CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Southern Region High School Festival

Audition Information

Audition Date:  November 18, 2023 (snow date November 19)

Audition Location: Foran HS

Audition Fee:  $20 (payments MUST be postmarked by 10/28/23)

Audition registration closes on October 20, 2023. Late registrations will not be accepted under any circumstance. 

For Teachers: 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.

 

 

 

Festival Information

Festival Date:  January 19-20, 2024 (snow date, January 26-27, 2024)

Festival Location: Naugatuck HS

Festival Acceptance: by December 1, 2023

Festival Fee: $35 (Postmarked by 12/15/23)

FamilyID completion: by December 23, 2023

Festival Participants must complete the required health form and contract through FamilyID by March 1st. Parents or Guardians may access the forms by clicking on the button below.

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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

Southern Region Co-Director

Jaminda Blackmon

Southern Region Co-Director

Amber Cardinal

HS Audition Scheduler

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Audition Co-Chair

Jennifer Fatone

Audition Co-Chair

Emanuel Arboleda

emanuel.arboleda@naugatuck.k12.ct.us

Band Co-Chair

Geoffrey Brookes

Band Co-Chairs

Donata Luppacchino

donata.lupacchino@whschools.org

Mixed Choir Co-Chair

Erika Schroth

Mixed Choir Co-Chair

Kelly Jones

kjones@milforded.org

Treble Choir Chair

Stephanie Zak

zaks@mpsct.org

Jazz Ensemble Co-Chair

Matthew Chasen

mathew.chasen@nhps.net

Jazz Ensemble Co-Chair

Erik Elligers

eelligers@hopkins.edu

Orchestra Chair

Conductors

Concert Band

TBA

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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