There are many ways for you or your child to participate in instrumental ensembles with other Hartt School pre- and post-college musicians. Browse through the offerings below for more information:

• Orchestras

• Wind Ensembles

• Chamber Music

• Jazz and Popular Music Ensembles

• Percussion Ensembles

• Guitar Orchestra

• Small String Ensembles

CYS Concerto Competition

CYS Concerto Competition Guidelines

1. All Concerto competition forms must be submitted to the CYS Ensemble Manager.
2. Concerto must be approved by Dr. D’Addio before application is submitted and logged. He can be reached at daddio@hartford.edu.
3. Applicants must sign up for their audition by November 20, 2022.
4. Students are to audition with only one movement of their piece, but after the audition they may be invited to perform additional movements depending on concert programming and teacher agreement.
5. Students are required to have a collaborative pianist for the audition.
6. Students must provide their own collaborative pianist for the audition and manage all communication
   with them.
7. Students may audition only on the instrument they play in the Connecticut Youth Symphony. (Except pianists during piano year and vocalists/guitarists on vocal/guitar years)
8. Students must have the approval of their private teacher and must provide their private teacher's name and contact information if the lessons are not through the HCD.
9. Prior winners of the competition are ineligible to compete again in the competition.
10. Students must audition on no more than 8 minutes of music. Please notate alterations in the scores given to the adjudicators.
11. Students should bring 4 copies of their score for adjudicators, with the exception of pianists who should bring 2 copies.
12. The competition is open to pianists every other year. Piano students are not eligible to audition for the Concerto Competition this year. Pianists must be in grades 9-12, and they must study piano through the Hartt Community Division. Students may audition on piano and their CYS instrument during the same Concerto Competition year.
13. The competition is open to voice and guitar students in the alternate year of piano students. Voice and guitar students are eligible to audition for the Concerto Competition this year. Voice/guitar students must be in grades 9-12 and study voice/guitar at the Hartt Community Division.
14. The adjudication panel will be composed of four members including the CYS Director. Members of the panel are selected from outside of the organization and are based upon instrumentation in the competition. The CYS Director does not influence the selection of the competition winner.
15. The student’s teacher (or when not available, the student) will receive adjudicator comments from the audition via email from the Large Ensembles Coordinator.
16. The winner of the competition will be notified via phone within 24 hours of the completion of the final audition in the competition. Once the winner is contacted, an email will be sent to all auditionees.