Home of the Connecticut Children's Chorus, Connecticut Youth Symphony, Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble and many others, Hartt boats our region's best youth performing ensembles around. Come join us for an audition and/or open house and see for yourself why Hartt has something for everyone!

The Audition Day Festival at The Hartt School Community Division, University of Hartford, is primarily held to audition students from around the state, including southern Massachusetts,  to join our youth music ensembles for the upcoming academic school year, September 2009 through June 2010.  Students in grades 6 through 12 come to the campus at the University of Hartford to perform in front of a judge(s).

Auditions are held in June and the following September.  Those who audition in June will be notified of acceptance by the following Monday.  Shortly thereafter, those who were accepted will be sent literature excerpts to be polished over the summer.  Early in September 2009, on the first rehearsal for each respective ensemble, we will hold placement auditions where students will be placed into parts and seats within their ensemble as determined by their performance of the specified excerpt taken from the repertoire to be performed that year (Concert Winds will not require a seating audition).  Those who audition in June will have a seating advantage over students who take their full audition in September.

For students who audition only in September, they will take a complete audition including all requirements from both the June and September auditions.  Those requirements include a solo of their choice, scales, sight-reading, and the musical excerpt for their respective seating audition. 

For more information about our school, the audition festival or our open house, feel free to contact us at harttcomm@hartford.edu or 860.768.4451.