• Words from the Director
  Investment Advice for Scary Times
  

• HCD T-Shirts for Sale!
  $15 ~ All Sizes Available!
  
  
• VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!
  Can you help us sell t-shirts at ensemble rehearsals?  Do you have web design experience, if so we could use your help!
  
  
• Parent Meeting for Suzuki Orchestras
  The last 10 minutes of the first rehearsal will be reserved for a parent meeting!
  
  
• SIGHT READING PARTIES ARE BACK! Starting Tomorrow!
  String students from the following ensembles and groups are welcome and invited to attend: Intermezzo, Vivace, Opus, Concert Ensemble, and CYS.
  
  
• Music Composition Classes Start Oct. 26
  Students will learn to use notation or MIDI sequencing and digital audio software to communicate their musical ideas as well as compositional techniques used to create music.
  
  
• Musical Matinee ~ Please join the Moyer, Meyer, Whitman-Logan Trio for an afternoon of classical music. 
  3:00 pm, Saturday October 4, 2008 in Millard Auditorium

• News from the Dance Department
  Classes are now held at the beautiful, new Handel Performing Arts Center at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway!
  
  
• HCD Ensemble Rehearsal Schedules
  Check the upcoming rehearsal schedule for your ensemble!
  
  
• FYI and About our Newsletter
  Contact the Community Division Staff; submit a newsletter article.
  

Words from the Director

Investment Advice for Scary Times

The Dow has plummeted.  Real estate values are sinking.  The credit market is frozen.  Financial giants are collapsing.  The likes of Donald Trump and Warren Buffett have weighed in on investment opportunities.  Suze Orman, Lou Dobbs, Jim Cramer and even Doctor Phil have offered investment advice.  But the safest and most lucrative investment is still in the education of our children.  What value do we place on intelligent and motivated young people? 

We don’t invest in music or dance education because we think our children will become stars (though that might be the result). We invest because participation in the performing arts produces students who are engaged, sensitive and resourceful.  We invest because we want our children to be successful.  We invest because we want our children to be contributors to the collective good. We invest because we want our children to enjoy the richness of life.  We invest in our children because we want them to be happy.

The Hartt School Community Division is in the business of developing creative, good hearted and productive citizens.  Students receive lessons they will draw on forever.  They have experiences they will remember for a lifetime.

The Community Division appreciates the trust you have put in us.  Our institution is strong and solvent.  Our assets are many, our liabilities are few.  We operate with the knowledge that what we do is of great importance because when a community invests in its young, the futures market booms.

Dr. Mark George, Director
Hartt Community Division

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HCD T-Shirts for Sale!

 

Hartt Community Division T-Shirts are now on sale at the HCD Office! 

All Sizes, child to adult $15.00

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!

~ Parent Volunteers are sought to sell T-Shirts at Ensemble Rehearsals!   Please contact harttcomm@hartford.edu or 860-768-4451 to volunteer!

~ Volunteers with Web Design Experience Needed! ~ The HCD Website uses DreamWeaver Software.  If you are interested in helping, please contact Alana Seddon at 860-768-4718 or email aseddon@hartford.edu.

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Parent Meeting for Suzuki Orchestras

We ask that the parents of our Suzuki Orchestra students attend the last 10 minutes of the first rehearsal for a brief parent meeting.  Thank you!

Vivace Orchestra
Saturday 10/04/08 11:15am-12:15pm (arrive at 12:05pm for parent meeting)

Opus 89 Orchestra
Saturday 10/04/08 12:30-2:30pm (arrive at 2:20pm for parent meeting)

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SIGHT READING PARTIES ARE BACK!

Starting THIS FRIDAY, October 3rd, SIGHT READING PARTIES ARE BACK! Come join us on Friday evenings in Room 342 from 7:30-9 for sight reading fun (and tasty treats). The schedule for this fall includes: Oct 3, Oct 10, Oct 17, Nov 7, Nov 14, Dec 5, Dec 12, Jan 16, Jan 23.

String students from the following ensembles and groups are welcome and invited to attend: Intermezzo, Vivace, Opus, Concert Ensemble, and CYS.

We will begin the party with the most accessible sight reading and progress throughout the evening to more difficult music. Depending on the numbers of students at different levels who attend, the evening will look something like this:

7:30-8 Intermezzo level sight reading
8-8:30 Vivace/Concert Ensemble level reading
8:30-9 Opus/CYS level reading

Everyone is invited to attend for the whole hour and a half, but we will "tailor" the reading to the levels of the students who come. Faculty and college students are invited and encouraged to come and play alongside the students! Come, and bring a stand and a tasty treat to share.

Please check the HCD Ensemble Schedule in the future for reminders about Sight Reading Party Dates!

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Music Composition Classes Start Oct. 26

The Inter-District Music Composition Program will be returning this year with classes starting on Oct. 26.  As members of this program, students will work in small groups with one of the faculty composers, Ken Steen and Jessica Rudman. Students will learn to use notation or MIDI sequencing and digital audio software to communicate their musical ideas as well as compositional techniques used to create music. Our goal is to provide each student with the skills to develop his/her own voice as a composer, and small class size will allow students to spend a considerable amount of time on individual projects, which can then be featured on the end of year concert. This year, we will be offering four class levels:

~ Intro to Electronic Music Composition  
~ Intro to Music Composition
~ Intermediate Music Composition
~ Advanced Music Composition

The program offers free tuition for students enrolled in grades 7 - 12 at a public, charter or magnet school.
Tuition for private or home-schooled students will be $100 for the year.  Registration materials are available in the Hartt Community Division Office and will be available online shortly.  Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged.  Registration materials must be received by Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.  

For more information or to receive registration materials, please contact Jessica Rudman at rudman@hartford.edu.

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Musical Matinee ~ Please join the Moyer, Meyer, Whitman-Logan Trio for an afternoon of classical music. 
3:00 pm, Saturday October 4, 2008 in Millard Auditorium

Please join the Moyer, Meyer, Whitman-Logan Trio for an afternoon of classical music. 

Works include W. A. Mozart’s charming String duo for violin and viola in G major, transcribed for cello, a seldom-performed sonata in C major by Bohemian composer Franz Benda, and Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1 F minor for violin and piano.

This concert is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will follow the performance.

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News from the Dance Department

Nutcracker Rehearsals for Saturday, October 4th
2pm – 4pm
Everybody except Russian Girls
&
Every Tuesday until further notice,                      
Spanish & Flutes, 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Open House at the Performing Arts Center

A community open house for the University’s new Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center will take place on Saturday, October 4, from 10am to 12noon.

University President Walter Harrison and Hartt School students will welcome members of the community to the former Thomas Cadillac distributorship site, which has been transformed into a 55,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art dance and theatre instruction and performance space for collegiate and Community Division students of The Hartt School.  At this informal event, visitors will take self-guided tours and observe classes in session, and Hartt students will describe the classes and activities. Light refreshments will be provided.

Remember to Bring A Friend
September 22nd through October 4th are ‘Bring a Friend to Class Weeks’  All registered students in Discovery, Children’s Ballet and Youth classes are asked to share your love of dancing with a friend.  Flyers are being handed out in class or pick one up from the receptionist desk at both locations.

Hartford Marathon
The Hartford Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, October 11th.  Although the route does not affect the immediate surrounding area of the Performing Arts Center (PAC), Students coming to the PAC from the East through Hartford, may experience some road closures and/or delays.  Please check the Hartford Marathon website at www.hartfordmarathon.com to check your route.

Calendar
October 4th – Open House at the Performing Arts Center.
September 22nd through October 4th – Bring a friend to class for all Children’s Ballet and Youth Programs
October 11th – Hartford Marathon
November 17th – 23rd – Parent Observation Week
November 26th – 30th – Thanksgiving Break, No Classes

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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

This week’s question:   During the Middle Ages, the knights and noblemen of Southern France who composed and sang songs were called:

a) crusaders
b) fiddlers
c) abacadabras
d) troubadours   

Last week’s question:  Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major is known as the:

a) “Emperor”
b) “Eroica”
c) “Pastoral”
d) “Choral”

Correct Answer:  b) “Eroica”

Quiz Winner:   Awilda Aponte

This week’s prize:     2 tickets to the Hartt School’s performance of “Carousel” on Saturday, October 18 at 7:30pm 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, Ciera 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
To pay your bills online: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/bursar/payment.html
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

TO UNSUBSCRIBE:  If you do not want to receive the Hartt Community Division’s Email Newsletter, please email jburnham@hartford.edu with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body or subject of the email.

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