News from the HCD Dance Department

Spring Festival –   Announcement for Simsbury & Hartford Discovery, Children’s Ballets’ Tiny Taps, Tap 1  & Foundation Classes
A revised production schedule is being drafted and is available in the Virtual Dance Bag on our website (http://www.hcd.hartford.edu/dance/dance_bag.htm). 

Spring Festival Informational meetings for Parents
Several informational meetings for parents have been arranged.  Please try to attend to ask and have your questions answered.  The dates and times are as follows:

Hartford

Discovery, Tiny Tap, Childrens’s Ballet I, II & III and Foundation classes -
Monday, May 18th at 5pm or Saturday, May 23rd at 10am

Intensive Division levels A – F
Monday, May 18 at 6:30pm

Simsbury
Discovery, Tap 1, Childrens’s Ballet I, II & III and Foundation classes -
Saturday, May 23rd at 12 noon.

Spring Festival Rehearsal Schedule - Upper Levels, Intensive Division

Thursday, May 7th
7pm – 7:45pm Emily and Xavier
7:45pm – 8:45pm
The New Character Section

Saturday, May 9th ~ Everyone (Intensive)
2pm – 4pm
Coppelia
Pas De Quatre
Pas de Trois
Don Q ~ ALL (Includes the new court dance)

HCD Dance Calendar

May 1-10 – Practice-a-thon
June 8th – June 14th  - Spring Festival Production Week.

Notice to Suzuki Students

Group & Orchestra Classes at the Church Cancelled May 11-15

Attn: Concert Choir Singers and Parents
Next Tuesday, May 12, will be a recording/concert session.

Memo From Dr. Younse, Ms. Ferrebee, Mrs. Gilson
Date:    May 11, 2009
Re:  Concert recording session ~ Next Tuesday, May 12, will be a recording/concert session. 

Here are the details:

The recording session will be in Konover Campus Center on campus of the University of Hartford.  This is the A-frame building to the right of Lincoln Theater.  Continue past the Hartt building and take the second left into the parking lot for Lincoln Theater.  We ask that singers be at Konover by 5:15 p.m. so that we can begin right at 5:30 p.m.

Concert Choir singers should wear Concert Dress.

Parents are invited and encouraged to attend this recording session! (an audience helps us sing at our best)

The recording will be available for purchase by Concert Choir families.

Having a recording/concert time enables us to start/stop pieces as well as re-record.  We will use this recording when we submit an application for performance at music conferences.

The recording session will end at the usual time: 7:30 p.m.

Thank you for your support of CCC!

West End String Quartet to perform May 16th 7:30 pm





The West End String Quartet will be performing at St. Augustine’s Church in Seymour, CT on Saturday, May 16th.  The St. Augustine Church is located at 35 Washington Avenue Seymour, CT.  The concert will be held at 7:30pm, and will include works by Beethoven, Schumann and New Haven organist and composer Jay Lindsay.  A Free Will offering will be accepted at the door, and a reception will follow.

The West End String Quartet is comprised of HCD Faculty Members, Jessica Meyer (violin), Sarah Washburn (violin), Lisa Humphrey (viola) & Carlynn Savot (cello).

Infinitango in Concert



violinist – Jessica Meyer, accordionist – Markus Centola, pianist – Maria Bessonova, and double bassist– Jonathan Crane

May 17, 3:00 PM at the Columbia Congregational Church
325 Route 87, Columbia, Connecticut 06237

Infinitango's (formerly Heart and Tango) performances combine the essence of Tango Argentino, Nuevo Tango, International Tango - the pulse, the sorrow and its emotional intensity together with the musicians’ personal expressions. Formed a few years ago in Connecticut and comprised of a violinist – Jessica Meyer, an accordionist – Markus Centola, a pianist – Maria Bessonova, and a double bass player – Jonathan Crane, this dynamic ensemble of young professionals has created a bright and unique repertoire equally suited for the dance hall or the concert stage. While evoking an unforgettable Argentine sentiment with classics from “Golden Age”, they also create new, innovative works with a timeless sense of beauty. Infinitango plays the music with a deep understanding of tradition as well as an obsessive desire to evolve the art form to new levels. For more information on upcoming performances, check our our myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/infinitango.

HCD Faculty in Concert! 
Viola Recital on May 20th in Berkman

Michael Wheeler, HCD Viola Faculty & Assistant Principal Violist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present a recital at Hartt on Wednesday, May 20th.  The recital will include guest artist Ron Krentzman, who is Assistant Principal Clarinetist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, HCD Clarinet Faculty Member and Adjust Professor for the Hartt School.  Mr. Wheeler & Mr. Krentzman will be accompanied by Ruriko Kagiyama Wheeler, HCD Piano Faculty Member. 

The recital will be held at 7:30pm on Wednesday, May 20th in the Berkman Recital Hall at the Hartt School.  Works by Beethoven, Hindemith, Rebecca Clark & Paganini will be performed.

Admission is FREE. 

2009 Simsbury Chamber Music Festival
Performances on Tuesdays in May!

We would like to take this opportunity to announce this year's lineup for the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival. All concerts will take place at the First Church of Christ located at 689 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT. For directions, and more festival information, please go to our website: http://www.simsburychambermusicfestival.com/

This year's performers will include:

May 12 - The Alturas Duo with Italian flute virtuoso Sergio Pallottelli
HCD Faculty Members Carlos Boltes & Scott Hill (Alturas Duo)


May 19 - The Kelet Duo
HCD Faculty Members Hungarian violinist Katalin Viszmeg
and Taiwanese pianist Pi- Hsun Shih

May 26 - Clarinetist Thomas Labadorf and the Ligeti Ensemble

HCD Summer Programs for Children

The Community Division is offering a number of week-long music camps this summer.  The programs are an affordable and convenient way for students to stay connected to the performing arts.  A summary follows. There are also other half-day programs available.

Complete details are available on our website using the links below.

Summer Music Programs:  http://hcd.hartford.edu/Programs/Summer.htm

Summer Dance Programs:  http://hcd.hartford.edu/dance/SummerDance.html

If you have questions about any of these programs contact us
at our main office at 860-768-4451 or harttcomm@hartford.edu
or
our Dance Department at 860-768-6000 dancedesk@hartford.edu.

HCD Ensemble Rehearsal Schedules

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

HCD Email Newsletter Quiz

This week’s question:    Can you finish the chorus to Stephen Fotster’s My Old Kentucky Home:

For the old Kentucky home...

a)         good night.
b)         bye and bye.
c)         far away.

Last week’s question:     If you see “Opus 34” on a piece of music it means:
a)         Work 34
b)         Dance 34
c)         ¾ Time

Correct Answer:    a) Work 34

To submit your answers: 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.

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

Cindy Mickens, 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, Jennifer Fuller 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.

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