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New Website Launches Tomorrow, Friday April 1st (No Joke!) | | |
We are happy to announce that our new website will launch tomorrow, Friday, April 1st at 9am.
Check it out http://hcd.hartford.edu and let us know what you think. |
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Featured Summer Program | | |
2011 Summer Vocal Institute: Musical Theater Intensive
 June 24 - July 2, 2011
SVI is an intensive, personalized performing arts program designed for students in grades 8-12, including those graduating this year. SVI provides rigorous training for singers, actors and dancers who want to take their vocal, dramatic and dance skills to the next level in a short time.
2011 Theme: REAL LIFE ON BROADWAY
Musical Vignettes Inspired by True Events
All participants will receive instruction in acting, arts integration, body work, dance and movement, solo and ensemble singing, stagework and vocal health.
Auditions
Sunday, April 3, 2011
3:00-9:00pm
Room 410
The Hartt School
University of Hartford
Saturday, April 16, 2011
12:30-5:30pm
Room 201
The Hartt School
University of Hartford
To schedule an audition email harttcomm@hartford.edu or call 860-768-4451.
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Dance News | | |
Dance Ensemble Concert, Saturday, April 30th
 This year's concert will feature students from the Junior and Senior Performance Ensembles from the Intensive Division of the Dance Department alongside students from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, The Hartt School's Collegiate Dance Division and members of Full Force Dance Theatre. The performance will be on Saturday, April 30th at 2pm at the Mandel Jewish Community Center (JCC), 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Tickets for the event are $10 General Seating ($5.00 JCC Members). Stop by the Dance Department to purchase your tickets or call (860) 768-6000 or email kilpatric@hartford.edu.
Facing the Future
Please note the Facing The Future Workshop has been canceled.
Full Force Dance Theatre Presents: 'Feast of Fools'
8pm Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd at the Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford.
Tickets are $20 general admission
$10 seniors and Lets Go Arts Members
$5 student tickets
Call (860) 249-1207 for reservations.
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Faculty & Student News | | |
Chopin's Life through Letters
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Chopin at 25, by Maria Wodzinska, 1835 |
HCD Suzuki Piano Coordinator Malgosia Lis has had a series of four articles "Chopin's Life through Letters" published in the American Suzuki Journal this year. The articles were written in celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Frederic Chopin's birthday. Malgosia celebrates her favorite composer and his period through exploration of letters to and from his family and close acquaintances. To make the articles available to a larger audience the Suzuki Association will print a separate publication. The cost: $12 including shipping and handling. If you are interested in ordering "Chopin's Life through Letters," please contact Malgosia Lis at SuzPiano@hartford.edu.
Congratulations to students of Malgosia Lis
Mrs. Lis would also like to congratulate three of her students who received prizes in the international Chopin Competition held in Hartford on March 4-6, 2011.
~ Ly Dang 2nd Place
~ Noah Yoon 3rd Place
~ Jenny Chen Honorable Mention.
Interharmony International Music Festival
 HCD Violin Faculty Member Mickey Reisman will be teaching at the Interharmony International Music Festival (session 2 August 2-14, 2011), held in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria. Open to middle and high school students, this two week experience will allow students to significantly develop their musical abilities, achieve artistic growth, elevate their professional training and network with fellow musicians. More info
Congratulations to Jackie Schober & Jay Kim
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Jackie Schober, horn |
Jackie Schober, horn student of Sue Spaulding, has been selected to participate in the Tanglewood Horn Workshop. This program is open by audition only, and is led by acclaimed horn player and teacher Eric Ruske.
Jay Kim, violin student of Mickey Reisman, has been selected to participate in the 2011 Tanglewood String Quartet Workshop and the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp.
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Upcoming Events | |
Hartt Symphony Orchestra
 Don't miss the Hartt Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday, April 1, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater. This concert of orchestral masterpieces is conducted by Edward Cumming. The Orchestra performs Brahms' Hungarian Dance no. 5; Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, featuring Hartt faculty member Christopher Ladd (pictured), guitar; and Le sacre du printemps by Stravinsky.
Admission is $20, with discounts available for seniors, students, and groups. Admission is free for Hartt Community Division students and University of Hartford students, faculty, and staff with current University ID.
More info
New York Woodwind Quintet
Come see the New York Woodwind Quintet on Thursday, April 7, 2011, at 7:30pm in Millard Auditorium in the final concert of the 2010-2011 Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series! Tickets are $30 with discounts for HCD students, seniors, educators, University of Hartford alumni, students, and groups. More info
J.S. Bach's Musical Offering
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Laura Mazza-Dixon, viola da gamba |
The Musical Club of Hartford presents a lecture and demonstration by Walter Mayo on the historical and musical significance of J.S. Bach's Musical Offering which will be illustrated with performances of canons, ricercares and the trio sonata from the same with Susan Allen and Michelle Davis, flute, Margaret Walker, violin, Laura Mazza-Dixon (pictured), viola da gamba, Anne Mayo, harpsichord, and Bridget de Moura Castro, organ.
Thursday, April 7th at 10am
Westminster Presbyterian Church
2080 Boulevard, West Hartford
More info
Benefit for Japan
 Please join us for a benefit concert for the victims of earthquake and Tsunami in Japan by players from the Hartford Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 9th, 6pm at Unitarian Meeting House located at 50 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT. All donations will go to the American Red Cross.
Tamila Azadaliyeva in Concert
 Come see Tamila Azadaliyeva, HCD piano faculty member, perform Bach's Concerto no. 1 in D minor with the Beth El Orchestra conducted by Joseph Ness on Sunday, April 10th at 7pm at Beth El Temple at 2626 Albany Avenue, West Hartford.
Tickets are $15, with $10 student tickets.
Children under 12 are free!
Musical Club of Hartford Recital Features Two HCD Alumni
The Musical Club of Hartford presents a piano quartet performance featuring two HCD Alumni and winners of the Musical Club's High School Competition scholarship recipients - Lily Francis (pictured) from West Hartford, viola, and Michael Haas from Windsor, cello, both of whom are Hartt Community Division Alumni. All four members of the quartet are graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Other members of the quartet are: Roman Rabinovich, piano, and Johannes Dickbauer, vi olin.
The group will be performing:
Brahms Piano Quartet in C minor and
Dvorak Piano Quartet in E-Flat.
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 10am
Westminster Presbyterian Church
2080 Boulevard, West Hartford
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| HCD Students: Have you been accepted to the Regional and/or All-State Festivals? Tell us! | | |
Every year more than 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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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: Bolero by Ravel
Correct answers to last week's Tune of the Week were submitted by: The Gedicks Family, Anthony DeQuattro, Richard Grayson, Maya Irizarry, Selah Kwak, Rosa Park, Seth Himmelhoch, Jessica Wong, Francois Nezwazky, Rose Lewis and Sam Porcello. |
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