Hartt Community Division

Weekly Email Newsletter

February 12, 2009

• Audition Festival for the 2009-2010 HCD Ensemble Programs will be held SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009!
  Mark your calendars!

• Attention String Faculty:  Senior String Honors Audition Date Announced
  Audition Date:  Sunday, March 15, 2009 ~ Deadline for submission of the Audition Information form is FRIDAY, March 6, 2009.

• Nancy Andersen coaches Fox 61 reporters
  Chair of the Voice Department for The Hartt School Community Division, usually prepares students to perform classical and musical theatre pieces ~ But last week, she coached two aspiring Karaoke singers.

• LUZERNE MUSIC CENTER Auditions at Hartt on MARCH 1st
  Contact Melinda Daetsch to set up an audition or to ask about the Luzerne Music Center:  mbd716@aol.com

• 35TH ANNUAL HSO YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION
  Hartford Symphony Orchestra Opens Final Round to the Public in Free Concert March 29

• Harp Workshops with Liza Jensen at Hartt & Neighborhood Music School
  Ms. Jensen will be giving harp maintenance workshops for lever and pedal harps

• The Bass Corner
  New monthly notice for Bass Students, or those interested in the Bass!

• Join Music Adventure this August in Tuscany for 10th Anniversary Season!
  Please visit www.musicadventure.org for more information.
  
  
• University of Hartford Women’s Basketball Team’s First Nationally Televised Home Game Sunday, February 15th!
  Wear pink to the game to show your support for the fight against breast cancer!

• News from the Dance Department
  Important Information for all HCD Dance Students

• Ensemble Rehearsal Schedules
  Find out your ensemble’s upcoming rehearsal & performance schedule!

• HCD Email Newsletter Quiz
  Play to win: 2 tickets to your choice of performance:  The Hartt Theater Department’s performance of Love's Labours Lost   Thursday, February 19 – Sunday, February 22
  
  
• FYI and about our Newsletter
  How to contact the Hartt Community Division Staff; submit a newsletter article.
  
  
  

Audition Festival for the 2009-2010 HCD Ensemble Programs will be held SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2009!

Mark your calendars!

The HCD Audition

Festival for ALL 

2009-2010

Ensembles has been

moved to

Sunday, June 14th,

2009.  

Audition reservations will begin March 2nd, 2009 - to schedule an audition, please contact the Community Division office at: (860) 768-4451 or email harttcomm@hartford.edu.  Keep an eye on our website and weekly newsletter for updates and information!

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Attention String Faculty:  Senior String Honors Audition Date Announced ~ March 15, 2009

Audition Date:  Sunday, March 15, 2009 ~ Deadline for submission of the Audition Information form is Friday, March 6, 2009.Audition Information Forms for the 2009 Senior String Honors Auditions will be distributed to string faculty today. 

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Nancy Andersen coaches Fox 61 reporters



The Hartt School’s Nancy Andersen (second from right) coaches Fox 61’s Jennifer Lahmers and Tim Lammers on the basics of healthy singing and performing, as a cameraman records the session.

Fox 61’s Jennifer Lahmers and Tim Lammers performed in a Karaoke contest Friday, Feb. 6 at Butterfly Chinese Restaurant on Farmington Avenue in West Hartford. Their performances will be part of a segment on Karaoke that is scheduled to air on the Hartford television station in late February.

This past Wednesday, Andersen instructed Lahmers and Lammers on the basics of healthy singing and performing to help prepare them for the Karaoke competition.

Lahmers, a Fox 61 reporter, and Lammers, with Fox 61 Sports, spent more than an hour in the newly renovated Berkman Recital Hall with Andersen, who provided helpful tips on warm-ups, posture, breathing, hydration, and other key elements of vocal performance to the self-proclaimed novice singers.

Lahmers and Lammers were good sports throughout the session. The two broadcast journalists-turned-Karaoke-competitors selected each other’s songs for the Karaoke contest in order to “maximize embarrassment” of each other. The songs they selected will remain a surprise to audience members until the competition, and to viewers until the segment airs.

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LUZERNE MUSIC CENTER AUDITIONS MARCH 1st

On Sunday, March 1st auditions will be held for the Luzerne Music Center in room 163 at The Hartt School. Auditions will be held from 9am-2pm and  from 4pm to 7pm and are open to all orchestral instruments and piano.   Contact Melinda Daetsch to set up an audition or to ask about the Luzerne Music Center:  mbd716@aol.com or (860)232-6950.

Auditions will be 10 minutes in length and should include scales (as many octaves as is comfortable), a polished piece, and some sight reading.

The Luzerne Music Center is located about one hour north of Albany in the Adirondack National Park. The camp offers instruction for all orchestral instruments, and piano. Because of the camp's close proximity to Saratoga Springs, students attend concerts of the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra weekly at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Students participate in masterclasses with guest artists and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.  The camp offers Junior and Senior Sessions of study:

Junior Session (ages 11-14) June 28 - July 24. Junior session students can opt for a two week session instead of the full four weeks. (June 28-July 12 or July 12 - July 24)

Senior Session (ages 15-18) July 27- August 23.

For more information, please visit the website: www.luzernemusic.org

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35TH ANNUAL HSO YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Opens Final Round to the Public in Free Concert March 29

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present the final round of its 35th Annual Young Artists Competition to the public free of charge Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Millard Auditorium at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. Encouraging talented young instrumental musicians to continue their musical studies, the statewide instrumental competition is open to Connecticut high school students studying an instrument of the orchestra: brass, woodwind, string, percussion, or piano. During the formal Finals Concert, five to seven finalists will perform a standard concerto movement from memory with accompaniment. The winners will split cash prizes totaling $3,000, and the first-place winner will perform with the HSO in a concert next season. After the competition, members of the audience will be able to attend a free reception to meet the talented players and congratulate the winners.   

Last year’s 2008 HSO Young Artist’s Competition winner, pianist Michelle Lee, will perform Chopin’s Grand Polonaise Brilliant with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra at the upcoming POPS! concert featuring Anika Noni Rose Saturday, March 7, 2009 at Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. 

Marking its 65th season in 2008-2009, The Hartford Symphony Orchestra is Connecticut’s premier musical organization. The Hartford Symphony is the second largest orchestra in New England and is widely recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. Dedicated to the performance of live symphonic music and the presentation of quality education and community programs, each season the Hartford Symphony plays to audiences numbering approximately 160,000 and reaches thousands statewide through its broadcast concerts on WNPR Connecticut Public Radio.  For more information about the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, please visit www.HartfordSymphony.Org. 

PHOTO of 2008 Young Artists Competition Winner, pianist Michelle Lee, former student of HCD Piano Faculty Member, Sima Brodsky.

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Harp Workshops with Liza Jensen at Hartt & Neighborhood Music School

Liza Jensen, German consulate performance at the UN

Neighborhood Music School (New Haven) on March 22 at 2:00 PM in the Front Space

The Hartt School (West Hartford), March 29 at 2:00 PM in Room 410/412

(If you cannot make the date at your school, get on the waiting list for the other school.  Currently active students will be given preference for placement.)  Contact our office for registration and fee details.

Learn how to:

Lever Harps

• Troubleshoot buzzing
• Remove and replace your lever
• adjust intonation
• proper string tying
• wood care

Pedal Harps

• Adjust a buzzing disc
• Replace a pedal rod
• Troubleshoot buzzing

These are hands-on classes to give you practical experience in a safe environment.  Use this opportunity to give you the confidence and power to maintain your own instrument on a basic level when a technician is not readily available.  

Lever Harpists: Bring your harps with you!  Contact Liza Jensen to specify what kind of levers are on your instrument and she will advise you on what tools you will need to have.  lizacjensen@gmail.com

Pedal Harpists: A pedal harp will be provided but be ready to get your hands dirty!  I will have everyone take part in this event!

Liza has studied privately under the tutelage of master harp builders Pat Dougal and John Pratt.  She is the only American woman to be invited by Jakez Francois, president of Camac Harps, the most innovative harp manufacturer in the world, to become a warranty repair service and representative for their company.

http://www.lizajensen.com/default.htm

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The Bass Corner

Gary Karr, bassist
http://www.garykarr.com/

Did you know that the Bass is the largest member of the string family?

If you are interested in learning more about the Bass, or are interested in lessons, please contact the Hartt Community Division at 860-768-4451 or via email at harttcomm@hartford.edu.

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Join Music Adventure this August in Tuscany for 10th Anniversary Season!

Music Adventure, a unique summer program that combines chamber music with travel, is accepting applications for 2009 program. Spend two weeks this August studying and performing chamber music in the heart of Tuscany with HCD faculy members Eric Dahlin, Teri Einfeldt, and Jaroslaw Lis.  Students will participate in daily chamber music coachings, frequent concerts, private lessons, chamber orchestra with
faculty and Italian language classes. Music Adventure will be in residence at Tenuta di Spannocchia, a historic organic agricultural estate near Siena. Day trips to culturally rich Tuscan towns such as Florence, Siena and San Gimignano are on the itinerary. A group flight will be arranged to leave NY August 13 and return August 27.

Please visit www.musicadventure.org for more information.

Space is limited so apply soon!


Tuning up before a Concert in the Piazza

Tuscan Countryside

Concerto Grosso

Please visit www.musicadventure.org for more information.

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University of Hartford Women’s Basketball Team’s First Nationally Televised Home Game Sunday, February 15th!
Wear pink to the game to show your support for the fight against breast cancer!

The University’s first nationally televised home basketball game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 15, when the Hartford women take on Marist in a game that will aid in the fight against breast cancer.

The game will take place at 1 p.m. at Chase Arena in the Reich Family Pavilion, and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. Come and help “Pack the Pavilion” for this important game!

Fans are asked to wear pink to the game, which is part of a national "Pink Zone" campaign by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) to raise money and awareness for breast cancer prevention and research. Fifty percent of all ticket sales from the game will be donated to the Kay Yow WBCA Cancer Fund. Kay Yow, head women’s basketball coach at North Carolina State University, died last month after a decades-long fight against breast cancer.

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, an outspoken breast cancer survivor, is honorary chair for Sunday's game and will be in attendance. In addition, there will be a number of special events and give-aways in conjunction with the "Pink Zone" game:

Two thousand “Pink Zone” T-shirts and 1,000 pink rally towels will be given away to fans at Sunday's game.
There also will be a Banner Contest in which student groups will design "Pink Zone" banners promoting the themes of breast cancer awareness and Hawk spirit. (Dimensions of the banner cannot exceed a queen size bed sheet.). The banners will be displayed during the game in the student section of the Chase Arena, and a $300 cash prize will be awarded to the group that designs the best overall banner.
In addition, SGA will be sponsoring a pre-game pep rally from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hawk's Nest. Stop by for free food, T-shirts, face painting, and live music in preparation for the big game!

Game day tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth. The game is free for University of Hartford students.

For tickets and information, please contact the University of Hartford Malcolm and Brenda Berman Athletics Ticket Office at 860-768-HAWK (4295), or visit www.hartfordhawks.com.

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News from the Dance Department

Reminder – No classes at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Saturday, February 14th.  There will be classes on Saturday, February 21st at the PAC

Summer Program Audition Sunday, Feb 15 –  This Weekend
Reminder that the Auditions for our first International Summer Ballet Intensive is coming up soon.  Get your application form in Now! – Forms available online or through any dance location receptionist.

Winter Vacation – Hartford (PAC)
February 14th – February 20th
Except for makeup classes listed below and rehearsals scheduled

Winter Vacation – Simsbury
February 16th – 22nd

Make up Classes Scheduled at the Performing Arts Center, Hartford During February Vacation
Please note that Simsbury Students may also attend these classes to  make-up classes missed.  Also, a reminder that students are encouraged to make up classes at any time during the year at either location of the same level or one level lower.

Wednesday, February 18th
Discovery I, 4:15pm – 5pm, Studio One
Children’s Ballet I, 5pm – 6pm, Studio One
Children’s Ballet II 6pm – 7pm, Studio One
Foundation I 4:30pm – 5:45pm. Studio Four
A/B Creative Studies, 4:45pm – 5:45pm, Studio Two
A & B Ballet, 5:45pm – 7:15pm, Studio Four
CII/DII Ballet, 4:30pm – 6pm, Studio Five
CII/DII Pointe, 6pm – 7pm, Studio Five
E/F Modern, 4pm – 5:30pm, Studio Three
E/F Modern Composition, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, Studio Three

Performance Ensemble  -.
We are  planning performances for a few Windsor schools during the school day.  The dates are April 21st through April 24th.  We will do our best to cast for these performances so that students may only need to miss a couple of days of school . We are also planning to show these performances that the Performing Arts Center on April 24th and April 25th, tickets will be very limited so please watch out for further announcements.  these performances are in addition to our Spring Festival Performances in June

Performance Ensemble, Rehearsals with Miguel

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:30pm – 8pm
Pas de Trois, Swan Lake
Coppelia Pas de deux

Thursday, February 12th 6:30pm – 8pm
Grand Pas de Quatre
Don Quixote – ALL

Friday, February  13th 7pm – 8:30pm
Pas de Trois
Coppelia
Don Quixote

Tuesday 2/17, Thursday 2/19,  Friday 2/20
4pm – 5:15pm Warm-up Class
5:15pm – 8pm
All dancers in Pas de Quatre, Pas de Trois, Coppelia and Don Quixote

Saturday Feb 21 – with Ms. Ryder

2:00 - 2:45  All dancers 1st Movement English Folk Songs

2:45 -3:15  All dancers 3rd Movement  English Folk Songs

3:15 - 4:00  All dancers 2nd Movement  English Folk Songs
Performance Ensemble tentative Casting… So Far….. AND Subject to change is posted in the virtual dance bag in the dance pages on our website.  Casting is NOT Final.

Collage Concert
An exciting concert featuring talented students and faculty from all of Hartt’s performing divisions (college).  Collage is comprised of two acts of music, dance and theatre.
February 13th & 14th,  7:30pm at Lincoln Theater
Tickets are $20, discounts for seniors, students and groups are available through the Lincoln Theater Box Office
768-4228

See our Modern Company In Residence: Full Force Dance Theatre

www.fullforcedance.org

Katie Stevinson-Nollet, Artistic Director of Full Force Dance Theatre will be presenting
For Lovers Only II
At the Charter Oak Cultural Center,
February 12th- 14th at 7:30pm
Tickets are:   $20 general Admission,
$10 for Seniors and $5 for students.

 HCD Dance Calendar

February 12th – 14th,  For Lovers Only II, Charter Oak Cultural Center 7:30pm
February 13th & 14th , Collage Concert
February, 14th – No classes at the Hartford Location
February 15th – Auditions for International Summer Ballet Intensive at the Performing Arts Center
February 16th – 20th – Winter Vacation – Hartford
February 21st – Classes held at Hartford location only
February 16th – 21st – Winter Vacation - Simsbury
April 5th  -  5th Annual Ballet workshop, Performing Arts Center
April 24th & 25th, Performance Ensemble to Perform at the PAC

Mark your Calendars for our upcoming Summer Programs

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Dance with Hartt in Summer 2009          

Check out our website at www.hcd.hartford.edu or call 860-768-6000 for more details which will be available soon!
Information about some of the programs listed below is already available on our website:
http://hcd.hartford.edu/SummerPrograms.htm

International Summer Ballet Academy – Hartford
June 30 to July 25
M-F 9am to 5pm and Sat 9am to 12pm 

Full Force Dance Theatre Summer Workshop – Hartford
July 6 - 17, 2009
M-F 10am to 12:15, Studio 1 

Teen Adult 6 week program – Hartford
July 6-Aug 14, 2009

Dancing on Broadway Workshop – Hartford
Aug 3 -7, 2009
M-F 9am to 5pm

Children’s Ballet Workshops – Hartford
July 27-31, 2009 & Aug 1-14, 2009
M-F 8:30am to 12:30pm

Youth Summer Dance Intensive –Simsbury
July 20-31
M-F 9am to 5pm

Children’s Ballet Workshops- Simsbury
July 13-17, and Aug 3-7
M-F 9am to 12pm

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HCD Ensemble Rehearsal Schedules


Please check your ensemble’s web calendar to any last minute changes or cancellations:  http://hcd.hartford.edu/music/instrumental_ensembles.htm

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HCD Email Newsletter Quiz

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This week’s question:        A certain fruit plays a role in Rossini’s grand opera William Tell; do you know which of these it was?

a)         apricot
b)          tangerine
c)         avocado
d)          apple
e)          orange

Last week’s question:    Many years ago in Cermona, Italy, there lived a man by the name of Stradivari, famous for making:

a)         harps
b)          harpsichords
c)         violins
d)          pianos
e)          harmonicas

Correct Answer:          c)        violins


Quiz Winner:     Bryn Mathews - Foundation II Ballet with Miss Lori in Simsbury.
 
This week’s prize:     2 tickets to your choice of performance:  The Hartt Theater Department’s performance of Love's Labours Lost   Thursday, February 19 – Sunday, February 22 (Thursday, Friday or Saturday at 7:30pm or Sunday at 2pm ) at the Handel Performing Arts Center, McCray (Small Black Box)   In the early Shakespeare comedy Love’s Labours Lost, temptation – in the form of a princess and her three ladies – gets the best of a group of sexually abstaining men as they fall in love and neglect the vows they made to devote three solid years to study.  When the princess is called home to take the throne, the women insist that their male counterparts live without the company of other women for a year and a day in order to prove their love. 
 
To submit your answer: send your reply to jburnham@hartford.edu with the subject “Quiz Answer”.  Answers must be received before 12 noon on the Tuesday after the Newsletter is sent.  If more than one person answers correctly, the winner will be chosen randomly, using the tried-and-true “pick a name out of a hat” method.  Please also note your connection to the Hartt Community Division (teacher/program) when you submit your answer.

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FYI and About our Newsletter

This Hartt Community Division Newsletter is distributed via e-mail to all faculty, staff, and families of the Community Division, who request the newsletter, every Thursday afternoon from September through June.  It is also posted in the lobby of the Community Division Office and on our website: www.hcd.hartford.edu   

Mark George, Director (george@hartford.edu ) – new program ideas, fundraising, general issues and concerns.

Alana Seddon, Associate Director (aseddon@hartford.edu ) – new program ideas, school-wide issues and concerns, current programming ideas or issues, and operational concerns.

Dawn Zumbroski, Registrar (zumbroski@hartford.edu ) -- registration issues, billing concerns and payments.

Jill Burnham, Administrative Secretary (jburnham@hartford.edu ) -- new student referrals and registration.

Judy Chestnut, Budget Administrator (chestnut@hartford.edu ) -- budget and payroll issues.

Jill Vasbinder, Assistant Director of Dance and Off-Campus Programs (jvasbinde@hartford.edu ) -- responsible for managing administrative details for the Simsbury Branch and the Dance Department.

Amanda Kilpatrick, Dance Administrator (kilpatric@hartford.edu ) -- dance department

Emmett Drake, Scheduling Coordinator (hcdevents@hartford.edu ) -- recital programs and room scheduling

Noah Glynn, Events & Programs Coordinator (glynn@hartford.edu ) – managing ensembles and coordinating special events

Marian Gandara (harttcomm@hartford.edu ) – full-time receptionist at the main campus

Jessica Rudman, Eva O’Brien (harttcomm@hartford.edu ) - part-time receptionists at the main campus

Cindy Graham, Isabelle Phillips, Cierra Berry and Gretchen Schrader (simsmore@hartford.edu ) – part-time receptionists at the Simsbury location

Krista Rescsanski and Danielle Edson (dancedesk@hartford.edu ) – part-time receptionists at the Hartford Dance Center

To submit an article, email jburnham@hartford.edu no later than the Wednesday of the week you would like it to appear.  We encourage our faculty, students and staff to submit articles.  Articles will appear once.  The staff of the Hartt Community Division reserves the right to edit articles for content, grammar and length.

Please visit our website at http://www.hartford.edu/hartt/community
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To find out about Hartt news, activities, and events, please read the News from the Dean, which is published every other week: http://www.hartford.edu/hartth/Hartt_News/NewsfromtheDean.htm

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