Annual Art Contest

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is kicking off their 2026-2027 season by asking for submissions to its annual Art Contest! The artwork will be used on the covers of Program Notes for Kids, which are written for kids to read during our New Haven Series concerts. Winners and their families will receive free tickets to the concert on which their artwork is featured.

Your artwork can be of anything you like! You can draw the orchestra and its musicians, your favorite instruments, how music makes you feel, great composers, or any type of abstract artwork!

• Contest is open to PreK – 12 graders from across Connecticut

• Submissions should be drawn on 8.5 x 11” blank paper

• Submissions can be in Black and White or in Color

• There is no limit to the amount of submissions a student may make

• On the back of each submission, please write your name, age, grade, school, and either an e-mail address or phone number where we may contact you.

• Submissions can be scanned/e-mailed to Education@NewHavenSymphony.org

• All submissions should be received at the NHSO office by Friday, September 11, 2026 at 5pm. Winners will be notified by Monday, September 21. 

The 2024 Annual Art Contest was a huge success! We had submissions from all grade levels, all across the state. The eight lucky winners were:

Priya Kim, Grade 8, Hamden Middle School

Almanzo Abraham, Grade 3, Edgewood School in New Haven

 

Marco Blakeslee, Grade 6, St. Lawrence School in West Haven

 

Matthew Kodjo, Grade 6, St. Lawrence School in West Haven

Lucy Jiang, Grade 5, Beecher Road School in Woodbridge

 

Ava Freeman, Grade 6, St. Lawrence School in West Haven

 

Anna Laganovska, Grade 7, Amity Middle School-Orange

Sela Domkofski, Grade 10, Bethel High School

Take a look at all of this year’s amazing entries below:

Take a look at 2018’s entries: