ABOUT
Connecticut Summerfest
Our 2023 Festival will take place from June 8th–14th, 2023
at The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut
at The Hartt School in West Hartford, Connecticut
Learn more about our 2023 ensembles-in-residence and composition faculty!
Interested in applying as a festival composer to our Composition Program? Read our Application Guidelines and watch our Season 8 promo video.
Interested in applying as a festival composer to our Composition Program? Read our Application Guidelines and watch our Season 8 promo video.
Mission Statement
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.
Connecticut Summerfest, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Connecticut Summerfest, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Location
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During in-person festival seasons, Connecticut Summerfest is honored to utilize the world-class performance and recording facilities at The Hartt School in West Hartford, CT! The festival will host its seminars and guest speakers in quality classrooms in the Alfred C. Fuller Music Center. Concerts and recording sessions will take place in Berkman Recital Hall, an outstanding venue for chamber music.
Akropolis Reed Quintet during recording sessions in Berkman Recital Hall with Brandon Keogan and Will Jones
(Recording Engineers, Kinsmen Sound Studio)
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Participants of Connecticut Summerfest will be housed in Hawk Hall on the University of Hartford campus for the duration of the festival (during in-person festival seasons). Hawk Hall is a modern dormitory that not only provides sleeping space, but also study rooms and casual hangout areas. All meals will be provided to participants throughout the festival.
Hawk Hall, University of Hartford
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Connecticut Summerfest extends our thanks to The Hartt School for their support during our in-person festival seasons.