Hartt School Presents Late Twentieth Century Japanese Works Feb. 25

The Hartt School and Hartt's Contemporary Players Ensemble - Glen Adsit, Music Director; and Robert Carl, Music Advisor - present "Japan: Takemistsu and After" on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, in Lincoln Theater 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.

The program of late twentieth century works will include Day Signal by Toru Takemitsu; Mirror of Stars by Akira Nishimura, Night Bird by Karen Tanaka; Res Sonorae by Jo Kondo; Lux Origins by Tokuhide Niimi; Water-Ways by Toru Takemitsu; and Night Signal by Toru Takemitsu. Background music from the electroacoustic work Mandara Trilogy by Somei Satoh will be provided before the concert and during intermission. Robert Carl, Chair of Hartt's Composition Department and Professor of Composition and Theory, met and interviewed many of these composers during his Spring, 2007 sabbatical in Japan. Now, he brings the works of this tremendous group of composers to Hartt.

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.