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We are proud to announce the Piano Honors Scholarship winners.
Ethan Wu, piano student of Sima Brodsky, is the winner of the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship I. This award is given to the
student with the best performance at the Senior Piano Honors Auditions and the awards includes a scholarship of $1750 towards HCD Private Lessons.
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Ethan Wu, Hilary Respass and Justin He |
 Conan Xiao (right), a piano student of Maggie Francis, is the second place winner of the Evelyn Bonar Storrs scholarship. The award includes a scholarship of $750 towards HCD Private Lesosns.
Mary Pan (left), also a piano student of Maggie Francis, is the winner of the Jeffrey Quinn Morrison Memorial Prize, awarded to the best performance by a Senior at the Piano Honors Auditions.
Justin He (pictured above with Ethan Wu and Hilary Respass), a piano student of Tamila Humphreys, is the winner of the Watson Morrison Piano Scholarship which is awarded to the best performance by a middle school student at the Piano Honors Auditions. The award is a scholarship for private lessons at the Hartt Community Division in the amount of $250.
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Malgosia Lis with Piano Honors Participants Jenny Chen and Kirsten Mossberg |
Congratulations to all of the Piano Honors Participants:
Giulia Bambara, Alison Boghosian, Jenny Chen, Mingji Chen, Ly Dang, Michaela Esteban, Miguel Esteban, Nancy Fu, Nicholas Goldbach, Andrew Hannau, Jessica He, Justin He, Stephanie Hua, Christine Huang, Jonathan Joo, Natalia Kosyakova, Stefanie Ma, Kirsten Mossberg, Isabel Nip, Siobhan O'Neil, Jason Ott, Anna Pan, Mary Pan, David Park, Ethan Wu, Conan Xiao, Kevin Xiao, Elaine Yao, Jane Yu.
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| HCD Students: Have you been accepted to the Regional &/or All-State Festivals? Tell us!! | | |
Every year over 100 Hartt Community Division students are accepted to the CMEA's Regional or All-State Music Festivals. We will publish the list of HCD Students (as complete as possible!) after the All-State Festival, April 7-10th.
Submit your information online today!
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| From the Studio of Anne Kan, piano | |
Dr. Frank Davidoff, piano student of Anne Kan, has published an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled " Music Lessons: What Musicians Can Teach Doctors (and Other Health Professionals)." As a supplement to the article, Frank also performs the Prelude and Fugue in E Major, from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. For more information on the article, click here.
Faculty pianist Anne Kan and violinist Yen Yu will be performing in a duo recital at Zimmerli Art Musuem (Rutgers University) on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 3 p.m. Program includes works by Beethoven, Dvorak, Kreisler and Korngold. More info. |
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Hope, Faith, Life, Love - a collaborative choral concert
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Join us for a collaborative Choral Concert featuring:
Celesti Sondato
(HCD Adult Chamber Choir),
the Shoreline Chorale and
The New England Girls' Choir
presenting Faure's Requiem with orchestra and other stunning selections featuring soloists Nancy Andersen, soprano and Joseph Baker, baritone.
Performances:
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 7:30 pm
Center Church - First Church of Christ
60 Gold Street, Hartford, CT
Admission - $10 per person
All proceeds from the Hartford performance benefit the Fund For Access, The Hartt School Community Division's need-based financial aid program.
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 4:00 pm
Saint George Catholic Church
33 Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT
Suggested Donation - $20 per person
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2011-12 Audition Day Festival
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Hartt Community Division
Audition Day Festival
All Instruments & Vocalists:
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Violinists also scheduled:
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Home of the Connecticut Children's Chorus, Connecticut Youth Symphony, Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble and many others, Hartt boasts our region's best youth performing ensembles.
The Audition Day Festival at The Hartt School Community Division, University of Hartford, draws students from around the state and southern Massachusetts to audition for placement in our youth music ensembles for the upcoming academic school year, September 2011 through June 2012.
Instrumentalists in grades 6 - 12 and vocalists in grades 1-12 flock to the University of Hartford campus for this opportunity.
Instrumental Ensemble Auditions are held in June only. Those who audition in June will be notified of acceptance within 1 week of their audition. CCC auditions will be offered again in September for the coming school year.
For more information about our school or the audition festival, feel free to contact us at harttcomm@hartford.edu or 860.768.4451.
Audition Logistics: http://hcd.hartford.edu/Information/AuditionLogistics.htm
Audition Guidelines:
http://hcd.hartford.edu/Information/AuditionGuidelines.htm
Schedule an Audition:
http://hcd.hartford.edu/Information/AuditionSchedule.htm
Audition FAQs:
http://hcd.hartford.edu/Information/AuditionsFAQ.htm
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| Dance News | |
 | | Hartt Dancers ~ Photo by John Lang |
Join us for a one-day workshop for high school dance students who are considering a college career in dance.
Sunday, April 3, 9:00am - 4:00pm
at
Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center
35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford, CT 06112
If you are passionate about continuing your pursuit of dance after high school, at college or in some capacity, this one-day workshop will:
- give you the experience of an audition class
- help you to understand the differences between college dance programs
- provide you with the skills of crafting an excellent dance resume, preparing your audition piece and video, and conducting yourself in an interview.
This workshop is ideally suited for high school sophomores and juniors with previous dance experience, and their parents and teachers.
Download the application form. Forms can be left in Jill Pasanen (Henderson)'s mailbox in the HCD Dance Department Office at the HPAC.
Deadline for applications: March 26, 2011
The Hartt School Dance Division, University of Hartford
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| Faculty News | | |
We would like to congratulate the following faculty members who have received grant awards through our Faculty Development Fund. Each of these faculty members submitted applications for consideration for partial funding of their projects, and the committee consisting of school directors and department chairs was very pleased with their commitment toward furthering their education.
- Adam Berkowitz, Clarinet Faculty, ClarinetFest 2011 Annual Convention Presenter
- Sheri Brown, Saxophone Faculty, North American Saxophone Alliance Conference
- Sal Cicciarella, Choral Faculty, American Choral Director's Association Conference
- Jillian Ducharme, Dance Faculty, Vaganova Classical Variations Teacher Seminar
- Teri Einfeldt, Suzuki Violin Faculty, American String Teacher's Association Conference Presenter
- Leslie Frye Maitta, Dance Faculty, American Dance Festival
- Yovianna Garcia, Guitar Faculty, Guitar Foundation of America Convention
- Windsor Johnson, Suzuki Piano Faculty, Suzuki Principals in Action course
- Barbara Johnson, Suzuki Piano Faculty, Suzuki Principals in Action course
- Phoenix Matarazzo, Dance Faculty, American Academy of Ballet Teacher Intensive
- Donna Menhart, Performer's Certificate Program Faculty, Connecticut Music Educators Association Conference Presenter
- Giovanna Pavanello, Dance Faculty, American Academy of Ballet Teacher Intensive
- Jack Pott, Voice Faculty, American Choral Director's Association Conference
- Pi-Hsun Shih, Piano Faculty, Kelet Duo Music Recording
- Katalin Viszmeg, Violin Faculty, Kelet Duo Music Recording
- Ruriko Wheeler, Piano Faculty, Exploring Jazz Improvisation course
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Upcoming Events
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11th Annual Women Composers Concert
Come out to see Hartt Community Division Voice Faculty & Guest Artists perform in the 11th Annual Women Composer's Concert on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5pm in Berkman Recital Hall. This concert is free and open to the public.
Featuring: Nancy Andersen, Susan Mardinly and Sarah Comfort-Reed (sopranos), Mezzo-Soprano Adrienne Milics, Tenor Jack Pott & Bass Jason Stammen.
The concert will include music by women composers Libby Larsen, Hartt Alum Gwyneth Walker, Clara Schumann and Sarah Meneely-Kyder as well as the 2011 VOCAL SCORE CALL WINNERS: Dale Trumbore and Beth Anderson.
The Connecticut Doctors Orchestra
The Connecticut Doctors Orchestra will be presenting a benefit concert Sunday, March 27th at 3pm. The concert will include appearances by The First Church of Christ Women's Praise Choir, Simsbury High School's men's and women's a capella groups, and Ethel Walker School's a cappella group "The Grapes".
Free-will donations will be accepted for the purpose of completion of the construction of a health clinic and the provision of bed nets in the village of Bawa, Cameroon.
Sunday, March 27th
3:00PM
The Ethel Walker School
230 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury, CT 06070
Admission to the concert is free
Established in November 2008, The Connecticut Doctors' Orchestra (www.thecdo.com) is comprised of a group of health care and medical science professionals who love music and wish to share music with the community. The members are physicians, nurses, biomedical scientists, and medical and dental students making it one of the nation's few string orchestras whose musicians work in the health field. The CDO's conductor is Eric Dahlin (HCD Cello Faculty) and the music director is Melinda Daetsch (HCD Suzuki Viola & Viola Faculty).
Korean Cultural Day
The Korean Language and Cultural Education Institute is hosting The 2nd Annual Korean Cultural Day event on Saturday, March 26 at Trinity College featuring Korean crafts, performances and food. For more information, visit:
http://event.klcei.org/
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Tune of the Week | | |
Do you know the Tune of the Week?
This week's tune:
If you know this week's tune, send your answer, name and email address to harttcomm@hartford.edu. Please put "TUNE OF THE WEEK" in the subject line of the email.
Prizes will be awarded: lollipops or erasers for each correct answer. Get 5 right and win 2 tickets to a Hartt performance.
Last Week's Tune of the Week was: Take 5 - Paul Desmond
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