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Audition Day Wrap-Up
The 2011 HCD Audition Day, held on Sunday, June 5th, was a rousing success, more than 400 students auditioning for HCD choral ensembles and instrumental ensembles for the 2011-12 school year!
Audition results will be emailed to most students by the end of the day today, Friday, June 10th. Remember to add audition@hartford.edu to your email address book, so that we can get through your SPAM filter. If you have not received your results by Monday, June 13th, please email us at harttcomm@hartford.edu or call 860-768-4451 to receive your results.
A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to The Sunde Family, and the members of the HCD Advisory Board for providing a delicious and festive feast for the adjudicators, faculty and staff who worked tirelessly throughout the day. |
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Join us at Celebrate! West Hartford
Join us this weekend at
June 11 and 12, 2011
West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford's 25th Annual Celebration
Free Admission - Rain or Shine
The Hartt School Community Division and People's United Bank will be
sharing a booth at Celebrate! West Hartford. Stop by to enter a drawing for:
We hope to see you there!!
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Suzuki News
Suzuki Leadership Retreat in Dallas, Texas
They participated in lectures, demonstrations and discussions. All were presenters as well.
Suzuki Association published a book by Malgosia Lis "The Life and Letters of Frederic Chopin".
The book started as a four-part series of articles originally published in the American Suzuki Journal. The 41-page book features many color photographs as well as original translations of Chopin's letters by the author.
To order, please visit the website:
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Faculty & Student News
HCD Trio Wins the 1st Annual Rayburn Chamber Music Competition
Congratulations to the winners of the
1st Annual Rayburn Chamber Music Compeition:
The Pernambuco Trio coached by Jessica Meyer
Noah Boden (violin), Gunnar Moll (viola), Stephen Zaksewicz(cello)
The final round of the compeition was held on Monday, June 6th at the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, CT.
Congratulations are also in order for the other four Hartt Community Division Finalists:
Piano Quintet coached by Susan Robison
Shreya Sachdev, Ian Sunde, Minori Hashimoto, Alex Kinstler, Paul Tine
Trio Celeste coached by Jessica Meyer
Selah Kwak, Maggie Klucznik, Laura Cohen
Piano Quartet coached Eric Dahlin
Matthew Hannau, Luke Piscitelli, David Olsen & Andrew Hannau
Piano Quintet coached by Jarek Lis
Andrew Sunde, Jacob Caruk, Ethan Tu, Russell Jones, Jonathan Joo
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This competition was sponsored by Rayburn Music.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Playhouse on Park
 Playhouse on Park's production of the delightful family musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown runs June 15 through 26, and features Hartt Music Theatre alumna Lindsay Adkins (pictured) as Lucy. Hartt alumnus and Community Division faculty member Emmett Drake serves as music director, as well as HCD dance and vocal student Dante Jeanfelix.
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News from the Dance Department
All HCD Dance Parents are encouraged to check the Virtual Dance Bag for updated costume fitting schedules and class schedules.
Important Spring Festival Schedule Changes:
Levels A - C
ˇ Monday, June 13th - There is NO Warmup for levels A-C
Students should arrive at the PAC (Performing Arts Center) at 5:30pm
Levels A & B
ˇ Tuesday, June 14th - Only those student's in the Junior Ensemble Piece 'Czardas' attend rehearsal at the Millard Auditorium. Call time is 5:30pm. Rehearsal should be finished by 6:30pm.
Junior Ensemble
ˇ Thursday, June 16th Call Time 5:30pm
ˇ Friday, June 17th Call Time 5:30pm
ˇ Saturday, June 18th Call Time 5:30pm
ˇ Sunday, June 19th Call Time 1:00pm
Spring Festival: June 18 and 19th! 
Performances:
Saturday, June 18th at 7pm
Sunday, June 19th at 2pm
Millard Auditorium
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford
Tickets:
$30 Limited Premium Seating
$20.00 Adults
$15.00 Students
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Fundraisers & Benefit Concerts
Brahms Sextet presents Benefit Concert on June 12th
HCD students Noah Boden, Maggie Kluznick, Stephen Zaksewicz, Laura Cohen, Gunnar Moll, and Selah Kwak present a benefit concert for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
5 PM
First Church of Christ Congregational
12 South Main Street, West Hartford
All donations will go to the Wilder Church Ministries of the UCC to benefit relief organizations working with those affected by the tsunami in Japan.
Hartford Jazz Society Fundraisers The Hartford Jazz Society, America's oldest ongoing jazz society, needs your help. We will be hosting a fundraiser to help in our rebuilding efforts. Groove n' Jazz Fest
with Proceeds Benefiting the Hartford Jazz Society with a in credible line up of Hartford Grown Musicians
WHERE: Sullys Pub in Hartford
WHEN: Sunday, June 12, 2011 3pm until Close!
$10 Suggested Donation
Pennies for Peace Benefit Sofia Gilchenok, a viola student of Melinda Daetsch, invites you to attend a benefit concert for Pennies for Peace, Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. in room 410/412 at The Hartt School. Sofia and friends will be performing works by Telemann, Vivaldi, Dvorak, Haydn and Bach. In addition to classical music, some friends will also be playing fiddle tunes.
For more information about Central Asia Institute or Pennies for Peace, please call 406-585-7841 or visit www.ikat.org.
Donations may also be made to Pennies for Peace online.
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Banking on the Arts Concert Series
presents
A Summer Concert Series
People's United Bank
1013 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford Center
Join us every Thursday in June from 7-8pm for a summer concert featuring Hartt Community Division students.
June 16: Chamber Music
June 23: Honors Soloists
June 30: Musical Theater
All concerts are free and open to the public!
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HCD Summer Programs
The Community Divison offers a wide range of summer programs for dance and music students. Join us this summer!
2011 Summer Dance Programs
2011 Summer Music Programs
If you have questions about any of these exciting summer programs, please contact us at harttcomm@hartford.edu or 860-768-4451.
See you this summer!
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Lost & Found
Reminder for all parents and students: Please check the lost & found to see if any items you are missing have been found. Any items not claimed by Monday, June 20th will be donated to a local charity. All HCD Offices have a Lost & Found (Main Campus, Simsbury & Handel Performing Arts Center). Check with your HCD receptionist, if you don't know where it is located!
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Contact Us
Phone: 860-768-4451 Billing & Registration: Phone: 860-768-4334 Dance Programs: Phone: 860-768-6000 Simsbury Location: Phone: 860-651-3570 |
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Suzuki Faculty 
