Hartt Community Division
Weekly Email Newsletter
January 30, 2009

• Words from the Director       
  The first finalist for the position of the Dean of The Hartt School will visit the campus on February 4th and 5th.

• The Hartt School Presents an Evening of Music, Dance & Theatre
  FREE Collage Concert Provides the Best of Performing Arts in a Single Evening

• Congratulations to Dr Susan Mardinly, HCD Voice Faculty!
  The motet Quis dabit mihi? by seventeenth-century composer Barbara Strozzi has come out in its second edition, published by ClarNan for SSA

• The Connecticut Doctors Orchestra is looking for new members!
  Are you a doctor & a string instrument player?  If so, this Orchestra may be for you!

• From the Clarinet Studio of Alan Francis
  Congratulations to Max Spurr!

• Pi-Hsun Shih, HCD Piano Faculty Member, will be performing a concert at Christ Church Cathedral: Thursday, February 5, 2009
  Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes (Love Song Waltzes) for Vocal quartet and piano duet.

• Hill-Stead Hosts Special Evening of Music, Art & Food to Benefit Museum
  Intimate Evening Features Winners of The Hartt School's van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence  

• Accompanist Needed
  The Jewish temple in Simsbury Emek Shalom is looking for a pianist to accompany their Purimspiel rehearsals and concert.
  
  
• ATTENTION OPUS AND CYS STRING PLAYERS!!!!
  Top Two Reasons to Attend the Valentine’s Day Weekend Orchestra Retreat!
  
  
• Performers Needed! 
  Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at the Red Cross Blood Drive located at the Unitarian Church on Fern Street

• West End String Quartet Concerts
  Featuring HCD Faculty Members Jessica Meyer, Carlynn Savot, Lisa Humphrey & Sarah Washburn

• Lunchtime Concert Series with the Hartt School of Music Faculty - Free and Open to All
  The March 6 Simsbury Public Library Concert will include Renaldo Guadalupe (guitar), Jason Stammen (voice), and Nat Reeves (double bass), all Hartt Community Division Faculty. 

• Early Registration Deadline for the MasterClass with Heidi Castleman of the Juilliard School
  Viola Day 2009: Get your registration in by Saturday, January 31st to save $5.00!.

• The Hartt School Welcomes Randy Weston
  The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Presents a Concert in Honor of Black History Month

• A Choral Celebration of Black History Month
  Sunday, February 15, 2009, 4:00 pm in Vernon, CT

• 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 the Hartt Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 7:30 pm in Lincoln Theater.
  

• FYI and about our Newsletter
  How to contact the Hartt Community Division Staff; submit a newsletter article.
  
  
   Words from the Director       
  The first finalist for the position of the Dean of The Hartt School will visit the campus on February 4th and 5th.

  I am pleased to announce that the Search Committee has identified a pool of finalists for the position of Dean of The Hartt School.  This search generated national interest and response. 

  Our first finalist will visit the campus on February 4th and 5th.
  
  She is Eugenia Zukerman—flutist, writer, television commentator, teacher, and arts administrator. 
  
  
  photo:  http://www.eugeniazukerman.com/
  
  You are invited to meet Ms. Zukerman in sessions on the following dates and times:

  • Faculty:  Thursday, February 5th , from 12:30 – 1:30 pm in Millard Auditorium
  • Staff:  Thursday, February 5th , from 9:00 – 9:45 am in Berkman Auditorium
  • Students: 
    Session 1 – Wednesday, February 4th , from 4:00 – 4:30 pm in the Roberts Theater, Handel Center for the Performing Arts

    Session 2 – Thursday, February 5th, from 1:30 – 2:30 pm in
     Millard Auditorium

    Dr. Mark George, Director
    The Hartt School Community Division

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    The Hartt School Presents an Evening of Music, Dance & Theatre
    FREE Collage Concert Provides the Best of Performing Arts in a Single Evening

    The Hartt School of the University of Hartford proudly presents its annual Audition Festival Collage Concert on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14, at 7:30 PM in Lincoln Theater, on the University of Hartford’s West Hartford campus, 200 Bloomfield Avenue.  A unique opportunity to experience the full range of performing arts disciplines in one evening, the Collage Concert features students and faculty from all of Hartt’s performing divisions.  Admission is free.
    
    At Hartt’s Collage Concert, there is something for everyone:

    Theatre:  This year’s program will include scenes from two of Shakespeare’s most renowned works, Hamlet and Henry V.  Musical theatre fans of all ages will enjoy excerpts from the popular rock musical The Who’s Tommy and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s magnificent Carousel.
    
    Dance:  Fans of dance will thrill to a suite of two trios and two solos from the Royal Danish Ballet "Napoli", choreographed by August Bournonville and restaged by Hartt School Dance Division faculty member Hilda Morales. In addition, the fiery Spanish Character dance from the ballet "Swan Lake", choreographed by Hartt Dance Division ballet and character faculty member Alla Nikitina will be performed.
    
    Instrumental Music:  Hartt Symphony Orchestra, Hartt Wind Ensemble, members of the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, Hartt Percussion Ensemble, and other smaller groups will present a diverse repertoire – from John Williams’ music from Catch Me If You Can, to Bernstein’s “Mambo” from West Side Story; from exciting Cuban rhythms to an intimate piano solo.
    
    Vocal Music:  A varied repertoire of vocal music will include “O Sole Mio” by Eduardo Di Capua, sung by three Hartt tenors; “Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine” by Eric Whitacre and “Ain'ta That Good News”, arranged by Moses Hogan, sung by the Hartt Chamber Choir; and “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, sung by Instrumental Studies choral forces along with Music Theatre voices.

    The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre.  With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt’s curriculum.  For more information on The Hartt School visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

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    Congratulations to Dr Susan Mardinly, HCD Voice Faculty!

    The motet Quis dabit mihi? by seventeenth-century composer Barbara Strozzi has come out in its second edition, published by ClarNan for SSA.  This is the 30th score realized and edited by Hartt School Community Division voice faculty, Dr. Susan Mardinly. Mardinly's  catalogue includes: 5 madrigals (Opus 1) for two sopranos and other voices,  Cantata A S'Anna (Opus 5), sop/bc or organ, Fin che tu spiri (Opus 7) , sop/bc; 10 ariettas from Opus 2, 3, 6, 7 for voice and piano, in two keys (forthcoming). Mardinly's feature article on Barbara Strozzi was seen in the Journal of Singing; her dissertation was Barbara Strozzi and the Pleasures of Euterpe.  Forthcoming endeavors include L'Amante segreto cantata (Opus2) sop/bc, the complete works for strings and more articles. 

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    The Connecticut Doctors Orchestra is looking for new members!
    
    Are you a doctor, a string instrument player, and would you consider playing in an orchestra? We are looking for musicians of all levels in order to establish a new orchestra: the Connecticut Doctors Orchestra. Its purpose will be to share our common interest in music, have fun and on occasion play for charities.
    
    We are delighted to announce that Melinda Daetsch has kindly accepted to be our Conductor.
    
    MELINDA DAETSCH holds degrees from Harvard University and The Juilliard School of Music, and serves on the faculty of the Hartt School in Hartford, Connecticut and the Luzerne Music Center in Upstate New York where she conducts the Luzerne Music Center String Orchestra. She was the conductor of the Central Pennsylvania Youth String Orchestra in State College, Pennsylvania for many years, and also directed the Music at Penn's Woods chamber music concert series at Penn State University for nine seasons before moving to Connecticut in 2002.
    
    She regularly performs with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, with Philadelphia Orchestra members at the Luzerne and Gretna Chamber Music Festivals, and as a guest artist with the Lions Gate and Claremont Piano Trios, the Philadelphia Piano Quartet, and with the Everest and St. Petersburg String Quartets.
    
    Her ties to the European music scene include annual performances at the Assisi Festival in Assisi, Italy, appearances in the past with the Orchestra Symphonique Neuchatelois and Bern Sinfonietta, in Switzerland, and leading four groups of students on concert tours of Europe.
    
    We have secured rehearsal space thanks to the leadership of the Institute of Living. The location is the Litchfield Room in the Common's Building at the Institute of Living, 200 Retreat Avenue, Hartford. We will have out first meeting on February 1st from 4:00- 6:00 pm. During this session we will have a chance to meet each other, discuss our plans for future rehearsals and performances, and discuss dues and other administrative matters. It will also be an opportunity to gauge our level of experience so appropriate music can be selected. We will be sight reading, so please bring your instruments and a stand.
    
    If you are interested and can attend our February 1st meeting, kindly email Dr. Karen Blank at kblank@harthosp.org. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either of us.
    
    Karen Blank, MD
    Director, Memory Disorders Center
    Hartford Hospital / Institute of Living
    kblank@harthosp.org
    
    or
    
    Latha Dulipsingh, MD, FACE, FACP
    Director, Endocrinology and Bone Health Center
    Director, Joslin Center for Diabetes, Affiliate of
    The Hospital of Central Connecticut
    ldulip@thocc.org

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    From the Clarinet Studio of Alan Francis
    Congratulations to Max Spurr!
    
    Max Spurr will appear as a clarinet soloist in a special Hartford Symphony Concert with Middletown High School on April 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm on the Stage of Mortensen Hall of the Bushnell Performing Arts Center. Max is a clarinet student of Alan Francis and member of the Greater Hartford Youth Wind Ensemble. Congratulations to Max!

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    Pi-Hsun Shih, HCD Piano Faculty Member, will be performing a concert at Christ Church Cathedral:
    Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes (Love Song Waltzes) for Vocal quartet and piano duet.

    Pi-Hsun Shih, HCD Piano Faculty Member, will be performing a concert at Christ Church Cathedral: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes (Love Song Waltzes) for Vocal quartet and piano duet. The music director at the Cathedral, Kevin Jones, will play the duet with Ms. Shih. The singers include Kimberley Parsons, Cynthia Mellon, Jack Pott and Paul Fletcher.
    
    The concert is part of Cathedral's Lunch ... Plus series. Ticket Price: $7 dollars at the door includes lunch and the 30 minute concert. What a deal! The concert could be your early Valentine's Day treat.  
    
    The concert starts at 12:00 pm on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5th! 
    
    Address:  45 Church St., Christ Church Cathedral (across from Hartford Stage)

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    Hill-Stead Hosts Special Evening of Music, Art & Food to Benefit Museum
    Intimate Evening Features Winners of The Hartt School's van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence  

    Event:  A Benefit Evening with the Impressionists at Hill-Stead Museum

    Place:  Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032

    Time:  Thursday, February 19, 6:00 pm

    Admission Fee: $125.00/person

    Contact:  Ali Hunnicutt, Development Manager, 860.677.4787 ext 131

    Hill-Stead Hosts Special Evening of Music, Art & Food to Benefit Museum ~ Intimate Evening Features Winners of The Hartt School's van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence  

    photo credit: www.hillstead.org
    
    Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT invites music and art enthusiasts to savor the magic of the 1901 Colonial Revival house at night with an intimate concert in the parlor amid masterworks by Monet, Manet and Degas. Participants will experience the home much as its founding family did, as they sip champagne, then enjoy a performance of classical music at the original 1901 Steinway piano by winners and laureates of the Hartt School’s van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence. The evening will close with an elegant, light prix fixe supper at Apricots Restaurant in Farmington (alcohol and gratuities not included). Admission is $125.00 per person (tax deductible less $25 for prix fixe meal). Seating is limited; reserve early. Call 860.677.4787 ext 131.

    The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford. Featured musicians at this benefit musicale were discovered through the 9th Annual van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence, established at the Hartt School through the generosity of Jean-Pierre van Rooy, Honorary Governor at Hill-Stead Museum, and his wife, Marie-Claire. Mr. & Mrs. van Rooy have graciously arranged for an exclusive performance at Hill-Stead.

    This benefit evening is presented by Margaret and Peter Darby and sponsored by Kostin, Roffkess & Company, LLC. Special thanks go to Jean-Pierre and Marie-Claire van Rooy and to Apricots Restaurant, Farmington. Proceeds will benefit Hill-Stead Museum’s educational programs and preservation projects.

    A National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of Save America’s Treasures, Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT, is a member of Connecticut’s Historic Gardens and a stop on the Connecticut Art Trail (www.arttrail.org), a partnership of fifteen world-class museums and historic sites across the state. The museum’s period rooms are open for tours Tuesday through Sunday, 11 am – 4 pm, November - April, and 10 am – 5 pm May - October. Grounds are open to the public daily 7:30 am-5:30 pm.

    Hill-Stead is noted for its 1901 33,000-square-foot house filled with art and antiques. Pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle designed the Colonial Revival-style house, set on 152 hilltop acres, to showcase the Impressionist masterpieces amassed by her father, Cleveland iron industrialist Alfred A. Pope. Collections include original furnishings, paintings by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler and Cassatt, as well as numerous works on paper and Japanese woodblock prints. Stately trees, seasonal gardens, over three miles of stone walls and woodland trails accent the grounds. A centerpiece of the property is the c. 1920 sunken garden designed by Beatrix Farrand, today the site of the renowned Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival.  

    Hill-Stead Museum ~ 35 Mountain Road / Farmington, CT 06032 / 860.677.4787 / www.hillstead.org

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  Accompanist Needed
  The Jewish temple in Simsbury, Emek Shalom, is looking for a pianist to accompany their Purimspiel rehearsals and concert.

  
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  The Jewish temple in Simsbury, Emek Shalom, is looking for a pianist to accompany their Purimspiel rehearsals and concert. The job would be: 4 Monday nights: Feb. 2, Feb. 7, Feb. 23 and March 2. The performance: Sunday, March 9 - 9:00 - 11:00 am. For details, please contact Cantor Sue Levine at 658-0369 or  cantorsue@hotmail.com

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ATTENTION OPUS AND CYS STRING PLAYERS (ALUMNI, TOO)!!!!

Top Two Reasons to Attend the Valentine’s Day Weekend Orchestra Retreat

1. The Retreat is an incredible musical, educational and social opportunity for young string players.
2. The Community Division will lose its financial shirt if not enough people sign up.

The Hartt School and Ithaca College are a jointly sponsoring an orchestra retreat the weekend of February 13-15.  If you enjoy orchestral and chamber music playing, you will love this weekend of exciting and fun music making.  The Retreat will be led by conductors Emmett Drake and Kirsten Marshall.

I encourage all Opus and CYS string musicians to participate.  The cost is $288, which includes transportation, all meals and all music activities at the Hilton Hotel in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Parent chaperones are welcome.  Students will depart the University of Hartford on Friday at 3:00 pm and return home Sunday around 5:00 pm.

To register, contact Jill Burnham in the Community Division at (860) 768-5772 or click on this link to access a registration form.  Your support is greatly appreciated.

Performers Needed! 
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 at the Red Cross Blood Drive located at the Unitarian Church on Fern Street


We are looking for student performers to provide music.  Solos, duet, trios, quartets, quintets - and other small ensembles are encouraged to participate.  An accompanist will be provided.

Time:   3:30 - 6:30 pm

Please contact Noah Glynn 768-5546, glynn@hartford.edu to reserve your time-slot.

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Lunchtime Concert Series with the Hartt School of Music Faculty - Free and Open to All
The March 6 Simsbury Public Library Concert will include Renaldo Guadalupe (guitar), Jason Stammen (voice), and Nat Reeves (double bass), all Hartt Community Division Faculty. 

Friday March 6, 2009 & Friday, May 1, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:15 PM
Room 150
Please join us for a free concert by the faculty of the Hartt School of Music.
 
The March 6 Simsbury Public Library Concert will include Renaldo Guadalupe (guitar), Jason Stammen (voice), and Nat Reeves (double bass), all Hartt Community Division Faculty.  The concert will begin at 12:30 PM in Rm. 150.  It is free to attend, and there will be refreshments!

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Early Registration Deadline for the MasterClass with Heidi Castleman of the Juilliard School
Viola Day 2009: Get your registration in by Saturday, January 30th to save $5.00!.

Internationally renowned master teacher Heidi Castleman of the Juilliard School will be presenting masterclasses, chamber music coaching, and a lecture for parents and serious advanced string students on the topic of balancing music and the other aspects of the busy, overbooked, teenaged life.  Masterclass and Chamber Coaching participants will be chosen by HCD Faculty Members.  All HCD string students are welcome to register and observe the masterclasses or chamber coachings.  If a child registers and participates in any part of these activities their parent may attend the lecture for free.  If the child is not registered, then the parent must register and pay for the lecture as outlined below.
http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/portrait_fac_0503_Castleman.html

You don't want to miss this rare opportunity to work with one of the world's most respected and sought after master teachers!

Tentative Schedule:

9am-11am                  Viola MasterClass
11am-12noon              Violin/Viola MasterClass (with Opus Violin Group Class)
12noon-1:30pm           Lunch Break   (bring your own lunch)
1:30-3pm                     Chamber Coachings
3:30pm-5pm              Lecture for parents and advanced string students

Tuition: 
The cost for "Viola Day" will be $20 on or before January 31, 2009 & $25 after January 31, 2009.  The tuition of $20 or $25 (as appropriate by date registration received) is for any part of the day, or the entire day.  The cost will not be pro-rated, if you choose not to participate in a particular activity.

Registration Form available!

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The Hartt School Welcomes Randy Weston
The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Presents Concert in Honor of Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, The Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz presents Randy Weston in a solo piano concert – “A Tribute to Randy Weston: African Rhythms” – on February 4, at 7:30 pm in Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford’s West Hartford campus.  Opening for Mr. Weston: The Jackie McLean Institute Student Jazz Ensemble.  General admission is $20 and student/senior tickets are $10.   Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and information.

Jackie McLean Institute Student Jazz Ensemble members include: 

• Yunie Mojica-Alto Saxophone
• Joshua Bruneau-Trumpet
• Raynel Frasier-Trombone
• Jovan Alexandre-Tenor Saxophone
• Sean Clapis-Guitar
• Shennelle Johns-Vocals
• Scott Packham-Piano
• Robert Stragnell-Bass
• Jonathan Barber-Drums

Randy Weston African Rhythms
Photo credit Ariane Smolderen

Randy Weston is one of the world's foremost pianists and composers today, a true innovator and visionary.
Internationally renowned, this cultural ambassador's creative vision is global, encompassing the vast and rich rhythmic heritage of Africa... a musical continuum from which jazz evolved and which jazz itself continues to inform. "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest and most inventive beat. But his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studios and inspired intelligence... an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz techniques." -Stanley Crouch, The Village Voice.
 
Randy Weston has been performing and composing since the 1950s when he was named "New Star Pianist" by the Down Beat International Critics' Poll. A riveting soloist and a dynamic leader of small groups and large, Randy Weston continues to elicit the most enthusiastic response of audiences and critics alike. His far-reaching performance career has taken him throughout the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and South America. He has played in jazz strongholds like New York, Chicago, Paris and Madrid and such faraway places as Tahiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.

Called "a one-man-band pianist who plays naturally as a melodist, a rhythmist, a harmonist and even a percussionist on the keys" (Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner), Randy Weston is hailed for his solo performances and recordings. But he possesses too a great collaborative spirit and is as comfortable in a duo, trio or quartet as he is leading a band of 8 or 15 musicians or playing with a symphony orchestra.

Through his work with the brilliant arranger Melba Liston, Weston is able to translate his great sound to many musical settings. His accompaniment ranges from a single bass player or drummer to the lush complement of strings, horns, oboes, and trombones. His versatility is rarely matched.

Randy Weston has made more than 30 recordings, among them such celebrated discs as African Cookbook, Little Niles, Blue Moses, Tanjah, Berkshire Blues and Uhuru Africa. His 1974 live recording, Carnival, from the Montreux Festival, and another big band recording, Tanjah, made in 1973, won him Grammy nominations for "best jazz performance by a big band". A prolific composer, Weston's compositions are highly individualistic, filled with melody and rhythmic flair. "Hi-fly", "Little Niles", and other Weston classics continue to be recorded by top artists of the day such as Max Roach, Monty Alexander, Betty Carter, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Burrell, Abbey Lincoln, Mel Torme, Bobby Hutchinson, Jon Hendricks, Carly Simon, Lionel Hampton, and Cannonaball Adderley.

"Piano music is as old as the piano which as an instrument, in variations of its present form, dates back some 250 years. Millions of fingers have rippled the keys since then. But not until Randy Weston put the enormous hands of his 6'7" frame to the piano did exactly what happens in his playing emerge from that ancient instrument. Weston's pianistics have an individuality all their own. When Randy plays, a combination of strength and gentleness, virility and velvet emerges from the keys in an ebb and flow of sound seemingly as natural as the waves of the sea." - Langston Hughes

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre.  With more than 400 concerts, recitals, plays, master classes, dance performances, and musical theatre productions a year, performance is central to Hartt’s curriculum.  For more information on The Hartt School visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

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A Choral Celebration of Black History Month

A collaboration with The Vernon Chorale, The Hartford Chorale Chamber Singers,
and The Alfred E. White Chorale, conducted by Ehren Brown and Ingrid Faniel, respectively

Sunday, February 15, 2009, 4:00 pm
The First Congregational Church of Vernon
CHAMBER SINGERS
Featuring an original work by Connecticut native and African-American composer Peter Bagley
Kathleen Bartkowski, pianist

Suggested ticket donations:
$10; $8 for seniors, students and groups of 20 or more

www.vernonchorale.org  • www.hartfordchorale.org  • www.metroamezion.com

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News from the Dance Department

Please help us replace some missing ballet shoes!
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Somehow, during the move from our old Hartford location to the new location at the new Performing Arts Center, we discovered that we have lost the box of ballet shoes that we used to fit children who attend our programs from various Boys & Girls Clubs.   We URGENTLY need about 50 pairs of ballet slippers for children ranging in ages from about 4yrs of age to 10 years of age.  If you have any gently used ballet shoes that no longer fit your children, please bring them to the receptionist at either dance location and we will put them to good use.   Or, if you can, consider donating to our ‘shoe’ fund.  Each pair of shoes costs approximately $18. All the children have been supplied with leotards and skirts but we have very little money left in our ‘dress a dancer fund’ to supply their ballet slippers.  Your gift will make some young dancer very happy.  Thank you.

Coffee with the Director
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We will be holding our 2nd ‘Coffee with the Director’ on Saturday, January 31st between 11:45am and 12:45pm in the Café at the Performing Arts Center.  Please come and take this opportunity to chat with Mark George, Director of the Community Division, and Jill Vasbinder, Assistant Director of Dance.

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

Performance Ensemble  - April Performances are being planned.
We are aiming for April 25/26; however, this is not confirmed. We are also planning to take this performance to a few Windsor schools during the school day, dates TBA – These performances will involve the upper level intensive students. The casting is being done by Mr. Campaneria in class and is in addition to our Spring Festival Performances in June

Rehearsals for Friday, January 30th and Saturday January 31st

Friday:  7pm – 8:30pm – Pas de trois, Swan Lake & Don Q -  ALL
Saturday:  2pm – 3pm -  Pas de Quatre 1st cast
Saturday: 3pm – 4pm – Coppelia pas de deux, Don Q – ALL and La Corsaire – 1st cast
Saturday Rehearsals for English Folk Song:
2pm – 2:45pm – All dancers in first Movement
2:45pm – 3:30pm – Naomi Lemire & Haley Rose
Performance Ensemble Tentative Casting… So Far….. AND Subject to change… see the virtual dance bag in the dance pages on our website.  Casting is NOT Final.

Calendar
January 31st – Coffee with the Director at the Café, Performing Arts Center 11:45am
February 1st - Rescheduled Boston Ballet Summer Program Auditions at the Performing Arts Center
Registration 1pm, Auditions follow beginning at 1pm
February 15th – Auditions for International Summer Ballet Intensive at the Performing Arts Center
February 16th – 20th – Winter Vacation - Hartford
February 16th – 21st – Winter Vacation - Simsbury
April 5th -  5th Annual Ballet workshop, Performing Arts Center

Mark your Calendars for our upcoming Summer Programs
Some information on some of the programs is already on our Summer pages on our website,

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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!

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:       Beethoven wrote nine symphonies in all, and one of them is sometimes known as the “Fate Symphony”:

a)         Second
b)         Third
c)         Fourth
d)         Fifth
e)         Sixth

Last week’s question:    The Waltz of the Flowers, which the Sugar Plum Fairy invites her guests to dance, is part of the:

a)         Woodland Sketches     
b)         Nutcracker Suite 
c)         Children’s Corner

Correct Answer:          b)        Nutcracker Suite 

Quiz Winner:             Sharon Vocke, mother of trumpet student Liz Dietz, who studies with Pete Roe
 
This week’s prize:     2 tickets to the Hartt Symphony Orchestra concert on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 7:30 pm in Lincoln Theater.

To submit your answers, 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

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