2024 Festival

Our 2024 was held on Friday & Saturday, March 1st & 2nd at Central Connecticut State University’s Founders Hall in New Britain, Connecticut.

The annual Festival is accessible for all those with mobility, visual, and/or hearing impairments.

In case of an emergency, people with mobility devices will be escorted from the premises ahead of the general public.  Emergency signs and instructions will be utilized, along with audio announcements, to be certain that the message reaches all those with vision or hearing impairments.

Festival events included a Music MarathonScholarly SymposiumEmerging Composers Workshop, and the culminating Feature Concert with Ensemble-in-Residence Balance Campaign, Composer-in-Residence Kirsten Volness, and the winners of our international Call for Scores (Geli Li, Judith Lang Zaimont, and Yuting Tan).

Festival Schedule:

Friday, March 1st, 2023:
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Virtual Music Marathon & Scholarly Symposium
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Composition Auditors’ Workshop
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Composition Workshop

Saturday, March 2nd, 2023:
10:00 am – 4:30 pm, Music Marathon
5:30 pm, Reception
7:00 pm, Feature Concert with Balance Campaign



Festival Sponsor:
Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation

Festival Sponsor:
Connecticut Office of the Arts

Feature Concert Sponsor:
The Richard P. Garmany Fund
at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Workshop Sponsor:
NBT Bank


Participants: