The Alturas Duo will perform David Macbride’s ¡No Más Muertes! (No More Deaths!), TONIGHT!
Thursday, October 30, at 7 pm at Quinnipiac University ~ FREE & Open to the Public
The Hartt Community Division Viola Ensemble will be performing in New York City
Sunday, November 2 at 2 pm at the Sage Theater near Times Square
Notice to CCC Parents & Students
November 11th Rehearsal Information
From The Danube to The Yellow River
Music from Two Easts by Two Duos: the Kelet Duo and the Duo Asiana
Music Adventure to hold a Reunion Concert
Sunday, November 9 at 4:30 pm at Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford. Please join us!
HARTT Announces the Ninth Annual Van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence
Local philanthropists fund competition with first prize of $10,000.
Hartt Community Division Concert Series at the Simsbury Public Library begins Friday, November 7, 2008
Performances given by Hartt Community Division faculty ~ Admission is free!
HSO POPS! Series begins November 1st with “Simply Sinatra”
Steve Lippia and the Hartford Symphony POPS! will be joined by Grammy Award winning guest conductor Victor Vanacore, drummer Mark Holovnia, and Joe Scanella on lead trumpet.
News from the Dance Department
Reminder: As Halloween falls on a Friday this year (October 31st) all Dance classes will be cancelled. We will be holding makeup classes for all of these Friday classes on Wednesday, November 26th.
Ensemble Rehearsal Schedules
Find out your ensemble’s upcoming schedule!
HCD Email Newsletter Quiz
This week’s prize: 2 tickets to the The Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band performance on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 7:30pm in Millard Auditorium
FYI and about our Newsletter
How to contact the Hartt Community Division Staff; submit a newsletter article.
The Alturas Duo will perform David Macbride’s ¡No Más Muertes! (No More Deaths!),
The Alturas Duo will perform David Macbride’s ¡No Más Muertes! (No More Deaths!), with narration by Macbride, on Thursday, October 30, at 7 pm, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Composer David Macbride ’73 is a professor of composition and theory at The Hartt School and a Hartt alumnus. The Alturas Duo is made up of Carlos Boltes ’04 on viola and Scott Hill ’02, ’04 on guitar. They both are on the faculty of the Hartt Community Division.
¡No Más Muertes! was commissioned by the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation New Works Initiative and written for the Alturas Duo. The piece is about illegal immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States, and how some, tragically, do not survive the journey. The text is primarily taken from Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated book about undocumented immigrants who died of dehydration in the Arizona desert.
“The idea is not to take sides, but to open up a discussion on the issue of immigration and human trafficking,” Hill said. “Usually, after we perform the piece, we encourage questions from the audience.”
Boltes, a native of Santiago, Chile, and Hill, a native of Ontario, Canada, formed the Alturas Duo in 2001 to combine South American folk rhythms and classical music. They have performed in Carnegie Hall; the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institute; the Chilean and Venezuelan embassies in Washington, D.C.; and at the 34th International Viola Congress in Québec City. The Duo also won first prize in the folk category at the 2006 New England International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition.
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The Hartt Community Division Viola Ensemble will be performing in New York City
Sunday, November 2 at 2 pm at the Sage Theater near Times Square
The Hartt Community Division Viola Ensemble will be performing in New York City on Sunday, November 2 at 2 pm at the Sage Theater near Times Square.
Directed by Melinda Daetsch and Lisa Humphrey
Members: Brennan Hartigan, Christine Heddon (violist and step dancer), Lily Peng, Rachel Margolis, Jesse Gray, Max Partyka, Ian Sunde, Eric Burt, Kristee Sylman, Grace McCormick, Nathan Kwak, Matthew D'Alessandro, Abby Tulchinsky, Austin Zhu, Eleanor Kang, Alexandria Paulette, Hou Tai Wong, Andrew Tang and Maggie Klucznik
Performing:
Francis Scott Key - The Star Spangled Banner, arranged for 8 violas by Marshall Fine
J.S. Bach - Gavotte from French suite no. 5, BMV #8/6 in G major, arranged for 3 violas by Elizabeth Stuen-Walker
A. Dvorak - Humoresque, arranged for two violas by Elizabeth Stuen-Walker
G.P. Telemann - Concerto in G major for two violas: lll. Adagio, lV. Vivace
Tradtional Irish - The Drunken Sailor, arranged by Thorp
Join us at the "Varsity Violas Concert" for the New York Viola Society Concert Series.
WHEN: Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 2pm
WHERE: The Sage Theater is in the theater district of New York City
711 Seventh Avenue, 2nd floor, between 47th & 48th St.
Phone: 212-302-6665
For More Information: http://www.nyvs.org/
For directions: http://www.sagetheater.us/
COST: The New York Viola society has decided to make this a FREE CONCERT in recognition of the number of performers and families who will be coming from a distance to participate.
Please consider coming to New York to support the violas in this unique concert. Also note that the New York City Marathon is the same day, so if you are planning to come to New York, please leave plenty of time (in case of backed up traffic) to get there!
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Notice to CCC Parents & Students
November 11th Rehearsal Information
Due to the Veteran’s Day holiday next Tuesday, the Magnet School will be closed on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008.
There is NO REHEARSAL for Overture, Prelude, Canticum or Cambiata Choirs.
Concert Choir will rehearse at Hartt in Room 342 from 5:30-7:30pm.
Concert Choir singers preparing for the Hartford Chorale performance will rehearse in Room 342 at 5 pm.
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From The Danube to The Yellow River
Music from Two Easts by Two Duos: the Kelet Duo and the Duo Asiana
Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 3 pm
Hartt School, University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117
Millard Auditorium
Free Admission
The Kelet Duo (Katalin Viszmeg, violin and Pi-Hsun Shih, piano) and the Duo Asiana (Pi-Hsun Shih and Yu-Chen Shih, piano) bring together a vast array of musical styles from Eastern Europe and Asia. This repertoire embraces both the folkloric and classical cultures of their origins, and offers audiences an extraordinary experience.
Program: Hungarian Folk Songs, Romanian Folk Dances, Gypsy music, Fisherman’s Song, Romance of Hsiao and Chin, Four Little Pieces for Wood, Three Wedding Dances, Mountain Ditty Folk Songs form China, Rush Hour In Hong Kong…and more…
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Music Adventure to hold a Reunion Concert
Sunday, November 9 at 4:30 pm at Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford. Please join us!
The concert features HCD faculty members Teri Einfeldt (violin), Eric Dahlin (cello) and Jaroslaw Lis (violin) and 2008 participants including HCD students performing chamber works by Beethoven, Corelli, Dvorak, Kodaly, Mozart, and 2008 student composer Andrew Kim.
The Colosium, Rome
A slide show, reception and information session for students interested in attending 2009 Music Adventure will follow the concert. Since 1999, Music Adventure has been taking students and families for intensive chamber music study in European destinations. For 2009, Umbria, Tuscany and Rome are on the itinerary. Visit www.musicadventure.org for more information.
Emmanuel Congregational Church is located at Woodland Street and Farmington Avenue in Hartford. The concert is free and open to the public.
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HARTT Announces the Ninth Annual Van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence
Local philanthropists fund competition with first prize of $10,000.
The Hartt School will present the finals of the ninth annual van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence, in which Hartt undergraduate instrumental performance students compete for three cash prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000. The competition provides important financial support for Hartt undergraduates to pursue their musical careers, and is believed to be the undergraduate music competition with the highest cash award in the U.S.
The final round—which is free and open to the public—will take place on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 2 pm in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford’s West Hartford campus. After the competition, the audience is invited to a dessert reception to await the announcement of the winners. For more information, call the University box office at (860) 768-4228 or (800) 274-8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.
The van Rooy Competition for Musical Excellence was established in 2000 through the generosity of Marie-Claire and Jean-Pierre van Rooy of Farmington, CT. The purpose of the competition is to promote musical excellence by assisting young musicians financially. The competition is open to all Hartt undergraduate instrumental musicians majoring in performance. The six finalists have been selected via two preliminary rounds, and will present their final selections for the consideration of the three esteemed adjudicators.
Marie-Claire van Rooy serves on The Hartt School Board of Directors. Jean-Pierre van Rooy has served as president of Carrier Corporation’s international division and president and chairman of Otis Elevator Company. He currently is president of Special Olympics Europe-Eurasia, headquartered in Brussels, and serves on the board of Special Olympics International in Washington, D.C. He also is on the board of directors of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Bristol Hospital, and is a trustee of the Wadsworth Atheneum and Miss Porter’s School in Farmington.
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Hartt Community Division Concert Series at the Simsbury Public Library begins Friday, November 7, 2008
Performances given by Hartt Community Division faculty ~ Admission is free!
Please join us for the first concert in our new series on Friday, November 7! The performance will begin at 12:30 pm and will take place at the Simsbury Public Library located at 725 Hopmeadow Street. For directions, please visit the Simsbury Public Library website at http://www.simsburylibrary.info/.
The performers for the November 7 series at the Simsbury Public Library are:
Mia Kang, piano
Ruth Bergman, violin
Susan Robison, cello
Daniel Hartington, guitar
We hope to see you there!
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HSO POPS! Series begins November 1st with “Simply Sinatra”
On Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 8:00 pm the 2008-2009 Hartford Symphony POPS! Series begins with Steve Lippia, a Las Vegas favorite and Southington native who attracted an audience of nearly 6,000 people to the Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows during the 2007 Talcott Mountain Music FestivalSM. With his popular “Simply Sinatra” show, Lippia will fulfill his dream to play Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford. Lippia and the Hartford Symphony POPS! will be joined by Grammy Award winning guest conductor Victor Vanacore, drummer Mark Holovnia, and Joe Scanella on lead trumpet.
Steve Lippia has become one of the most prominent, in-demand vocalists and has quickly established his place among the finest interpreters of standards and traditional pop music in the nation. Steve’s youthful, energetic talent and powerful show creates a perfect blend of classic and contemporary. “Simply Sinatra” introduces a new generation to timeless music, while appealing to long-time listeners.
Steve has recently performed to sold-out audiences with major symphonies across North America including Alabama, Greensboro, Hilton Head, North Carolina, Mansfield, Tacoma, Duluth-Superior, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Naples Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Winnipeg, Tucson, Allentown, Lake Charles, Altoona, Lexington, Colorado, Edmonton, Fort Worth and Vancouver.
PROGRAM to include the following selections:
Lady is a Tramp
The Best is Yet to Come
All The Way
Witchcraft
Cheek to Cheek
It Was A Very Good Year
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week
Send in the Clowns
That’s Life
Come Fly With Me
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Fly Me To The Moon
I Have Dreamed
Come Dance With Me
Angel Eyes
You Make Me Feel So Young
My Way
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News from the Dance Department
Rehearsal Schedule for Winter Performance for Saturday, November 1st
Angels - 2pm - 3pm, Studio 4
Candy Canes - 3pm - 4pm, Studio 4
2pm – 4pm
Remaining roles including Russian Girls, Studio 3
&
Every Tuesday until further notice,
Spanish & Flutes, 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Reminders for the following Students/Costume accessories:
Katie Manger
Haley Rose
Aimy Day
Raechel Manga
Please drop off your pointe shoes (with ribbons & elastics sewn) to Mandy in the office so that they can be dyed by November 13.
All men will need black ballet slippers.
Dates & Times for the Winter Dance & Orchestra Performance,
Handel Center Black Box Theater
12/20 at 2pm & 5pm
12/21 at 3pm
Boston Ballet Summer Intensive Auditions
The Boston Ballet will be holding its Summer Ballet Intensive Auditions at the Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 18th. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Amanda Kilpatrick at kilpatric@hartford.edu by Thursday, October 30th. If we have enough students interested, they will waive the audition fee for us.
Halloween
As Halloween falls on a Friday this year (October 31st) all classes will be cancelled. We will be holding makeup classes for all of these Friday classes on Wednesday, November 26th.
Attention Students, Parents, and Faculty:
Saturday, November 8, 2009
The Hartt School is holding a Gala at the Handel Performing Arts Center. A few of our own Community Division dancers have been asked to participate in the performances that will be happening that day. In order to prepare the building for the event, we must change the schedule for that morning.
This will affect some, but not all, of the classes for that day. If your class is not listed below, it is happening as usual. If you have any questions, please ask the dance desk, dance administrator, assistant director, or chair.
E/F, DII, and CII ballet will be held from 9 to 10:30 am in Studio 5.
There is no E/F ballet at 10:30 or variations at 12:30.
Senior Performance ensemble rehearsal will held from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
Children’s Ballet III is combined to meet from 11:30 to 12:30 pm.
All Community Division activities at the Handel Performing Arts Center on November 8, 2008 will end at 12:30 pm. Please be sure to pick your student up promptly.
*Performers in the Gala will rehearse on Friday, November 7. Times: to be determined
It’s Snowing. How Do I Know if Classes are Cancelled?
With winter just around the corner, now is a good time for a quick reminder about the University’s policies on weather-related closings.
Because the University of Hartford is a highly residential institution, it is critical to maintain its operations and schedules. Generally, the University will not close except under unusual circumstances.
In the event of a severe weather condition or other emergency, there are several ways to find out if the University is open and if classes are delayed or cancelled.
Web Alert
The simplest and quickest way is through the University's Web Alert system. Just go to www.hartford.edu or http://uhaweb.hartford.edu — if there is a weather advisory or emergency announcement, it will be displayed prominently at the top of the page.
Telephone
You can also check for weather-related closings and emergency announcements by phone. From off campus, call 860.768.4100. From campus residences and offices, dial “0.”
Text Message Notification Service
Emergency closing alerts will be sent via text message to those cell phone numbers registered with UHTXT, the University’s text message notification system. To sign up, go to www.hartford.edu/alert.
Radio and Television
On the radio, WTIC (1080 AM and 96.5 FM), WRCH (100.5 FM), and WWUH (91.3 FM), offer information about winter storm closings. If you prefer to follow winter storm coverage on TV, please be aware that Channel 3 (WFSB-TV) is the only local television station that allows colleges to post specific opening and closing times. If you see announcements on Channel 8 (WTNH) or Channel 30 (WVIT) you should follow up by checking the Web Alert system or calling 860.768.4100.
Calendar
October 31st – Halloween – No Classes
November 8 – Hartt Gala, Handel Center (Performing Arts Center)
November 17th – 23rd, Parent Observation Week
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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
HCD Ensemble |
Day |
Time |
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Location |
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Suzuki Orchestras |
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Appoggiatura |
Wednesdays |
5:45-6:30pm |
November 5 ~ NO REHEARSAL
November 12, 2008 |
Multi-Purpose Room at the UUC |
Da Capo |
Tuesdays |
5:45-6:30pm |
November 4 ~ NO REHEARSAL
November 11, 2008 |
Multi-Purpose Room at the UUC |
Intermezzo |
Tuesdays |
4:45-5:45pm |
November 4 ~ NO REHEARSAL
November 11, 2008 |
Multi-Purpose Room at the UUC |
Vivace |
Saturdays |
11:15am-12:15pm |
November 1, 2008
November 8, 2008
November 15, 2008 |
Bliss Music Room, Hartt |
Opus 89 |
Saturdays |
12:30-2:30pm |
November 1, 2008
November 8, 2008
November 15, 2008 |
Bliss Music Room, Hartt |
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Concert Ensemble (Winds & Strings) |
Saturdays |
9:00-11:00am |
November 1, 2008
November 8, 2008
November 15, 2008 |
Bliss Music Room, Hartt |
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GHYWE |
Sundays |
5:30-7:30pm |
November 2, 2008
November 9, 2008
November 16, 2008 |
Bliss Music Room, Hartt |
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CYS |
Sundays |
2:00-4:00pm
Sectionals 1-2pm |
November 2, 2008
November 9, 2008
November 16, 2008 |
Bliss Music Room, Hartt |
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Adult String Ensemble |
Saturdays |
11:15am-12:45pm |
November 1, 2008
November 8, 2008
November 15, 2008 |
Room 342, Hartt |
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CT Children’s Chorus |
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Overture Choir |
Tuesdays |
5:30-7:00pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11 ~ NO REHEARSAL |
Room 120, Hartt |
Prelude Choir |
Tuesdays |
5:30-7:00pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11 ~ NO REHEARSAL |
Room 105 Magnet School |
Canticum Choir |
Tuesdays |
5:30-7:00pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11 ~ NO REHEARSAL |
Room 106, Magnet School |
Cambiata Choir |
Tuesdays |
5:30-7:00pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11~ NO REHEARSAL |
Room 208, Magnet School |
Concert Choir |
Tuesdays |
5:30-7:30pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11 ~ REHEARSAL AT HARTT room 342 |
Agora,
Magnet School |
Hartford Chorale Reherasal for students participating in the concert with the Chorale |
Tuesdays |
5:00-5:30pm |
November 4, 2008
November 11, 2008 AT HARTT in room 342
November 18, 2008
Friday, Nov. 21st
Saturday, Nov. 22 |
Rehearsal as the Magnet School
Rehearsal at St. James Church 7-10pm
Dress Rehearsal Immanuel Church 10am-1pm
Concert with the Hartford Chorale 7pm-10pm |
FREE
Sight Reading Parties
for String Students in Intermezzo, Vivace, Opus, Concert Ensemble & CYS |
Fridays (intermittent) |
7:30-9:00pm |
November 7, 2008
November 14, 2008
December 5, 2008 December 12, 2008 January 16, 2009
January 23, 2009 |
Room 342, Hartt |
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Performer’s Certificate |
Mondays |
3:30-5:30pm |
November 3, 2008 |
HSO Seminar, Edward Cumming |
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HCD Email Newsletter Quiz
This week’s question: Louise, Martha, The Bartered Bride and Manon are all:
a) movies
b) ballets
c) operas
d) poems
Last week’s question: If you can translate ‘la sonnambula’, which is also the name of an opera, you will know it means:
a) The Flying Dutchman
b) a sleep-walker
c) Porgy and Bess
Correct Answer: b) a sleep-walker
Quiz Winner: Anke Graefe, mother of a former HCD piano student
This week’s prize: 2 tickets to the The Hartt Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band performance on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 7:30pm in Millard Auditorium
Under the direction of Matthew Aubin, The Symphony will perform one of Colgrass's latest works for wind ensemble, called Raag Mala. In addition, the Symphony band also will feature two of his works written for children. Joining the Hartt Symphony Band on stage will be the Simsbury Middle School band, performing the Beethoven Machine. In the second half of the concert, under the direction of Glen Adsit, the Hartt Wind Ensemble will perform Colgrass' earliest work for wind ensemble, The Winds of Nagual and his latest, Urban Requiem.
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
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.
