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Bass Craig Hart joins HCD Vocal Faculty | | |
 We are pleased to welcome Mr. Craig Hart to our voice faculty. He will share with our students not only his vocal expertise but also his experience as an opera singer with an active and exciting career.
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 Craig Hart embodies that rare combination of a performer and a teacher with a dedication to mentoring young singers. Even with a busy and successful career as an operatic bass that has spanned the globe from Palm Springs, California, to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he has always made time to coach other operatic hopefuls.
Mr. Hartt currently has openings for new students on Wednesdays at Hartt and Fridays in our Simsbury location. Contact Jill Burnham, HCD Administrative Secretary at jburnham@hartford.edu or 860-768-5772 to discuss placement.
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Congratulations to CT Men's Chorus | | |
The Hartt Community Division's Connecticut Children's Chorus (CCC) Connecticut Men's Choir has received an invitation from the Massachusetts Music Educator's Association (MMEA) to sing a featured concert at this year's annual conference. The CCC Men's Choir was chosen by an MMEA committee to present a workshop and performance demonstrating the choirs' ability to perform varied literature for men's voices. This is one of the biggest honors a performing ensemble can receive in the state. The choir will give a 45-minute performance during the MMEA conference, which will be held March 25, 2011 at the Seaport Convention Center in Boston.
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No HCD Activities Today & Tomorrow at Hartt or Handel Performing Arts Center | | |
Please note there will be no HCD activities at The Hartt School or the Handel Performing Arts Center today, Friday, February 18th & tomorrow, Saturday, February 19th due to The Hartt School's College Audition Festival.
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Notes for Suzuki String and Guitar Students | | |
Suzuki Violin, Viola & Cello Students:
Please note that there are no Suzuki group classes or orchestras Feb 19 - 24. There are group classes and orchestras on the 26th.
Suzuki Guitar Students: Guitar groups will be meeting on February 19th in the Children's Reading Room, as normally scheduled. Please note that Suzuki Guitars will not meet on February 21st and 26th.
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Performer's Certificate Program Enrollment, Fall 2011 | | |
Donna Menhart, Coordinator for the Performer's Certificate Program, would like to remind faculty, students and parents that Fall 2011 enrollment begins with students that have successfully auditioned for the HCD Honors Recitals held during the spring 2011 semester.
Students entering 10th and 11th grades in Fall 2011 are automatically invited to enter the program if they have been
accepted to perform on these spring honors recitals, and will receive a letter from the coordinator during the month of May. Once formally invited via letter, each student must submit acceptance into the program in writing to the Coordinator by May 28, 2011. After the performance criteria are met, enrollment is based on a first-come-first served basis. If there is room in the class after the initial invitation and acceptance process, students outside the Community Division are invited to audition at The Hartt School, either on Audition Day June 5, 2011, or at a separate audition arranged by the coordinator. Present at the audition will be a department representative, the Program Coordinator, and in some instances, the Director of the Community Division. Audition expectations are the same as the Honors Recital Audition requirements. Please consult the department chair for clarification concerning audition materials. Class enrollment is determined by July 1, 2011.
As the season for Honors Recitals approaches, please consider this information and learn more about this highly regarded college-preparatory program for gifted high school musicians. For more specific information on the Performer's Certificate Program, please contact Donna Menhart via email at menhart@hartford.edu or 768-4120, or you can visit the Hartt
Community Division website.
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| News for Dance Students | | |
Reminder: NO DANCE CLASSES THIS SATURDAY, FEB. 19th
MAKE UP DAYS
You can always make up a class on another day at the same or lower level. Please ask the receptionist for a make up slip. No reservation necessary.
NEW! Dance Warm Up Suits Now Available!
 Now taking orders in HCD Dance Office at the Handel Center. These beautifully embroidered warm ups will be available to try on and order in the office. Please see the Virtual Dance Bag for further information. They make great gift items! Portions of the proceeds will go towards the HCD Parent Boosters projects, which support department activities. Thanks to Laura Krementowski for all her help.
Performance Ensembles
Just added: Important Message on "Save the Dates."
Please check the Virtual Dance Bag for the most
up-to-date performance ensemble rehearsal schedule. Schedules are also posted on the Bulletin Board outside the HCD Dance office.
Reminder: No Performance Ensemble Rehearsals Saturday, February 19th.
If you have any questions, please contact Dance Program Manager Melissa Lenge at mlenge@hartford.edu.
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Upcoming HCD Events & Programs | | |
Connecticut Children's Chorus: CT Men's Choir, Canticum Choir and Concert Choir
Sunday, March 6, 2011, 2:30PM (Time has been changed!)
Immanuel Congregation Church
Link: http://harttweb.hartford.edu/events/details.aspx?sid=23026
Suzuki String Workshop Master Classes (for HCD students only)
Friday, March 11, 2011, Times TBA
Fuller Music Center, Room TBA
Registration and teacher recommendation required.
Cost: Books 2-5 $35.00, Books 6+ $50
Reg Form & Info
These Masterclasses are available to HCD students by teacher recommendation.
Suzuki String Workshop
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 11:15 am - 4:15 pm for Book 1 students, 10:15 am - 4:15 pm for Book 2+ students
Fuller Music Center, Rooms TBA
Registration required.
Registration deadline: February 25, 2011
Cost: $85.00
Reg Form & Info
The workshop is for violin, viola and cello students only. Please join us for a day of intensive instruction, motivation, and fun. We have invited some of the most creative clinicians in North America to work with our area Suzuki students.
Senior String Honors Recital
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 7:00 pm
Berkman Recital Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Junior String Honors Recital
Sunday, March 13, 6:00 pm
Duncaster Retirement Community
Free and Open to the Public
Early Music Classes with Laura Mazza-Dixon
 We are offering 3 Early Music Classes with Laura Mazza-Dixon this spring.
Viola da Gamba Class
The viola da gamba is an instrument with six strings, tuned in fourths, like a lute or a guitar, seven tied-on frets, and is played with a bow held with the hand underneath the stick and the fingers on bow hair, which is under less tension than a modern bow. It was popular from the 1500's through the 1700's and came in several sizes: treble, alto, tenor, bass and the violone, which is the ancestor of the modern double bass.
Gamba is the Italian word for leg, and all sizes of the viol (as it is known in English) were played together in "consorts of viols," with a repertoire which reached its height in the Jacobean period, just following the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the Baroque period the bass viol remained in use as a solo and a continuo instrument. More information is available at the website for the Viola da Gamba Society of America website at www.vsgsa.org. A 12-week session open to beginning and intermediate viola da gamba players is being offered from March to May. Focus will be on producing a beautiful sound, refining bow technique and developing sightreading skills. Instruments will be available to rent.
Program Fee: $190
For more information contact Laura Mazza-Dixon at mazdxn@aol.com.
Baroque Trio Sonata class
Explore trio sonatas by Bach, Corelli and their contemporaries. Open to intermediate/ advanced players of keyboard, cello, classical guitar, viola da gamba, flute, recorder, violin, and viola. Audition required.
Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 pm in Room 107
March 3-May 26, 2011
Program Fee: $190
Early Music Ensemble
The 12-week spring session of the Early Music Ensemble will explore the Chaconne form from its Spanish origins in the late 16th century through the early 18th century. Open to intermediate/ advanced players of keyboard, cello, classical guitar, viola da gamba, flute, recorder, violin and viola.
Thursdays from 6:00-7:30 pm in Room 107
March 3-May 26, 2011
Program Fee: $150
For more information about any of these programs, please
contact Laura Mazza-Dixon at mazdxn@aol.com.
Adult Programs & Workshops Registration Form is available on our website. |
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Auditions for the 2011 David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar | | |
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Al fresco Chamber Coaching with members of the Fry Street Quartet |
Hartford auditions for the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar are coming up on February 26 & 27!
Contact Diane Slone via email at slone@hartford.edu to schedule an audition.
The 2011 David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar,
will be held July 29 - August 7, 2011.
Housed on the campus of the University of Hartford, the David Einfeldt Chamber Music Seminar provides advanced high school string players the opportunity to experience an exceptionally high quality and intensity of musical experience in a short time.
For detailed information about the 2011 DECMS program please visit our website at: http://hcd.hartford.edu/music/DECMS.htm
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| Upcoming Faculty Performances | | |
Kelet Duo performs in Westport
 The Kelet Duo, featuring HCD Faculty members Pi-Hsuh Shih (piano) and Katalin Viszmeg (violin) will be performring at the Westport Library on Sunday, February 20th at 2pm.
Westport Library
Arnold Bernard Plaza
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
Free admission
The program includes music from Much Ado About Nothing, and music from motion pictures:
Amanti senza amore (Prelude to Madness)
The Hours
Schindler's List
Modern Times
West Side Story
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