We are excited to launch the second year of the Simsbury Public Library Chamber Music Series on Monday, October 5th!  The first concert of the year will feature members of the Hartt School guitar and cello faculty as well as former students.  Please join us for refreshments following the performance. 

Monday, October 5th, 2009
1:30 PM
Simsbury Public Library
725 Hopmeadow St.
Simsbury, CT

Mauro Giuliani - Gran Sonata Eroica op. 150
Joaquin Rodrigo - Tiento Antiguo
Joaquin Rodrigo - En Los Trigales
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Sonata in C major, op. 14 no. 6
Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No. 6 in D major for Unaccompanied Cello

Yovianna Garcia Alvarez, guitar; Daniel Hartington, guitar; David Gibson, cello; Amy Kang, cello.

And mark your calendars for future concert dates!
Saturday, December 5, 3PM
Monday, February 15, 1:30PM
Monday, May 3, 1:30PM

For more information, please contact Mia Kang at jmmiakang@yahoo.com  or (860) 651-7653.

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Aaron Flagg, dean of The Hartt School, was the subject of the cover story in West Hartford Life's Sept. issue. "I'm going to listen and facilitate honest discussions so we can get to action," Flagg said in the paper. "The first day I arrived I called every faculty member on staff to say hello and introduce myself. I don't think they expected that."

Read the story online at:   http://mywesthartfordlife.com/people.php?cid=4&id=26

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2009-2010 Sight Reading Parties 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.   Members of the Joza Karas Adult String Ensemble, HCD Faculty, Hartt Faculty and college students are invited and encouraged to come and play as well!

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.

7:30-9pm on Friday nights in Room 342....

October 23 7:30 - 9 pm
November 20 7:30 - 9 pm
January 8 7:30 - 9
February 5 7:30 - 9
March 5 7:30 - 9
April 30 7:30 - 9

Come, and bring a stand and a tasty treat to share! 
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Suzuki Violin students are invited to
a Halloween Play-Down
10:00am Andante, Allegro, Appoggiatura, Vivace, and Aria
11:00am Da Capo, Intermezzo, and Opus 89
DOWNLOAD
THE SUZUKI VIOLIN PLAY-DOWN FLYER!

Suzuki Piano students are invited to a Halloween Play-In
All Hallow's Eve October 31, 2009
3pm in Room 410
DOWNLOAD THE SUZUKI PIANO PLAY-IN FLYER!

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Acclaimed jazz bassist and Hartt School & Hartt Community Division faculty member Nat Reeves  performed as part of the Eric Alexander Quartet in Kanazawa, Japan, on Sept. 21 and 22.

The Quartet also features Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone; jazz legend Harold Mabern, piano; and Joe Farnsworth, drums. Also appearing is Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet. 

http://www.ericalexanderjazz.com/thegroup.htm

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Park Road Parade

The Park Road Parade is CANCELLED.  All classes will follow their normal schedule for Saturday, October 3rd.


Nutcracker Rehearsals

Friday 10/2
6:00-7:30pm- Kailah King, Mar Irene, Jamal Shuriah, Rickey Flagg, Joe Cianciulli

Saturday 10/3
2-3pm Mice and Rats (Studio 5)
3-4pm Soldiers (Studio 5)

2-3pm- Flutes, Spanish, Chinese and Russian
3-4pm- Snow (all Grande ensemble + Anewshka, Samantha, Haley M)
4-5pm- Grande Pas (Rebecca, Nolan, Katie M, Gabrielle C, Xavier)

Saturday 10/10
2-3pm Candy Canes (Marissa Ward, Christina Henares, Mariana Myers, Rachel Ramenda (understudy), Ashley Nogareda, Lilly Moore, Sophia Meyers, Jesse Kulynych, Griffith, Ana-Maria Cruz
3-4pm Soldiers, Mice, Rats, and Rabbits

 
HCD DANCE CALENDAR
October 12th - Columbus Day.  All classes running normal schedule.
October 31st - Holloween.   All classes running normal schedule
December 18th - 19th Nutcracker at Millard Auditorium

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Please note the upcoming rehearsal schedule!

The Opus Retreat is right around the corner, October 9-11, 2009.

Opus Orchestra and Opus Group Class will not be held on October 10th.

Vivace Group Class & Orchestra will be held as normal on October 10th.

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Professional Enrichment Program for Teachers
&  Informative Seminar for Parents

News articles abound about the long-term benefits of peak performance techniques in the lives of professional athletes, medical and business professionals, musicians and dancers.  This training is invaluable in preparing for positive performance experiences. 

This workshop will give teachers and parents an introduction to the techniques helpful in supporting children and adolescents who experience stress and anxiety in the area of public performance.  The workshop will include an interactive demonstration of these techniques with student volunteers.

Saturday, October 24, 2009        $20
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Registration Deadline: October 16th

Roberts Theatre / Handel Performing Arts Center
Rae Tattenbaum
Peak Performance Coach, Inner Act Program

More Information: http://hcd.hartford.edu/archive/2009-2010%20Adult%20Programs%20Brochure%20&%20Reg%20Form.pdf

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Music Adventure Reunion Concert
SATURDAY, October 3rd
at 7:30
Berkman Recital Hall

Chamber music coaching at Spannocchia  

A Music Adventure Reunion Concert will reprise repertoire from the 2009 season in Tuscany, Italy performed by students and faculty. This August, Music Adventure was in residence at Tenuta di Spannocchia, an organic agricultural estate near Siena. Participants, including students and faculty from the community division, spent two weeks rehearsing and performing chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire in this historic setting. The group took trips to Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Volterra.

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The Hartt School's Contemporary Players Ensemble opens its season on Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus.  The concert is free and open to the public.  For information, call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

Curated by Hartt trombone professor Ronald Borror, this concert features compositions from the latter third of the twentieth century and nascent years of the twenty-first, which helped lay the ground work for and spawn a plethora of trombone concerti and other solo repertoire written since.  The pieces include a wide range of compositional styles and schools, and feature composers such as Milhaud, Reynolds, and Wuorinen.

Soloists who bring these works to fruition include Julie Josephson of the professional Prisma Trombone Quartet and Bang on a Can; Benjamin Herrington of the Meriden Arts Ensemble; and current Hartt students Ronald Edwards and Matthew Russo.     

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The Hartt School presents the Hartt Symphony Orchestra on Friday, October 2, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Christopher Zimmerman leads the orchestra with works by Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Hartt faculty member Stephen Gryc.  Admission is $20, with discounts for seniors, students, and groups.  Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.

The group will perform Ravel's Alborado del Gracioso, conducted by Pierre Alain Chevalier.  Alborado del Gracioso is a virtuoso tour de force for the orchestra.  The work exhibits the mastery of Ravel's orchestral craftsmanship.  The composer was at the height of his powers and the orchestration is at once opulent and subtle.

Also in the repertoire is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, which is regarded as one of the greatest symphonies of the late romantic era and arguable his greatest, alongside his Symphony No. 6.  Zimmerman describes the symphony as covering "the entire spectrum of emotions and each movement is immensely satisfying in itself and as a part of the whole.  It is a highly dramatic, beautifully paced work with moments of both exhilaration and poignancy.  The balance between the tragic and the uplifting is exquisite."

The Symphony also will perform Trombone Concerto, written by Hartt Composition faculty member, Stephen Gryc. Gryc's expertise in composing instrumental music has brought him commissions from a diverse group of the world's leading soloists including New York Philharmonic members Philip Smith (principal trumpet) and Joseph Alessi (principal trombone). His works for large ensembles have been performed nationally and internationally by such groups as the Minnesota Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the United States Marine Band, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble. Gryc is the composer of the University of Hartford's alma mater and fight song.

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The Hartt School's Theatre Division presents Twelfth Night, one of William Shakespeare's great comedies, Thursday, October 15, Friday, October 16, and Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, October 18, at 3:00 PM. Performances are in the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Admission is $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups. For tickets and information, call the University of Hartford Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587, or buy tickets online at www.hartford.edu/hartt

For centuries audiences have loved Twelfth Night, a tale of love, jealousy, and mistaken identity. When Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her brother's clothes and becomes a page in the palace of the Duke of Orsino. Thinking Viola is a boy, the Duke sends her with a message to Olivia, whom he loves. A variety of complications are set into motion when Olivia falls in love with the page 'boy'.

Twelfth Night, with its great clarity, economy, and drive,is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare. According to Robert Davis, director, "The play is really designed for the audience to get caught up in the action.  It is extremely accessible and probably the best play for someone who is new to Shakespeare; a great place to start a wonderful relationship with the world's greatest playwright!" Davis goes on to describe the play as hilarious. "It has, of course, Shakespeare's gorgeous poetic language but it's also filled with music, dance, and some wild and wacky slapstick comedy."  

The show features third and fourth year actor training and music theatre students who hail from locations in Connecticut and as far away as Louisiana. Fourth year actor training majors include Sal Mitsou of Farmington, CT, as Orsino; Alec Shamas of Wichita, KS, as Antonio; Bob Sheire of Stafford, VA, as Malvolio; Nathan Johnson of Mattapan, MA, as Sir Andrew Ague; Shaylan Glejzer of Gilford, NH, as Olivia; Chelsea Farthing of Alliance, OH, as Viola; and April Glick of Fairfax, VA, as Maria.  Fourth year music theatre majors include Seth Eliser of Saint Amani, LA, as Sebastian; Dan Cake of Kutztown, PA, as a sea captain; Nick Palazzo of Rocky Hill, CT, as Valentine; Pat Morrissey of Mound, MN, as Curio; Phil Smith of Granby, CT, as Sir Toby Belch; and Jamal Shuriah of Great Neck, NY, as Feste. Third year music theatre major Kevin Geiss of Carmel, CT, joins the cast as a servant/priest.

Pictured in rehearsal (L to R): Phil Smith, of Granby, CT; Shaylan Glejzer of Gilford, NH; Sal Mitsou of Farmington, CT; Nathan Johnson of Mattapan, MA.

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Click Here to See the HCD Ensemble Schedules!

For any last minute changes or cancellations ~ click here!

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

Jill Burnham, Administrative Secretary (jburnham@hartford.edu) -- new student referrals, financial aid questions, and registration questions.
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 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, Office Coordinator (glynn@hartford.edu  - managing ensembles and coordinating special events

HCD Main Office Receptionists (harttcomm@hartford.edu) - part-time receptionists at the main campus

HCD Simsbury Receptionists (simsmore@hartford.edu) - part-time receptionists at the Simsbury location

HCD Dance Department Receptionists (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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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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