CMEA All State Festival

All information about the audition process and festival can be found on the CMEA website.

Important dates to remember for the All-State Festival

Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - Auditions at North Haven High School (snow date - Feb. 10th)

Thursday, April 4th - Saturday, April 6th - Festival Weekend at the CT Convention Center in Hartford.

CMEA Policies Regarding Students With A Disability 

It is the responsibility of the child’s music director to notify the Region Director of any modifications required for students who may have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 plan in anticipation of the CMEA sponsored Adjudication or Festival processes. Any request for modifications must be made 30 days prior to the said CMEA sponsored event. It is also the responsibility of the child’s school district to fund any costs incurred by such modifications. 

Special thanks to Jay Stevens at Foundry Music in New Haven, CT for verifying this repertoire information and availability. 

VOCAL REQUIREMENTS 

SCALES

Starting pitches for the required scales are notated below for each voice part.

Soprano – G and D; Tenor – G and D 

Alto – D and G; Bass – D and G 

Scales will be sung from memory in the following pattern, using either solfeggio or on a neutral syllable: M.M. quarter note = 92 

Audition Tracks

Scale & Arpeggio Prompt - D Major

Scale & Arpeggio Prompt - G Major

SIGHT-READING PROCEDURES 

The following procedures have been approved by the CMEA Student Affairs Commission. The following is designed to assist teachers in preparing students for this component of the adjudication as well as offering a systematic administration of this part of the adjudication. For Region and All State auditions pre-recorded vocal prompts are used and will be made available prior to the audition via the CMEA website. 

1. All singers will read the same single-line melody. 

2. Students may elect to sing the melody from either the bass or treble clef versions; both will be available. 

3. Singers may choose to sing solfege syllables, numbers, or any neutral syllable. Student’s score will not be affected by their choice. 

4. The example will be 8 measures long. 

5. The example selected will be in one of these major keys: C, G, D, F, Bb, Eb 

6. The example may utilize note/rest values from sixteenth through whole in value including dotted notes. 

7. The meter will be selected from: 3/4, 4/4, or 6/8 

8. The recording will provide the pitch “do” and a tempo of 76 BPM. 

9. The student will have 60 seconds to practice. During this time students may audiate, hum, or sing quietly to him/herself. Adjudicators will offer no prompts. 

10. Adjudication will be applied ONLY to the final version, NOT to the 60-second practice time. 

All-State Vocal Auditions Repertoire

• 2019-2020 - Gloria from "Harmoniemesse" by Josef Haydn

• 2020-2021 - Domini fili unigenite from "Gloria" by Antonio Vivaldi

• 2021-2022 - "How Lovely Are The Messengers" by Felix Mendelssohn

• 2022-2023 - "My Spirit Sang All Day" by Gerald Finzi