The Hartt School Announces May Events

The Hartt School presents a variety of music, dance, and theatre performances this May, many of which are free, and all are open to the public. All events take place at the University of Hartford's main campus, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT, unless otherwise noted. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for tickets and information.

Wednesday, May 1
Freshman Composers' Concert
Bliss Music Room, 2nd Floor, Fuller Music Center
5:00 PM
Admission: No Charge

Thursday through Sunday, May 2-5
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Malcolm Morrison directs this early Shakespearean comedy.
Thursday through Saturday, 7:30 PM
Sunday, 3:00 PM
The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation Theater
Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups

Thursday, May 2 & Sunday, May 5
Understanding and Common Ground-Hartt Choruses, New Haven Chorale, and Hartt Wind Ensemble
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph welcomes The Hartt School choruses, the New Haven Chorale, and The Hartt School Wind Ensemble and its director Glen Adsit for a thought-provoking evening that explores the relationships and common ground among Christians, Jews, and Muslims, through stunning music and an inspirational multimedia presentation. Conductor Edward Bolkovac, Choirmaster at the Cathedral, will lead Yale composition faculty Christopher Theofanidis' powerful work The Here and Now (2009) for large chorus and wind ensemble, based on texts by the Muslim mystic Jal?l ad-D?n Muhammad Balkh?, known in English as Rumi. Maestro Glen Adsit will take the baton for the antiphonal works by Gabrieli and Schütz, and excerpts from Bloch's Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service).
Thursday, 8:00 PM: Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT
860.249.8431, www.cathedralofsaintjoseph.com
Admission: Suggested donation of $20
Sunday, 4:30 PM: Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven, CT
203.432.4158, http://music.yale.edu/concerts/box.html
Admission: TBD

Friday, May 3
Hartt Symphony Band
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups

Friday, May 3
Bass Band Concert
8:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall (seating is limited)
Admission: No Charge

Saturday, May 4
Hartt Sinfonia and Philharmonia
Maestro Edward Cumming leads Hartt's orchestras in Kernis's Musica Celestis; Steen's gravity reconsidered; Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales; and Ginastera's Estancia.
7:30 PM
Lincoln Theater
Admission: $20 with discounts for seniors, students, and groups

Monday, May 6
Foot in the Door
The final FITD concert of the year will feature Schoenberg's epic work his Chamber Symphony Op. 9. In addition we continue our mini-explorations of Revueltas with his Homenaie a Federico Garcia Lorca and Beethoven with his Groose Fugue. Come hear what the critics at the time described as a fugue of incomprehensible nature, "like Chinese" and plain old "babel."
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge

Tuesday, May 7
End of Year Chamber Music Concert
The Hartt School Chamber Music Ensemble performs a wide variety of repertoire, featuring a unique and diverse program.
1:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall (seating is limited)
Admission: No Charge

Wednesday, May 8
Capitol Symphonic Winds
7:30 PM
Millard Auditorium
Admission: No Charge

Sunday, May 12
2012-2013 Faculty Recital Series featuring Charles Huang, Susan Cheng, and Steve Larson
2:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall (seating is limited)
Admission: No Charge

Sunday, May 12
Hartt Alumni Chamber Music Recital
Hartt Alumni Janet Jacobson, violin, Kum Joung You, viola, Han-Wei Lu, cello, and Anastasia Seifetdinova, piano, perform. Repertoire includes Piano Quartet by Robert Schumann, Piano Trio "Memos to Mr. Palomar" by Ken Steen, and the Connecticut premiere of the Piano Sonata No. 4 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
5:00 PM
Berkman Recital Hall (seating is limited)
Admission: No Charge

The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre. Founded in 1920, Hartt has been an integral part of the University of Hartford since its charter merged the then Hartt School of Music, the Hartford Art School, and Hillyer College to create the University in 1957. 2010 markEd Hartt's 90th year of providing world class performing arts education to students in Greater-Hartford and around the world. 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 about The Hartt School, visit www.hartford.edu/hartt.

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