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Shodekeh at the Hartt Community Division,
December 5-7, 2011
We are pleased to announce the December 5-7 residency of renown beatboxer and vocal percussionist, Shodekeh, created through a partnership between The Hartt School Community Division and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. 
Shodekeh is a professional beatboxer and vocal percussionist in a number of fields, including dance, music and the visual arts. Using his voice as his primary instrument, he vocalizes everything from drum sets, turntables, ocean waves, to sleigh bells. He is the founding director of Embody: A Music Series of The Vocal Arts, which strives for artistic and cultural unity through the many vocal traditions of the world.
Shodekeh currently serves as faculty and musical accompanist for Towson University's dance department and The American Dance Festival at Duke University. He has completed a number of music commissions and has won several awards and honors in the US and abroad, including residencies with the Johns Hopkins Modern Dance Company and the Creative Alliance at The Patterson in Baltimore, MD.
As part of Shodekeh's Hartford residency he will be working with Community Division students in the Performer's Certificate Program, in the Intensive Dance Program, and he will accompany the Adult Hip Hop dance class on Monday, December 5. He will also be working with students at the Rawson Academy's ENCORE Program, one of the Community Division's several public school partnerships.
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Community Division Simsbury Library Recital Series
Hartt Communtiy Division faculty Mia Kang and guest cellist David Gibson will present a duo recital at Simsbury Public Library (725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury) on Sunday December 4, 2011 at 2:00 pm. The performance is free and open to all. The program includes works by Faure, Chopin, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, and holiday favorites arranged for cello and piano.
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Holiday Concert Reminder: Hartford Symphony Orchestra & Connecticut Children's Chorus
 Performances:
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8pm
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 3pm
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Student tickets are available for $10 (student ID required). Click here to purchase tickets online or call the Hartford Symphony Box Office at (860) 244-2999.
Did you know? Hartt Community Division Chamber Music ensembles play for several Pre-Concert Student Performances preceding Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Concerts. You can hear the next Community Division chamber ensemble tomorrow, Friday, December 2, at 7:00 at the Bushnell.
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December Holiday Schedule
The Hartt School Audition Day: Saturday, December 10
There will be no Community Division activities at the Fuller Building on the University of Hartford Campus.
Dance classes at the Handel Performing Arts Center will run as scheduled with the exception of Children's Ballet 1. The 9:45am Children's Ballet 1 class will be combined with the 9:00am Children's Ballet 1 class for Saturday, December 10.
The UUC and Simsmore Square locations will be open for classes and lessons. Private lesson students should be in touch with their teachers to confirm lesson schedules.
Music Make-up days: December 19-23 There will be no regularly scheduled music lessons unless make-up lessons have been arranged. Dance Winter Break: December 20-January 2 There will be no Community Division dance activities at the Handel Performing Arts Center or the Simsmore Square location from December 20 to January 2. The Community Division Dance Department office will be open for normal business hours through December 23. The Dance Department office will close from December 24 to January 2. All classes, rehearsals, and normal office hours resume on Tuesday, January 3. Dance classes cancelled on Monday, January 2, will be made up on Monday, April 16. Music Winter Break: December 24-January 2 There will be no Community Division music activities at any locations from December 24 to January 2. All offices will be closed. Classes, lessons, rehearsals, and normal office hours resume on Tuesday, January 3. |
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Tune of the Week
Can you name the piece (and its composer) below? Email your answer to harttcomm@hartford.edu. Various prizes are awarded weekly for correct answers. |
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Upcoming Events at the Community Division
All School Recitals
Saturday, December 3, 3:30 pm & 5:00 pm in Bliss Music Room and 4:00 pm in room 410/412, Fuller Music Center
Suzuki Solo Recitals
Sunday, December 4, 1:30 pm & 4:30 pm in Room 410/412
Simsbury Library Recital Series
Sunday, December 4, 2:00 pm at the Simsbury Public Library (725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury)
Philharmonia Winds, Harmony Winds, Sinfonia, and Stringendo Concert
Sunday, December 4, 7:30 pm in Millard Auditorium
Christmas Chamber Music Party at Hamilton Heights
Friday, December 9, 6:45 pm at Atria Hamilton Heights (1 Hamilton Heights Drive, West Hartford, CT 06119)
Suzuki Orchestras Concert
Sunday, December 11, 3:00 pm Lincoln Theater
Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble Concert
Sunday, December 11, 7:30 pm in Millard Auditorium
Christmas Chamber Music Party at Hamilton Heights
Friday, December 16, 6:45 pm at Atria Hamilton Heights (1 Hamilton Heights Drive, West Hartford, CT 06119)
The Community Division Dance Department presents The Nutcracker
Friday, December 16, 7:30 pm in Millard Auditorium
Saturday, December 17, 7:30 pm in Millard Auditorium
Sunday, December 19, 2:00 pm in Millard Auditorium
Connecticut Youth Symphony Concert
Sunday, December 18, 3:00 pm in Lincoln Theater
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Events Around Town
Saturday, December 3, 7:30 pm in Shafer Hall (ECSU, on the corner of Valley and Windham Street, Willimantic CT)
South Windsor Cultural Arts: Yale University's Red Hot & Blue Singers Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 4, 3:00 pm at First Congregational Church (993 Main St. South Windsor), free admission
Mihai Tetel and Friends Concert
Sunday, December 11, 2:00 pm in Berkman Recital Hall, Fuller Music Center
New Britain Symphony: Brass & Organ Concert
Sunday, December 18, 3:00 pm at Saint Marks Church, New Britain
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