About Fall Festival

October 14, 2023.

University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Our Fall Orchestra Festival is held annually. This fall, the festival will be held at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. This festival is open to any student in grades 9-12. Home-schooled students of the same age are also welcome to attend. Participation is open to any student who would like to attend, and is not limited to New Hampshire residents or the students of NHASTA members. During the festival day, high school string students participate in one of two orchestras directed by Dr. David Upham, the orchestra director and coordinator of string activities at the University of New Hampshire, and Ben Greene, music director of the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra.

Registration

The registration forms for Fall Festival 2023 are below.

FOR STUDENTS and PARENTS

Students and Parents: If you would like to learn more about the Fall Orchestra Festival, please download and read the following document: Fall Festival_Student Family Info 2023

The following is the document that must be completed and turned in to your teacher. It contains both the Student Registration Form and a required Emergency/Medical Release Form. The 2022 form is linked below. Fall Festival_Student Registration and Emergency Form 2023

A Festival Registration fee of $25 is required. Please refer to you teacher’s instructions regarding payment of this fee.

PLEASE NOTE: Student participation in the festival is exclusively through teacher recommendation. Direct student applications will not be accepted.

FOR TEACHERS

To learn how to register your students for the festival, please download and read the following document: Fall Festival_Teacher Info and Checklist 2023

If you have questions after reading the Teacher Information and Checklist, please contact the festival organizer: David.Upham@unh.edu 

Briefly, the recommendation process includes the following steps:

1) Identify students you’d like to recommend, and distribute copies of the Student and Family Information letter found here: Fall Festival_Student Family Info 2023

2) Gather the following, required forms from students: Fall Festival_Student Registration and Emergency Form 2023

3) Gather a $25 registration fee from each student. Checks must be made payable to “NHASTA”. You may send individual student checks, or gather them into a single payment.

4) When you have all the student forms and payments, complete your recommendations online.

     - Recommending Teacher Survey (complete ONLY ONCE): https://forms.gle/7spU9hn5xxucuzbb8 

     - Student Recommendation Form (repeat as needed): https://forms.gle/k5JqqET4JgxsGSY98 

5) Send all registration forms and payment to the festival organizer.

Dr. David Upham

Music Department, PCAC

30 Academic Way

Durham, NH 03824

6) Once the orchestras are formed, you will receive an email notifying you of your students’ placement in either the Chamber or Festival Orchestra. Distribute the music and help them prepare!

PLEASE NOTE: With rare exceptions, freshman students are placed in the Festival Orchestra.