2025 Festival
June 12th–18th
June 12th–18th
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Connecticut Summerfest brings together talented emerging composers with some of the country's most inventive chamber music ensembles for a week-long festival of artistic exchange culminating in nine world premieres. The festival provides the Greater Hartford community with contemporary music concerts of the highest caliber through a nightly concert series featuring three ensembles-in-residence and brand-new pieces written by festival composition students. Connecticut Summerfest is proud to amplify voices of composers from historically underrepresented groups, specifically gender diverse composers and composers of color, through our Composition Program and concert programming.
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Connecticut Summerfest is a festival for composers, by composers! We foster fulfilling, sustainable artistic relationships and celebrate diverse composition styles, backgrounds, and perspectives. The Connecticut Summerfest Composition Program offers talented emerging composers meaningful collaborative experiences working one-on-one with our ensembles-in-residence and composition faculty. Each festival composer receives a live premiere of their newly composed piece by one of our three professional ensembles, as well as a high-quality multi-camera video in a dedicated recording session. Composers have the opportunity to realize their vision for this new work through a special consultation with our recording engineers, Kinsmen Sound Studio, prior to their recording session. Each new work is thoughtfully prepared through three dedicated rehearsals with each ensemble, and composers have the ability to collaborate with their ensemble throughout the compositional process. During Connecticut Summerfest, festival composers receive four private, 1-hour lessons with our renowned composition faculty. Composition seminars, guest lectures, and a presentation from our publishing partner, Just a Theory Press, provide composers with valuable feedback and industry expertise. Join our growing community of artists, composers, performers, and sound artists this season!
Connecticut Summerfest is proud to offer a free, live-streamed concert series as a part of our festival each year. Our Evening of Premieres is a night to showcase the diverse voices of our festival composers and is the capstone of months of hard work by our festival composers and ensembles-in-residence.
"Connecticut Summerfest 2023 was a game-changer for me both professionally and personally. We weren't just individual composers at a festival; we were a community of music-makers learning from each other. I went into CT Summerfest 2023 with a lot of imposter syndrome, but I left feeling confident, respected, and deeply proud of my unique compositional voice."
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Connecticut Summerfest's 10th anniversary season celebrates impactful organizations cultivating community in Connecticut! Each partner organization is paired with one of Connecticut Summerfest's three professional ensembles-in-residence. These local organizations' missions and programming will inspire our festival composers' new pieces of music which will debut at our free public Evening of Premieres concert. Our partnerships will inspire Connecticut Summerfest's concert audiences to visit these vital local organizations with a deeper appreciation for and understanding of their work in the community. Learn more about our 10th anniversary partners below.
