The Hartt School Announces April Events
By: Kelsey Denette Mar. 07, 2012
The Hartt School has announced the following upcoming events:
The Hartt School Presents Sonagi Project
The Hartt School presents the Sonagi Project on Tuesday, April 3, at 12:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium. “Sonagi Project” is a Korean percussion group consisting of five musicians, led by Chang Jar Hyo, which creates modern, original music based on traditional Korean rhythms and chants. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Lions Gate Trio
The Hartt School presents the Lions Gate Trio on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Lions Gate Trio-violinist Katie Lansdale, pianist Florence Millet, and cellist Darrett Adkins performs Beethoven Trio Op. 70 No. 2, Dvorak Trio No. 1 in B Flat, and a new work by Elena Kats-Cherbin entitled “Gypsy Ramble.” Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents Public Works
The Hartt School presents Public Works on Wednesday, April 4, at 8:00 PM, in Wilde Auditorium, Harry Jack Gray Center, Universityof Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Hartt Student Composers and friends perform an evening of new music. Admission is free but seating is limited. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Percussion Faculty
The Hartt School presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Percussion Faculty, on Friday, April 6, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Hartt faculty member Benjamin Toth and Hartt Alumnus Gene Koshinski present an evening of chamber music for two percussionists, featuring works by Koshinski (recently awarded The ASCAP Foundation Nissim Prize) and Minoru Miki’s landmark work, Marimba Spiritual. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents Hammerklavier
The Hartt School presents Hammerklavier on Monday, April 9, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Hammerklavier features solo performances by pianists from Hartt’s Piano Department. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents The Hartt Composers Ensemble
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Composers Ensemble on Wednesday, April 11, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Hartt Composers Ensemble and special guests in the Hartford area’s largest celebration of American composer John Cage’s centennial, which is being celebrated internationally this year. Arguably one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, John Cage redefined what music can be. A trio of concerts will feature classic and rarely performed works, showcasing the depth, variety, and audaciousness of Cage’s musical explorations. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents Shakespeare in Hollywood
The Hartt School presents Shakespeare in Hollywood Thursday, April 12 through Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 15, at 3:00 PM, in The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater, Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Lights, Camera, Shakespeare! It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros.’ Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play—who else—themselves. This mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp. 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 Hartt School Presents an Evening with Guitar
The Hartt School presents an Evening with Guitar on Thursday, April 12, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford,200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Undergraduate and graduate students in the classical Guitar Department perform solo and chamber music. Admission is free.. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Big Band
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Big Band on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 PM, in Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Spring Acting and Movement Class Black Box
The Hartt School presents the Spring Acting and Movement Class Black Box on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium,University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Hartt's vocal performance majors perform an evening of opera scenes, including excerpts from Mozart's ever-popular Le nozze di Figaro and Johann Strauss II's beloved Die Fledermaus, under the stage direction of Michele McBride and the musical direction of Doris Lang Kosloff, with choreography by Thomas Baird. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Collegium Musicum
The Hartt School presents the Collegium Musicum on Friday, April 13, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Featuring J.Ph. Telemann's Don Quixote Suite, J.S. Bach's Concerto for two violins, as well as works by Jean-Fery Rebel and Antonio Vivaldi. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Chamber Choir Spring Concert
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Chamber Choir Spring Concert on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 PM, at St. Patrick/St. Anthony Church, 285 Church Street, Hartford. The Hartt Chamber Choir performs selections from its recent concert at the Eastern Regional ACDA Conference, as well as music by Bach, Corgliano, Rogier, and Whitacre. Members of the Hartt Chamber Choir also will sing arias, lute songs, and vocal chamber music. Admission: Suggested donation of $15 at the door.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Graduate Percussion Group
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Graduate Percussion Group on Saturday, April 14, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Hartt Percussion Group presents an evening of chamber music, composed by groundbreaking composers, featuring Lou Harrison’s long lost and recently uncovered Canticle No. 5; Steve Reich’s landmark workDrumming, part 1; Iannis Xenakis’ classic Peaux, from Pleiades; and the premier of Daniel Wohl’s arrangement of his Pixelated. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Scott Mendoker, Tuba
The Hartt School presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Scott Mendoker, tuba, on Sunday, April 15, at 2:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Robert Barefield, baritone, and David Westfall, piano
The Hartt School presents the 2011-2012 Faculty Recital Series featuring Robert Barefield, baritone, and David Westfall, piano on Sunday, April 15, at 3:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. This recital features a performance of the monumental song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Maid of the Mill.) Franz Schubert’s extraordinary gift of song brings to life the heartbreaking story of a young man’s search for love and his powerful connection to nature. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Trombone Ensemble “The Vocal Connection”
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Trombone Ensemble “The Vocal Connection” on April 17, 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall,University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue. Music by Schutz, Bach, Mozart, and others will be performed on modern trombones and, also on their progenitors, sackbuts. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Carter Brey, Cello, and Christopher O’Riley, piano
The Hartt School Presents the Richard P. Garmany Chamber Music Series featuring Carter Brey, Cello, and Christopher O’Riley, piano on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 PM, Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Two of the music world’s most visible and admired performers. As principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic and as an active soloist and chamber player, Brey is known to audiences around the world. Host of Public Radio’s long-running program “From the Top,” and acclaimed for his groundbreaking transcriptions of the songs of Radiohead and other rock artists, O’Riley is recognized as one of classical music’s visionary performers and thinkers. Admission is $35 adults; $30 for seniors/educators/UofH alumni; $25 for students and groups of 10 or more. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Vocal-Composition Collaboration Project
The Hartt School presents the Vocal-Composition Collaboration Project on Friday, April 20, at 4:30, in Berkman Recital Hall, Universityof Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Students of Cherie Caluda's vocal studio perform new pieces written by six Hartt student composers, which also would be critiqued and workshopped during the session. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Symphony Orchestra & The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz in a Collaborative Concert of American Music
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Symphony Orchestra & The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz in a Collaborative Concert of American Music on Friday, April 20, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The program features Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, by Leonard Bernstein; An American in Paris by George Gershwin; and six pieces commissioned by the Foundation for New American Music. The Foundation was founded in 1978 by Hartt alumnus andWest Hartford native Jack Elliott. He was a prominent television and film composer, conductor, music arranger, and television producer, who served as music director for the Grammy Awards for 30 years. The Hartt School recently received the large collection of music associated with Mr. Elliott's Foundation for New American Music thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Bobbi Elliott. The Jack Elliott Collection is a unique and invaluable trove of more than 350 commissioned works, largely symphonic works with jazz influences, by nearly 100 composers, including Erich Korngold, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Ray Brown, and Mr. Elliott himself. Mr. Elliott also created two professional orchestras to perform the work in the collection. This concert is Hartt's debut performance of music from the Collection. Hartt alumna and friend of Mr. Elliott, Ms. Dionne Warwick, will speak as part of this first concert featuring the Jack Elliott Collection. Composer and bassist John Clayton will be featured in a solo work and introduce his arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner," first performed by Whitney Houston. 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 Hartt School Presents a Free Improvisation Concert
The Hartt School presents a Free Improvisation Concert on Saturday, April 21, at 2:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Students of Robert Black’s Free Improvisation classes present an evening of improvisation. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents Double Bass Studio Recitals
The Hartt School presents Bass Studio Recitals on Saturday, April 21, at 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. West Hartford. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents The Hartt Percussion Ensemble
The Hartt School presents The Hartt Percussion Ensemble on Saturday, April 21, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. The Hartt Percussion Ensemble presents “Hidden Treasures” An evening of long lost works by well-known composers, including Jose Ardevol, Franziska Boas, Lyell Cresswell, Harold Davidson, William Duckworth, Karel Goeyvaerts, and Lou Harrison. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents a Mahler Re-Orchestration Extravaganza
The Hartt School presents a Mahler Re-Orchestration Extravaganza on Sunday, April 22, at 2:00, in Berkman Recital Hall, University ofHartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents a Bass Band Concert
The Hartt School presents a Bass Band Concert on Sunday, April 22, at 5:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visitwww.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. Seating is limited.
The Hartt School Presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Nine in repertory
The Hartt School presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Nine in repertory Monday through Sunday, April 23-29, in the Kent McCray Theater at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford. Admission is $20 for seniors, students, and groups. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/harttfor more information.
The competition is intense. The words are hilarious. Let the spelling begin! The show centers around a fictional spelling bee inPutnam County, New York. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a Tony Award winning musical, with William Finn’s score and Rachel Sheinkin’s book, centers around the experiences, joys, sorrows, and personal discoveries centered around the county spelling bee. Directed by Hartt faculty member Annmarie Davis, choreographed by Denise Moore-Leetch, and Music Direction by Paul Feyer, the show runs Monday, April 23, Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30; and Saturday, April 28, at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM.
With book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, Nine is based on Ferderico Fellini’s semi auto-biographical film 81/2. The musical focuses on Guido Contini, a film producer who is dreading his upcoming his 40th birthday and facing a midlife crisis and the romantic difficulties he faces. Directed by Hartt faculty member Ralph Perkins, the show runs Tuesday, April 24, Thursday, April 26, and Friday, April 27 at 7:30 PM; and Sunday, April 29, at 3:00 PM.
The Hartt School Presents the Hartt Jazz Trombone Ensemble
The Hartt School presents the Hartt Jazz Trombone Ensemble on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 PM, in Millard Auditorium, University ofHartford ,200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Under the direction of Steve Davis, the Ensemble presents an evening of Jazz. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School Presents Hammerklavier
The Hartt School presents Hammerklavier on Wednesday, April 25, at 8:00 PM, in Berkman Recital Hall, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Hammerklavier features solo performances by pianists from Hartt’s Piano Department. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.&nbs
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