CONNECTICUT MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

Southern Region Middle School Festival

Festival Information

Festival Date: March 8-9, 2024 (snow dates March 15-16, 2024)

Festival Location: Lincoln Middle School, Meriden, CT

Festival Acceptance: by January 19, 2024

Festival Fee: $35 (Postmarked by 2/16/24)

FamilyID completion: by February 23, 2024

Festival Participants must complete the required health form and contract through FamilyID by February 23, 2024. Parents or Guardians may access the forms by clicking on the button below.

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Performance Information

Concert Date: March 9, 2024

Concert Time:

1:00 PM – Jazz Band, Treble and Mixed Choirs
3:30 PM Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra

Concert Location:  Lincoln Middle School, Meriden, CT

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

Interim Southern Region Director

Brian Cyr

Festival Chair

TBD

Adjudication Co-Chair

Laura Traver

Adjudication Co-Chair

Jacquelynn Giammattei

Band Co-Chair

Kristen Morace

Band Co-Chair

Rachel Mekeel

rachel.mekeel@whschools.org

Orchestra Co-Chair

Jesse White

Orchestra Co-Chair

Lisa Zima

Mixed/Treble Choirs Chair

Linnea Bronson

Jazz Band Chair

Evan Gray

Conductors

Orchestra

TBA

Mixed Chorus

TBA

Treble Chorus

TBA

Concert Band

TBA

Jazz Ensemble

TBA

Flute Choir

TBA

World Drumming

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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