Co-Chair

Noah Fields

nfields@tolland.k12.ct.us

Jazz Chair

Austin Schmidt

aschmidt@montvilleschools.org

Band Co-Chair

Bethany Dauphinais

bdauphinais@parishhill.org

Band Co-Chair

Jessica Wolf

jessica.wolf@somers.k12.ct.us

Treble Choir Co-Chair

Michael Carnaroli

mcarnaroli@killinglyschools.org

Treble Chorus Co-Chair

Christopher Dollar

c.dollar@fischool.com

Conductors

Concert Band

Kelly Watkins

Orchestra

Nadezda Potemkina

Mixed Chorus

David Belles

Treble Chorus

Christine Noel

Jazz Ensemble

James Greene Jr.

Forms / Links

Festival Info & Policies for Students

Student Festival Contract

Student Health Form

School Association Fee Invoice

CMEA Music Library

Program and Conductor Archives
AUDITION MATERIALS

HS Audition Repertoire

Video & Scale Requirements

Virtual Audition Tips Video

Region Vocal Audition Recordings

Vocal Scale, Arpeggio and SR Prompts

AS Vocal Audition MMO Recordings

All-State Video and Scale Requirements

HS Scoresheets & Rubrics

Steps to Choral Literacy

CTFest.net

About CTFest Access
TEACHER MATERIALS

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Teacher’s Guide to CTFest Videos

Teacher’s Guide Part One pdf version

Teacher’s Guide Part Two pdf version

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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